Anne of Ostfriesland (June 26, 1562 – April 21, 1621) was the eldest daughter of Count
Edzard II of East Frisia
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During his reign, Edzard came into conflict with the city of Emden. Edzard was a staunch ...
and his wife,
Catherine Vasa
Catherine Vasa of Sweden (; 6 June 1539 – 21 December 1610) was a Swedish princess, and the Countess consort of East Frisia as the spouse of Edzard II, Count of East Frisia. She was the oldest daughter of Gustav Vasa and Margareta Leijonhufvu ...
, daughter of
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav Eriksson Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), also known as Gustav I, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560. He was previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm ('' Riksföreståndare'') from 1521, during the on ...
.
Anne married three times:
*First, on July 12, 1583, in Heidelberg, to the Elector Palatine,
Louis VI. He died on October 22 of the same year.
*Second, Anne remarried on December 21, 1585,
Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
Ernest Frederick of Baden-Durlach (born 17 October 1560 in Durlach – died 14 April 1604 in Remchingen) ruled the northern part of the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach. He came to power when he came of age in 1584. He founded the first Gymnasium Ill ...
. He died April 14, 1604.
*Third, Anne married on March 7, 1617, in Grabow,
Julius Henry, later Duke of
Saxe-Lauenburg
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. The duke was 26 years younger than his wife and outlived her by many decades, dying on November 20, 1665.
Anne had no living children by any of her husbands. She was buried in the
Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg
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, but her grave is not preserved.
1562 births
Electresses of the Palatinate
Remarried royal consorts
1621 deaths
House of Cirksena
Burials at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg
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