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'''Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg''' ({{circa|1441}} – 1514) was a [[Flemish people|Flemish]]-[[German people|German]] [[philanthropist]].
'''Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg''' ({{circa|1441}}–1514) was a [[Flemish people|Flemish]]-[[German people|German]] [[philanthropist]].


Anna was the eldest daughter of [[Jan IV of Nassau|John IV, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg]], and his wife [[Maria of Loon-Heinsberg|Maria]], the daughter of [[John II, Count of Loon-Heinsberg]]. Anna was married firstly (1467) to [[Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Otto V 'the Magnanimous,' Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]. With Otto's early death (1471), her father-in-law, the elderly [[Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Duke Frederick]] acted as guardian of her son, [[Henry I of Lüneburg|Duke Henry I]] (1468–1532). Anna remarried (1474) to [[Philip I, Count of Katzenelnbogen]] (1402–1479), as his second wife, and went to reside under his roof. After Philip's death, the duchess returned to [[Celle]] in [[Brunswick-Lüneburg|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 on April 8, 1514.
Anna was the eldest daughter of [[Jan IV of Nassau|John IV, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg]], and his wife [[Maria of Loon-Heinsberg|Maria]], the daughter of [[John II, Count of Loon-Heinsberg]]. Anna was married firstly (1467) to [[Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Otto V 'the Magnanimous,' Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]. With Otto's early death (1471), her father-in-law, the elderly [[Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Duke Frederick]] acted as guardian of her son, [[Henry I of Lüneburg|Duke Henry I]] (1468–1532). Anna remarried (1474) to [[Philip I, Count of Katzenelnbogen]] (1402–1479), as his second wife, and went to reside under his roof. After Philip's death, the duchess returned to [[Celle]] in [[Brunswick-Lüneburg|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 on April 8, 1514.

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Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg
Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg
Bornc. 1441
Died(1514-04-08)8 April 1514
Celle
Noble familyHouse of Nassau
Spouse(s)Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Philip I, Count of Katzenelnbogen
FatherJohn IV, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
MotherMaria of Loon-Heinsberg

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

Anna was the eldest daughter of John IV, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, and his wife Maria, the daughter of John II, Count of Loon-Heinsberg. Anna was married firstly (1467) to Otto V 'the Magnanimous,' Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. With Otto's early death (1471), her father-in-law, the elderly Duke Frederick acted as guardian of her son, Duke Henry I (1468–1532). Anna remarried (1474) to Philip I, Count of Katzenelnbogen (1402–1479), as his second wife, and went to reside under his roof. After 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 on April 8, 1514.

References

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

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