Anna of Sagan
Anna of Sagan (Czech: Anna Zaháňský, also Hlohovsko-Zaháňský or Zaháňský-Hlohovská) was the last surviving member of the Hlohovsko-Zaháňský branch of the Silesian Piasts family, and by marriage duchess of Münsterberg and Oels.
She was the daughter of Prince Jan II the Mad. In 1488 she married Duke Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels, with whom she had twelve children:
- Henry (* / † 1497)
- Anna (1499-1504)
- Catherine (1500-1507)
- Margareta (1501-1551), married to Jan Zajíc of Hasenburg
- Joachim (1503-1562), Bishop of Brandenburg
- Kunhuta (1504-1532), married to Christpher Cernohorsky of Boskowitz
- Ursula Vorsila (1505-1539), married to Jerome of Bieberstein
- Hedwig (1508-1531), married in 1525 George of Brandenburg-Ansbach
- Barbara (1511-1539), Abbess in Strehlen near Oels
She died in 1541 and was buried alongside her husband in the parish church of St. Anna in Frankenstein.
References
- Fukala, Radek (2007), Silesia. Unknown Czech crown lands. Princely Estates, and Silesia in the year 1740, Czech Budejovice: Veduta, pp. 121, 290, 313, ISBN 978-80-86829-23-4
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