Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg

Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg (died: 18 April 1426) was a member of the House of Ascania and the wife of Duke Frederick I of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a German anti-king.

Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg
Died	(1426-04-18)18 April 1426
Spouse	Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
House	House of Ascania
Father	Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Mother	Cecilia of Carrara

Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg was the daughter of Duke Wenceslas I of Saxe-Wittenberg, Duke of Lüneburg and Elector of Saxony and his wife Cecilia of Carrara.

In 1386 she married Duke Frederick I of Brunswick-Lüneburg. They had two daughters. In 1400 Frederick was elected King of the Germans. This election, however, was not recognized by three of the electors. Frederick was murdered on the way home, a month after the election.

Anna's second marriage was with Landgrave Balthasar of Thuringia, Margrave of Meissen. This marriage remained childless.

Issue

From her first marriage to Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg she had two daughters:

1. Catherine (died before 1439), married Henry XXIV, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
2. Anna (1390–1432), married in 1410 Duke Frederick IV, Duke of Austria, "of the Empty Pockets" of Austria, a Tyrollean Count

Ancestors

Ancestors of Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg

16. Albert I, Duke of Saxony 8. Albert II, Duke of Saxony 17. Helen of Brunswick-Lünenburg 4. Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg 18. Rudolph I of Germany 9. Agnes of Habsburg 19. Gertrude of Hohenberg 2. Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg 20. Günther I, Count of Lindow 10. Ulrich I, Count of Lindow-Ruppin 21. Euphemia of Rügen 5. Agnes of Lindow-Ruppin 22. Meinher, Count of Schladen 11. Adelaide of Schladen 23. Adelaide of Werberg 1. Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg 24. Niccolo da Carrara 12. Jacopo II da Carrara 25. Elena Torre 6. Francesco I da Carrara 26. Guido II Novello da Polenta, signore di Ravenna 13. Costanza da Polenta dei Signori di Ravenna 27. Caterina Malabocca 3. Cecilia of Carrara 28. Dusio Buzzacarini 14. Pataro Buzzacarini 7. Fina Buzzacarini 15. Francesca Gonzaga

References

• Brigitte Sokop: Stammtafeln europäischer Herrscherhäuser, 3rd ed., Vienna, 1993