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Anna of Bohemia and Hungary, also sometimes known as Anna Jagellonica (Buda (now Budapest), Hungary, 23 July 1503 – Prague, Bohemia, 27 January 1547) was, by marriage to Ferdinand I, King of the Romans and later Holy Roman Emperor,^[1] Queen of the Romans.

Contents  [hide]  1 Family 2 Life 3 Ancestors 4 Children 5 References

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She was the elder child and only daughter of king Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (1456–1516) and his third wife Anne of Foix-Candale. She was an older sister of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia, and his eventual heiress.
Her paternal grandparents were King Casimir IV of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, of the Jagiellon dynasty, and Elisabeth of Austria, one of the heiresses of Bohemia, duchy of Luxembourg and duchy of Kujavia. Her maternal grandparents were Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale and Catherine de Foix, Infanta of the Kingdom of Navarre.

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She was born in Buda (now Budapest).
The death of Vladislaus II on 13 March 1516 left both siblings in the care of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. It was arranged that Anna marry his grandson, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, second son of Queen regnant Joanna of Castile and her late husband and co-ruler, Philip I of Castile.
Anna married Ferdinand on 25 May 1521 in Linz, Austria. At the time Ferdinand was governing the Habsburg hereditary lands on behalf of his older brother Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. It was stipulated that Ferdinand should succeed Anne's brother in case he died without male heirs.
Her brother Louis was killed in the Battle of Mohács against Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire on 29 August 1526. This left the thrones of both Bohemia and Hungary vacant. Ferdinand claimed both kingdoms and was elected King of Bohemia on 24 October of the same year, making Anna Queen of Bohemia.
Hungary was a more difficult case. Suleiman had annexed much of its lands. Ferdinand was proclaimed King of Hungary by a group of nobles, but another faction of Hungarian nobles refused to allow a foreign ruler to hold that title and elected John Zápolya as an alternative king. The resulting conflict between the two rivals and their successors lasted until 1571.
In 1531, Ferdinand's older brother Charles V recognised Ferdinand as his successor as Holy Roman Emperor, and Ferdinand was elevated to the title King of the Romans.
Anna and Ferdinand had fifteen children, all of whom were born in Bohemia or Hungary. Both of these kingdoms had suffered for centuries from premature deaths among heirs and a shortage of succession prospects.
Meanwhile Anna served as queen consort of Bohemia and as one of three living queens of Hungary until her death. She died in Prague.
In 1556, Charles V abdicated and Ferdinand succeeded as emperor, nine years after Anna's death.

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16. Algirdas, Grand Prince of Lithuania               8. Władysław II Jagiełło                       17. Uliana of Tver               4. Casimir IV Jagiellon                             18. Andrew Ivanovich of Halshany               9. Sophia of Halshany                       19. Alexandra Dimitrievna of Drutsk               2. Vladislas II of Bohemia and Hungary                                   20. Albert IV, Duke of Austria               10. Albert II of Germany                       21. Johanna Sophia of Bavaria               5. Elisabeth of Austria                             22. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor               11. Elisabeth of Bohemia                       23. Barbara of Cilli               1. Anne of Bohemia and Hungary                                         24. Gaston I de Foix, Captal de Buch               12. John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal                       25. Marguerite of Albret               6. Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale                             26. Sir Thomas Kerdeston               13. Margaret Kerdeston                       27. Elizabeth de la Pole               3. Anna of Foix-Candale                                   28. John I, Count of Foix and Bigorre               14. Gaston IV, Count of Foix                       29. Joan of Albret               7. Catherine of Foix                             30. John II of Aragon               15. Eleanor of Navarre                       31. Blanche I of Navarre