Anna of Pomerania () (1492 – 25 April 1550) was a German Princess. She was a member of the

House of Pomerania The House of Griffin or Griffin dynasty, (; , ; Latin: ''Gryphes''), or House of Pomerania (see ), was a dynasty ruling the Duchy of Pomerania from the 12th century until 1637. The name "Griffins" was used by the dynasty after the 15th century ...

(also known as House of Greifen or House of Griffins) and by marriage Duchess of

Brzeg Brzeg (; Latin: ''Alta Ripa'', German: ''Brieg'', Silesian German: ''Brigg'', , ) is a town in southwestern Poland with 34,778 inhabitants (December 2021) and the capital of Brzeg County. It is situated in Silesia in the Opole Voivodeship on t ...

. She was the eldest daughter of

Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania Bogislaw X of Pomerania, ''the Great'', (3 June 1454 – 5 October 1523) was Duke of Pomerania from 1474 until his death in 1523. Biography Bogislaw was born in Rügenwalde (now Darłowo, Poland). His parents were Eric II, Duke of Pomerania-W ...

, by his second wife Anna, daughter of King

Casimir IV of Poland Casimir IV (Casimir Andrew Jagiellon; ; Lithuanian: ; 30 November 1427 – 7 June 1492) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447 until his death in 1492. He was one of the most active Polish-Lithuanian rulers; under ...

Life

On 9 June 1516, Anna married with Duke

George I of Brieg George I, Duke of Brieg (Brzeg) (; 1481 or 1483 – 30 May 1521), was a Duke of Legnica during 1488–1505 (with his brother as co-ruler) and of Brzeg since 1505 until his death. He was a member of the Legnica-Brzeg branch of the Piast dynasty. ...

. The union, which lasted until George I's death in 1521, was childless. According to her husband's will, Anna received the Duchy of

Lubin Lubin (; ) is a city in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is the administrative seat of Lubin County, and also of the rural district called Gmina Lubin, although it is not part of the territory of the latter, as the town for ...

as her

dower Dower is a provision accorded traditionally by a husband or his family, to a wife for her support should she become widowed. It was settlement (law), settled on the bride (being given into trust instrument, trust) by agreement at the time of t ...

with full sovereignty over that land until her own death, twenty-nine years later, when Lubin reverted to the Duchy of

Legnica Legnica (; , ; ; ) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River and the Czarna Woda. As well as being the seat of the county, since 1992 the city has been the seat of the Diocese of Legnica. Le ...

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{{authority control 1492 births 1550 deaths Princesses in the Holy Roman Empire