Anna of Austria (1275,

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– 1327,

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) was a daughter of

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and his wife Elisabeth of Tirol. She was a member of the

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First marriage

Anna first married in 1295 in

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. Her husband was Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel. They had four children: * Jutta of Brandenburg (1297–1353), heiress of

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, married to Count Henry VIII of Henneberg *

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(1302–1317), succeeded his father, but died young * Matilde of Brandenburg (died 1323) married

Henry IV the Faithful Henry IV (II) the Faithful () ( 1292 – 22 January 1342) was a Duke of Żagań and parts of Greater Poland from 1309 until 1317 (with his brothers in all the lands except Głogów in different divisions among them), Duke of Głogów from 1318 un ...

* Agnes of Brandenburg (1297–1334), heiress of the

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, married with margrave Waldemar of Brandenburg (1281–1381) and in 1319 to Duke Otto of Brunswick-Göttingen (1290–1344). In 1308, Herman died, and their son John succeeded him.

Second marriage

In 1310 Anna married

Henry VI the Good Henry VI the Good (also known as of Wrocław or of Breslau) (; ) (18 March 1294 – 24 November 1335) was a Duke of Wrocław from 1296 (with his brothers as co-rulers until 1311). He was the second son of Henry V the Fat, Duke of Legnica and W ...

, Duke of Wrocław, son of Henry V the Fat and his wife Elisabeth of Greater Poland. They had three daughters: * Elisabeth of Brieg (ca. 1311 – 20 February? 1328), married before 10 January 1322 to Duke Konrad I of Oleśnica. * Euphemia of Brieg (Ofka) (ca. 1312 – 21 March after 1384), married before 29 November 1325 to Duke Bolesław the Elder of Niemodlin (Falkenberg). * Margaret of Brieg (ca. 1313 – 8 March 1379), Abbess of St. Clara in Wrocław (1359). Anna died in 1327 in

. When Henry died ten years later without any male heirs, Wrocław was merged with the Bohemian crown.

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