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Anne Of Austria, Landgravine Of Thuringia
Anne of Bohemia and Austria (12 April 1432 – 13 November 1462) was a Duchess of Luxembourg in her own right and, as a consort, Landgravine of Thuringia and of Saxony. Life Anne was the eldest daughter of Albert of Austria, the future Emperor-Elect and Elisabeth of Luxembourg, Queen of Bohemia, the sole descendant of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor. Her underage brother Ladislaus, Duke of Austria (1440–57) succeeded, as king of Bohemia and later also as king of Hungary. Anne also had a younger sister, Elisabeth, who later became Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania. On 2 June 1446, at the age of 14, Anne was married to William "the Brave" of Saxony (1425–82), Landgrave of Thuringia, a younger son of Frederick I "the Warlike" of Saxony. In right of Anne, William became Duke of Luxembourg from 1457 when Anne's brother Ladislaus died childless. Though, their rights to the land were disputed by Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, and in 1469, William concluded tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Anton Boys
Anton Boys or Anton WaissWenzel II., Gemahl v. Gutta, König v. Böhmen at Kulturpool (born between 1530 and 1550 – died after 1593)Anton Boys at the Netherlands Institute for Art History was a Flemish people, Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker who after training in Antwerp had an international career, which brought him to Italy, Spain, Prague, Innsbruck and Landshut. He was court painter to Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria for whom he realised a series of contemporary and historical portraits of members of the imperial House of Habsburg. Many of these portraits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
