Anne of Bohemia and Austria (1432 – 1462) was a Duchess of Luxembourg in her own right, and as consort, Landgravine of Thuringia and of Saxony. Events June 1 - Battle of San Romano - Florence defeats Siena foundation of Université de Caen In the end of the Hook and Cod wars, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut and Holland is forced by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, to abdicate all her estates in his favour; end of Hainaut... Events Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands. ... The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stata Sakska) is at a land area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ...

She was born into the House of Habsburg, being the eldest daughter of Albert of Austria, the future Emperor-Elect. Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy; also used as the flag of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867. ... Albert II of Habsburg Albert II of Habsburg (August 10, 1397 – October 27, 1439), German ruler, king of Bohemia and Hungary, and (as Albert V) duke of Austria, was born on August 10, 1397, the son of Albert IV of Habsburg, duke of Austria. ...

She also was a close descendant of the newly extinct Imperial House of Luxembourg, her mother being the last Luxembourg heiress, Elisabeth, queen of Bohemia, the sole daughter of Emperor Sigismund. Empress and Queen Elisabeth (1409 – 25 December 1442) was the only daughter of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Bohemia and Hungary, by his second wife Barbara of Celje. ... Sigismund (February 14/15, 1368 - December 9, 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 to 1437. ...

Her posthumous brother Ladislaus, Duke of Austria (1440-57) succeeded, very underage, as king of Bohemia and later also as king of Hungary. Anna also had a younger sister, Elisabeth, who was to become later a queen of Poland and grand duchess of Lithuania. The Lands of the Bohemian Crown (Czech Země koruny české, Latin Corona regni Bohemiae) (e. ... This is a list of all rulers of Hungary since Árpád. ...

On June 2, 1446 the young Anna was married to William "the Brave" of Saxony (1425-82), Landgrave of Thuringia, a younger son of Frederick I "the Warlike" of Saxony. In right of Anne, William became Duke of Luxembourg from 1457 when Anne¨s brother Ladislas died childless, up to 1469, though being all the time in dispute with Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, an usurper, over that possession. William concluded that the possession's keeping was untenable against Burgundian attacks, and retreated to his Thuringian lands - that hoewever took place when Anna already was dead. June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... Events Mehmed II Sultan of the Ottoman Empire is forced to abdicate in favor of his father Murad II by the Janissaries. ... William the Brave (April 30, 1430 – September 17, 1482), (in German Wilhelm der Tapfere), was Landgrave of Thuringia and Duke of Luxemburg. ... Frederick I, the Belligerent Frederick IV, the Belligerent (11 April 1370 – 4 January 1428, Altenburg), son of Friedrich III, Landgraf of Thuringia and Katharina von Henneberg. ... Events University of Freiburg founded. ... Events July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed princess Isabella of Castile. ... Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (Philip the Good or Philippe le Bon) (1396–1467) was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. ... Look up Usurper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Usurper is a derogatory term used to describe either an illegitimate or controversial claimant to the throne in a monarchy, or a person who succeeds in establishing himself as a monarch without having inherited the throne in the normal way. ...

They had only two surviving daughters:

• Margaret of Thuringia (1449 - 13 July 1501), who married John II, Elector of Brandenburg, and whose direct main heirs have been to be Electors of Brandenburg, then Kings of Prussia, and then German Emperors.

• Katharina of Thuringia (1453 – 10 July 1534), who married to Duke Henry II of Münsterberg and who has surviving descendants, mainly among Bohemian high nobility.

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Genetics

Anne's mother Elisabeth of Luxembourg is a direct matrilineal ancestor of Nicholas II of Russia. Provided the genealogy is correct, this implies that all her matrilineal relatives are members of mitochondrial haplogroup Haplogroup T. Matrilineality is a system in which one belongs to ones mothers lineage; it may also involve the inheritance of property or titles through the female line. ... Nicholas II of Russia (18 May 1868 - 17 July 1918) (Russian: (Nikolai II)) was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland. ... In cell biology, a mitochondrion is an organelle found in the cells of most eukaryotes. ... A haplogroup is a large group of haplotypes, which are series of alleles at specific locations on the chromosome. ... Haplogroup T is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup. ...