Anna of Sagan: Biography, Facts and Career

Anna of Sagan (Polish: Anna żagańska, Czech: Anna Zaháňská, also Hlohovsko-Zaháňská or Zaháňsko-Hlohovská) (born c. 1480, died 27 or 28 October 1541) was the last surviving member of the Głogów-Żagań branch of the Silesian Piasts family, and by marriage duchess of Münsterberg and Oels. She was the daughter of Prince Jan II the Mad. On 7 January 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 Christopher Cernohorsky of Boskowitz Ursula Vorsila (1505–1539), married to Jerome of Bieberstein Henry II (1507–1548), Duke of Münsterberg-Oels Hedwig (1508–1531), married in 1525 George of Brandenburg-Ansbach John (1509–1565), Duke of Münsterberg-Oels Barbara (1511–1539), Abbess in Strzelin near Oleśnica George II (1512–1553), married to Elizabeth Kostka of Postupitz She died on 27 or 28 October 1541 and was buried alongside her husband in the parish church of St. Anna in Frankenstein.

Quick facts about Anna of Sagan

• Full name: Anna of Sagan
• Born: 1450-01-01
• Known as: Royal
• Wikidata ID: Q4767658

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