Princess Anna of Saxony (1903–1976)

Princess Anna Monika
Born (1903-05-04)4 May 1903
Lindau, Kingdom of Bavaria, Empire of Germany
Died 8 February 1976(1976-02-08) (aged 72)
Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Spouse
Reginald Kazanjian
(m. 1972; d. 1976)
Issue Archduchess Margarethe
Archduchess Ilona
Archduchess Anna-Theresia
Archduke Joseph Árpád
Archduke István
Archduchess Maria Kynga
Archduke Géza
Archduke Michael
Full name
German: Anna Monika Pia
House Wettin
Father King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
Mother Archduchess Louise, Countess of Ysette
Religion Roman Catholicism
Princess Anna of Saxony and Joseph Francis of Austria

Princess Anna Monika Pia of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (Full German name: Prinzessin Anna Monika Pia von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen[1][2]) (4 May 1903[1][2] – 8 February 1976[1][2]) was the seventh and youngest child of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and his wife Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany and a younger sister of both Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony, and Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen.[1][2]

Early life

While pregnant with Anna, her mother Luise left Saxony on 9 December 1902 without her children. Anna was born in Lindau, Bavaria, during her parents' separation; after the birth, Luise sent the infant to the royal court in Dresden where she was raised with her five siblings by her father Frederick Augustus. It is said that Anna was the daughter of André Giron, her siblings' French tutor with whom her mother briefly lived.

Marriage and issue

Anna married Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria, eldest son of Archduke Joseph August of Austria and his wife Princess Auguste Maria of Bavaria, on 4 October 1926 at Schloss Sibyllenort in Sibyllenort, Silesia, Germany.[1][2] Anna and Joseph Francis had eight children:[1][2]

Fifteen years after the death of Joseph Francis in Carcavelos, Portugal ,on 25 September 1957, Anna married Reginald Kazanjian (1905–1990) in a civil ceremony on 28 July 1972 in Geneva, Switzerland, and in a religious ceremony on 9 September 1972 in Veyrier, Switzerland.[1][2] She died in Munich, Germany, aged 72.

Titles and styles

  • 4 May 1903 – 4 October 1926: Her Royal Highness Princess Anna of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony
  • 4 October 1926 – 28 July 1972: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess Anna Monika of Austria, Princess of Hungry and Bohemia, Princess and Duchess of Saxony
  • 28 July 1972 – 8 February 1976: Her Royal Highness Princess Anna of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony

Ancestry

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Darryl Lundy (25 November 2004). "Anna Monika Pia Prinzessin von Sachsen". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Paul Theroff. "SAXONY". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
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