She was engaged several times as a child, first to Prince Theodor of Bavaria (1526-1534), then to Charles of Orleans (1522-1545), but both died young.
Anna finally married on July 4, 1546 in Regensburg at the age of 17 , Duke Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, the brother of her first fiancé. The wedding gift was 50.000 Guilder. The couple lived at the Trausnitz Castle in Landshut, until Albert became Duke. They had 7 children.
Anna and Albert had great influence on the spiritual life in the Duchy, and enhanced the reputation of München as a city of art, by founding several musea and the Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek (Bavarian State Library).
She was engaged several times as a child, first to Prince Theodor of Bavaria (1526-1534), then to Charles of Orleans (1522-1545), but both died young.
Anna finally married on July 4, 1546 in Regensburg at the age of 17 , Duke Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, the brother of her first fiancé. The wedding gift was 50.000 Guilder. The couple lived at the Trausnitz Castle in Landshut, until Albert became Duke. They had 7 children.
Anna and Albert had great influence on the spiritual life in the Duchy, and enhanced the reputation of München as a city of art, by founding several musea and the Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek (Bavarian State Library).
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Elisabeth of Habsburg
1526–1545
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Maximilian II of Habsburg
1527–1576
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Ferdinand II of Tyrol
1529–1595
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Maria of Habsburg
1531–1581
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Magdalena von Österreich
1532–1590
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Katharina of Habsburg
1533–1572
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Eleanor of Austria
1534–1594
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Margarete of Habsburg
1536–1567
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Johann of Habsburg
1538–1539
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Barbara of Habsburg
1539–1572
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Karl II of Inner Austria
1540–1590
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Ursula of Habsburg
1541–1543
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Helena of Habsburg
1543–1574
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Johanna of Habsburg
1547–1578
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