Anna of Saxony, Landgravine of Hesse
Anna of Saxony was a princess of Saxony and by marriage landgravine of Hesse.Life
Anna was the eldest daughter of the elector Frederick I of Saxony from his marriage to Catherine, daughter of Duke Henry I "the Mild" of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
Anna, with a dowry of 19,000 Rhenish gold florins, married on 8 September 1433 in Kassel Landgrave Louis I of Hesse. Their engagement had been announced on the occasion of the Inheritance Treaty between the two houses in 1431 in Rotenburg an der Fulda. Through this marriage, Louis increased his territory considerably. He received the Saxon properties of Eschwege and Sontra from Anna's brother Frederick II of Saxony. Frederick II also renounced his rights to Wanfried.Offspring
From her marriage to Louis, Anna had the following children: