Anna of Brunswick (1528–1590)

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Anna of Brunswick (1528–1590)

Duchess of Bavaria. Name variations: Anna Habsburg or Hapsburg. Born on July 7, 1528, in Prague; died on October 17, 1590, in Munich; daughter of Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (1503–1547) and Ferdinand I, Holy Roman emperor (r. 1558–1564); married Albert V (d. 1579), duke of Bavaria; children: William V the Pious, duke of Bavaria (r. 1579–1597, abdicated); Mary of Bavaria (1551–1608).

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