Anne of Bavaria

Anna of Bavaria
Anna of Bavaria
Queen consort of Germany and Bohemia
Tenure	1349–1353
Coronation	26 July 1349 (Germany); 1 September 1349 (Bohemia)
Born	26 September 1329
Died	2 February 1353 (aged 23)
Spouse	Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (m. 1349)
Issue	Wenceslaus
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine
Mother	Anne of Tirol

Anne of Bavaria (or of the Palatinate; Czech: Anna Falcká; 26 September 1329 – 2 February 1353) was Queen of Bohemia by marriage to Charles of Luxembourg. She was the daughter of Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Anna, daughter of Otto III of Carinthia.^[1]

Life

Anna was a member of the House of Wittelsbach. She married Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV on 11 March 1349 in the town of Bacharach on the Rhine. She became the second wife of Charles after the death of his first wife, Blanche of Valois, in 1348. On 26 July 1349 in Aachen, Anna was crowned Queen of Rome. Months later she was crowned Queen of Bohemia. In 1350, Anna gave birth to a son, Wenceslaus, who died one year later, in 1351. Anna did not have more children and died herself in 1353 at the age of 23. Charles was widowed for a second time and still had no son. He then married Anna von Schweidnitz, who gave birth to the desired heir, Wenceslaus, King of the Romans.^[1]

Asteroid

Asteroid 100733 Annafalcká, discovered by Czech astronomer Miloš Tichý at the Kleť Observatory in 1998, was named in her memory.^[1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 12 January 2017 (M.P.C. 103026).^[2]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Anne of Bavaria

8. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria

4. Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria

9. Matilda of Habsburg

2. Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine

10. Adolf, King of the Romans

5. Mechtild of Nassau

11. Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg

1. Anne of Bavaria

12. Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia

6. Otto III of Carinthia

13. Elizabeth of Bavaria

3. Anne of Carinthia

14. Henry V, Duke of Legnica

7. Euphemia of Legnica

15. Elisabeth of Kalisz

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "(100733) Annafalcka (1998 DA1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

Royal titles
Vacant Title last held by Blanche of Valois	Queen consort of Germany and Bohemia 1349–1353	Vacant Title next held by Anna von Schweidnitz

[MPC-object-1] "(100733) Annafalcka (1998 DA1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

[MPC-Circulars-Archive-2] "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

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