Princess Anna of Saxony (1836–1859)

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Anna Maria
Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia Grand Princess of Tuscany
Photograph c. 1858
Born	(1836-01-04)4 January 1836 Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony
Died	10 February 1859(1859-02-10) (aged 23) Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Burial	Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence (body) Basilica of Santa Chiara, Naples (heart)
Spouse	Archduke Ferdinand, Grand Prince of Tuscany ​ ​ (m. 1856)​
Issue	Archduchess Maria Antonia
Names German: Anna Maria Maximiliana Stephania Karoline Johanna Ludovika Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedikta
House	Wettin
Father	John of Saxony
Mother	Amalie Auguste of Bavaria

Princess Anna Maria of Saxony (Full German name: Prinzessin Anna Maria Maximiliane Stephania Karoline Johanna Luisa Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedicta von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen; 4 January 1836 – 10 February 1859) was a princess of Saxony by virtue of birth and Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Tuscany by virtue of marriage.

Early life and ancestry

Anna was the daughter of John of Saxony and Amalie Auguste of Bavaria. She was born 4 January 1836 in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, and died 10 February 1859 in Naples.

Anna Maria was her parents' seventh child and fourth eldest daughter, and a younger sister of Albert of Saxony and George of Saxony. Through her marriage to Archduke Ferdinand, Grand Prince of Tuscany in 1856, Anna Maria became a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess and Princess of Austria as well as a Princess of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, and Tuscany.

She died shortly before her husband succeeded his father as Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Marriage and issue

Anna married the future Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, eldest son of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany by his first wife, Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, on 24 November 1856 in Dresden. She was his first wife.

Anna and Ferdinand had two children:

• Archduchess Maria Antonietta Leopolda Annunziata Anna Amalia Giuseppa Giovanna Immacolata Tecla (in German Maria Antonia Leopoldine Annunziata Anna Amalia Josepha Johanna Immaculata Thekla) (Florence, 10 January 1858 – Cannes, 13 April 1883)

• Stillborn daughter (born and died 1859)

Death

In early 1859, while visiting Naples, Princess Anna Maria contracted typhoid fever. The illness led to a miscarriage on 6 February 1859, and she died four days later on 10 February at the age of 23.^{[citation needed]}

Due to the timing of her death, she never became the Grand Duchess consort, as her husband Ferdinand succeeded his father as Ferdinand IV just months later in July 1859.

Ancestry

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