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Anne of Bavaria (or of the Palatinate; Czech: Anna Falcká; 26 September 1329 – 2 February 1353) was Queen of Bohemia by marriage to Charles of Luxembourg. She was the daughter of Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine , and Anna, daughter of Otto III of Carinthia .
Anne was born in Paris the second of the three daughters of Prince Palatine Edward. Her mother was Anna Gonzaga , a well known Parisian political hostess and sister of the Queen of Poland . At the age of fifteen, she was engaged to Henri Jules, Duke of Enghien , the only surviving child of the famous military commander the Grand Condé .
Maria Anna of Bavaria (18 December 1574 – 8 March 1616) was a German princess, a member of the House of Wittelsbach by birth and an Archduchess consort of Inner Austria by marriage. Born in Munich , she was the fourth child and second (but eldest surviving) daughter of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine .
Maria Anna Christine Victoria of Bavaria (French: Marie Anne Victoire; 28 November 1660 – 20 April 1690) was Dauphine of France by marriage to Louis, Grand Dauphin, son and heir of Louis XIV. She was known as la Grande Dauphine. The Dauphine was regarded a "pathetic" figure at the court of France, isolated and unappreciated due to the ...
Anne of Bohemia (27 March 1323 – 3 September 1338), also known as Anna of Luxembourg, was a daughter of John of Bohemia and his first wife, Elizabeth of Bohemia. Anne was a member of the House of Luxemburg .
She was the mother of ten children by her husband, including Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII and Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, though only six of them survived till adulthood. A stillborn child (1695) Maria Anna Karoline (1696–1750), a nun; Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697–1745), King of Bohemia, and Elector ...
The marriage was arranged to give Austria political support from Bavaria and Bavaria an agent in Vienna. The relation between Maria Anna and Charles was described as good, and the couple had 15 children in just 18 years. Maria Anna was described as confident, ambitious and a great lover of pomp and power, but foremost a devout Catholic.
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