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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_of_Austria_%281573-1598%29Anna of Austria, Habsburg, (Polish Anna Austriaczka1, AnnaHabsburzanka, Anna Rakuszanka) (b. August 16, 1573 inGraz-February 2, 1598 in Warsaw) was Queen of Poland and Sweden.Anna of Austria coat of armsDaughter of Archduke Charles II ofAustria, Habsburg. Anna's grandfather was Ferdinand I of theHoly Roman Empire and her brother was the emperor Ferdinand II.Anna became the first wife of Sigismund III of Poland and Swedenon May 31, 1592. This marriage was opposed by many nobles(szlachta) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, who wereopposed to the alliance with Habsburgs that Zygmunt pursued.When Zygmunt sent a diplomatic mission, lead by cardinalRadziwill to Prague for his bride, Anna, the anti-Habsburg partywith chancellor Jan Zamoyski guarded the borders to preventarchprincess from entering the country. Anna evaded the guards,arrived in Cracow and was coronated in May by primas Karnkowskias the Queen of Poland, and two years later, in 1594, in Sweden,as the Queen of Sweden.Not very beautiful, she and Zygmunt fell in love. Anna gainedthe friendship and respect of many of her former enemies withher politeness and culture. It was during her lifetime thatZygmunt moved the capital of the Commonwealth from Cracow toWarsaw.They had five children, but only Wladislaw lived to become anadult:Anna Maria (1593-1600) Katharina (1594-1594) Vladislaus (1595-1648), (reigned 1632-1648 as Wladyslaw IV Wazaof Poland) Katharina (1596-1597) Kristofer (1598-1598) Anna died on February 2, 1598 and Sigismund III then married hersister Constance Renate Habsburg
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- Type: Book
Title: The Habsburgs - Embodying Empire
Author: Wheatcroft, Andrew
Publication: Penguin Books, New York
Date: 1996
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