Anna Braunschweig

Anna Braunschweig was born around 1390 in Braunschweig. She was the daughter of Frederick I , the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, who later bore the title of Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and , Princess of the House of Askaniev .

In Innsbruck, on June 11, 1411, she was married to the widower Frederick IV (1382–24.6.1439), Count of Tyrol and Archduke of Austria, who was first married to . In marriage, four children were born to Anna and Friedrich - two daughters and two sons ^{[2] [3]} :

• Margarita (1423 - 9.6.1424), Princess of Austria and Tyrol, died in infancy;
• Gedwig (1424 - 21.2.1427 / 1432), Princess of Austria and Tyrol, died in infancy;
• Wolfgang (b. And d. 16.2.1426), Prince of Austria and Tyrol, died immediately after birth;
• Sigismund (10.26.1427 - 4.3.1496), Archduke of Front Austria and Count of Tyrol under the name Sigismund the Rich, in 1449 was married first with Eleanor of Scotland (1433 - 11/20/1480), princess from the Stuart House, in 1484 was combined a second marriage with Katharina of Saxony (1468-1524), a princess from the House of Vettins , did not leave offspring.

Having become Archduke and Countess, Anna did not lose touch with her family in Braunschweig. In April 1421, she met with her mother in Ensisheim. In 1425, for some time, her sister Catherine, Countess of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg, visited her in Innsbruck. From 1430 to 1432, a cousin Wilhelm , the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, came to her repeatedly.

In the early years of marriage, Anna did not show any activity in government affairs. In June 1414, the Archduke arrived at the Reichstag in Constance, where she personally, although unsuccessfully, called on the electors to elect her husband as emperor. After returning from Constanta and until the beginning of 1417, she lived in the south of the county of Tyrol, mainly in Caltern.

From 1418 to 1428, she was actively engaged in public affairs. In the spring of 1419, during the absence of her husband, who was in possession of the territory of Inner Austria, Anna, who ruled on his behalf, entered into a peace agreement with Bishop Trent. From the summer of 1419 to the fall of 1421, she sent her representative, along with several advisers, to Alsace and Swabia to conclude financial transactions and political agreements. Anna Braunschweig died on August 11, 1432 in Innsbruck and was buried in the in the in the city of Stams ^[4] .

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• Die Habsburger 1365 bis 1493 (German)
• Anna von Braunschweig-Göttingen (English)