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Anna of Saxony, Landgravine of Hesse

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Anna of Saxony
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Tomb of Anna in Stadtkirche St. Johannes, Spangenberg.[1]
Born5 June 1420
Died17 September 1462(1462-09-17) (aged 42)
Spangenberg
Burial
Stadtkirche St. Johannes, Spangenberg[2]
SpouseLouis I, Landgrave of Hesse
IssueLouis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse
Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse
Hermann IV of Hesse
FatherFrederick I, Elector of Saxony
MotherCatherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Anna of Saxony (5 June 1420 – 17 September 1462, Spangenberg) was a princess of Saxony and by marriage landgravine of Hesse.

Life

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Anna was the eldest daughter of the elector Frederick I of Saxony (1370–1428) from his marriage to Catherine (1395–1442), daughter of Duke Henry I "the Mild" of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

Anna, with a dowry of 19,000 Rhenish gold florins,[3] married on 8 September 1433[4] in Kassel Landgrave Louis I of Hesse. Their engagement had been announced on the occasion of the Inheritance Treaty between the two houses in 1431 in Rotenburg an der Fulda.[5] Through this marriage, Louis increased his territory considerably. He received the Saxon properties of Eschwege and Sontra from Anna's brother Frederick II of Saxony.[6][7] Frederick II also renounced his rights to Wanfried.[8] Upon the marriage, Louis paid an additional 6,000 Gulden to secure full rights over Santra, Eschwege, and Wanfried. That ensured that they permanently returned to Hessian possession after a follow-up summit at Rotenburg in 1434.[9]

Issue

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From her marriage to Louis, Anna had the following children:

  1. Louis II (1438–1471), Landgrave of Hesse, married in 1454 Countess Mechthild of Württemberg (1438-1495)
  2. Henry III (1440–1483), Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg, married Countess Anna of Katzenelnbogen (1443-1494)
  3. Hermann (1449–1508), Archbishop of Cologne (from 1480-1508)
  4. Elisabeth (1453–1489), known as the Beautiful, married in 1464 Count John III of Nassau-Weilburg (1441-1480)
  5. Frederick (1458–1463)

References

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  1. ↑ "Die Stadtkirche in Spangenberg" (PDF). Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  2. ↑ "Die Stadtkirche in Spangenberg" (PDF). Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  3. ↑ "Churfürst Friedrich II und seine Brüder, Herzog Sigismund und Herzog Wilhelm von Sachsen, oder Geschichte Sachsens vom Jahr 1428 - 1440: Einladungsschrift zur Feier des Wilhelmstages, den 30. October 1827". Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  4. ↑ "Churfürst Friedrich II und seine Brüder, Herzog Sigismund und Herzog Wilhelm von Sachsen, oder Geschichte Sachsens vom Jahr 1428 - 1440: Einladungsschrift zur Feier des Wilhelmstages, den 30. October 1827". Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  5. ↑ "Geschichte des kurstaates un königreiches Sachsen: bd. Von der mitte des sechzehnten bis zu anfang des neunzehnten jahrhunderts". Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  6. ↑ "Geschichte des kurstaates un königreiches Sachsen: bd. Von der mitte des sechzehnten bis zu anfang des neunzehnten jahrhunderts". Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  7. ↑ "Geschichte der alten Bergstadt Sontra in Niederhessen: Urkundlich verfaßt und herausgegeben von Carl Lorenz Collmann. Mit drei Lithographien". Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  8. ↑ "Geschichte des kurstaates un königreiches Sachsen: bd. Von der mitte des sechzehnten bis zu anfang des neunzehnten jahrhunderts". Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  9. ↑ "Geschichte der alten Bergstadt Sontra in Niederhessen: Urkundlich verfaßt und herausgegeben von Carl Lorenz Collmann. Mit drei Lithographien". Retrieved 2026-09-30.
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