Anna of Cleves (1552–1632)
{{Short description|Noble (1552–1632)}}
{{for|her aunt Anne of Cleves|Anne of Cleves}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Anna of Cleves
| image = Anna Jülich-Kleve-Berg.jpg
| caption = Anna of Cleves, Countess Palatine of Neuburg, by Crispijn van de Passe the Elder (late 16th century)
| house = La Marck
| father = William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
| mother = Archduchess Maria of Austria
| spouse = {{marriage|Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg|27 September 1574|22 August 1614|end=died}}
| issue = {{plainlist|
- Anna Maria, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
- Countess Palatine Dorothea Sabine of Neuburg
- Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg
- Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
- Countess Amalia Hedwig of Neuburg
- Johann Friedrich, Count Palatine of Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein
}}
| birth_date = {{birth_date|1552|3|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Cleves
| death_date = {{death date and age|1632|10|6|1552|3|1|df=yes}}
| death_place = Höchstädt an der Donau
}}Anna of Cleves (1 March 1552, Cleves – 6 October 1632, Höchstädt an der Donau) was the daughter of Duke William V of Jülich-Berg and Maria of Austria.
Marriage and issue
She married on 27 September 1574 in Neuburg with Count Palatine Philip Louis of Neuburg. They had eight children:
- Countess Palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg (18 August 1575 – 11 February 1643), married on 9 September 1591 to Frederick Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar.
- Dorothea Sabine (13 October 1576 – 12 December 1598). Her burial gown is one of the few complete women's garments from the sixteenth century to have survived and is preserved in the Bayerisches National Museum in Munich.{{Cite web |title=Gown of Countess Palatine Dorothea Sabina of Neuburg |url=https://www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de/en/collection/highlights/00224872 |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=Bayerisches Nationalmuseum |language=en}}
- Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg (25 October 1578 – 20 March 1653), married:
- in 1613 Magdalene of Bavaria (1587–1628)
- in 1631 Countess Palatine Catharina Charlotte of Zweibrücken (1615–1651)
- in 1651 Countess Maria Francisca of Fürstenberg (1633–1702)
- Otto Henry (28 October 1580 – 2 March 1581)
- Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (2 October 1582 – 14 August 1632), married:
- in 1620 Hedwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1603–1657)
- Amalia Hedwig (24 December 1584 – 15 August 1607)
- John Frederick, Count Palatine of Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein (23 August 1587 – 19 October 1644), married:
- in 1624 Agnes of Hesse-Darmstadt (1604–1664), daughter of Louis V
- Sophie Barbara (3 April 1590 – 21 December 1591)
Ancestors
{{ahnentafel
| collapsed=yes |align=center
| boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc;
| boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9;
| boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc;
| boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc;
| 1= 1. Anna of Cleves
| 2= 2. William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
| 3= 3. Archduchess Maria of Austria
| 4= 4. John III, Duke of Cleves
| 5= 5. Maria, Duchess of Jülich-Berg
| 6= 6. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
| 7= 7. Anne of Bohemia and Hungary
| 8= 8. John II, Duke of Cleves
| 9= 9. Matilda of Hesse
| 10= 10. William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg
| 11= 11. Sibylle of Brandenburg
| 12= 12. Philip I, King of Castile
| 13= 13. Joanna, Queen of Castile
| 14= 14. Vladislaus II of Hungary
| 15= 15. Anne of Foix-Candale
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- Andreas Thiele: Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln zur europäischen Geschichte. Band I, Teilband 2: Deutsche Kaiser-, Königs-, Herzogs- und Grafenhäuser II. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1994, Tafel 485
- Siegrid Westphal: Konversion und Bekenntnis. Konfessionelle Handlungsfelder der Fürstinwitwe Anna im Zuge der Rekatholisierung Pfalz-Neuburgs zwischen 1614 und 1632. In: Vera von der Osten-Sacken, Daniel Gerth (Hrsg.): Fürstinnen und Konfession. Beiträge hochadeliger Frauen zu Religionspolitik und Bekenntnisbildung. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte, Mainz, Beihefte, Band 104, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2015, {{ISBN|978-3-52510-136-0}}, p. 317
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anna Of Cleves}}
Category:16th-century German nobility
Category:16th-century German women
Category:17th-century German nobility
Category:Countesses Palatine of Neuburg
Category:Mothers of German monarchs
{{Germany-duchess-stub}}