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Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (1441 - 1514) was a Flemish-German philanthropist.

Anna was the eldest daughter of Johann IV, count of Nassau-Dillenburg and his wife Maria, the daughter of Johann II, count von Loon-Heinsberg. Anna was married firstly (1467) to Duke Otto V 'the Magnanimous,' Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg. With Otto's early death (1471), her father-in-law, the elderly Duke Frederick acted as guardian of her son, Duke Henry II (1468 - 1532). Anna remarried (1474) to Philip, count von Katzenellenbogen (1402 - 1479), as his second wife, and went to reside under his roof. With Philip's death the duchess returned to Celle in Brunswick, where she was appointed as guardian to her son after the death of his aged grandfather. Anna founded and established the hospital of St Anne in the suburbs of the town of Celle. She died there aged seventy-two (April 8, 1514).

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Sir Andrew Halliday, A History of the House of Brunswick (1826)

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+'''Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg''' ([[1441]] - [[1514]]) was a [[Flemish]]-[[German]] [[philanthropist]].
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-Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (1441 - 1514) was a Flemish-German philanthropist, she was the eldest daughter of Johann IV, count of Nassau-Dillenburg and his wife Maria, the daughter of Johann II, count von Loon-Heinsberg. Anna was married firstly (1467) to Duke Otto V 'the Magnanimous,' Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg. With Otto's early death (1471), her father-in-law, the elderly Duke Frederick acted as guardian of her son, Duke Henry II (1468 - 1532). Anna remarried (1474) to Philip, count von Katzenellenbogen (1402 - 1479), as his second wife, and went to reside under his roof. With Philip's death the duchess returned to Celle in Brunswick, where she was appointed as guardian to her son after the death of his aged grandfather. Anna founded and established the hospital of St Anne in the suburbs of the town of Celle. She died there aged seventy-two (April 8, 1514).
+Anna was the eldest daughter of Johann IV, count of [[Nassau-Dillenburg]] and his wife Maria, the daughter of Johann II, count von Loon-Heinsberg. Anna was married firstly ([[1467]]) to Duke Otto V 'the Magnanimous,' Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg. With Otto's early death ([[1471]]), her father-in-law, the elderly Duke Frederick acted as guardian of her son, Duke Henry II ([[1468]] - [[1532]]). Anna remarried ([[1474]]) to Philip, count von Katzenellenbogen ([[1402]] - [[1479]]), as his second wife, and went to reside under his roof. With Philip's death the duchess returned to [[Celle]] in [[Brunswick]], where she was appointed as guardian to her son after the death of his aged grandfather. Anna founded and established the [[hospital]] of [[St Anne]] in the suburbs of the town of Celle. She died there aged seventy-two (April 8, 1514).
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