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Anna
Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia
Grand Princess of Tuscany
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Born (1836-01-04)4 January 1836
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony
Died 10 February 1859(1859-02-10) (aged 23)
Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Burial Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence
Spouse
Issue Archduchess Maria Antonia
Full name
German: Anna Maria Maximiliane Stephania Karoline Johanna Luisa Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedicta
House Wettin
Father John of Saxony
Mother Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
Religion Roman Catholicism

Princess Anna Maria Maximiliane Stephania Karoline Johanna Luisa Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedicta of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (Full German name: Prinzessin Anna Maria Maximiliane Stephania Karoline Johanna Luisa Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedicta von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen; born 4 January 1836 in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony; died 10 February 1859 in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) was the seventh child and fourth eldest daughter of John of Saxony and his wife Amalie Auguste of Bavaria and a younger sister of Albert of Saxony and George of Saxony. Through her marriage to Archduke Ferdinand, Grand Prince of Tuscany, Anna was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess and Princess of Austria and Princess of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, and Tuscany. Ann died shortly before her husband succeeded his father as Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Marriage and issue

Marie Antoinette, Erzherzogin von Österreich-Toskana (cropped)
Anna's daughter Maria Antonietta, around 1875

Anna married the future Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, eldest son of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, on 24 November 1856 in Dresden. Anna and Ferdinand had two children:

  • Archduchess Maria Antonietta Leopolda Annunziata Anna Amalia Giuseppa Giovanna Immacolata Tecla (in German Maria Antonia Leopoldine Annunziata Anna Amalia Josepha Johanna Immaculata Thekla) (Florence, 10 January 1858 – Cannes, 13 April 1883)
  • Stillborn daughter (born and died 1859)

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Ana María de Sajonia para niños

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