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Anne of Bohemia (11 May 1366 – 7 June 1394), also known as Anne of Luxembourg, was Queen of England as the first wife of King Richard II. A member of the House of Luxembourg, she was the eldest daughter of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia, and Elizabeth of Pomerania.
Learn about the life and legacy of Richard II, the last Plantagenet king of England, and his wife Anne, daughter of the Emperor Charles IV of Bohemia. See their portrait, coronation, burial and monument in the Abbey.
Anne of Bohemia was the wife of Richard II and the sister of King Wenceslas of Bohemia. She was a pious, kind and intelligent queen who supported John Wycliffe and died of the plague in 1394.
Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (23 July 1503 – 27 January 1547), sometimes known as Anna Jagellonica, was Queen of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary and Archduchess of Austria as the wife of King Ferdinand I (later Holy Roman Emperor).
On 20 January 1382 Richard II married Anne of Bohemia (1366-94), daughter of the Emperor Charles IV and sister of Wenceslas IV of Bohemia, 'this tiny scrap of humanity', as the Westminster chronicler described her. Two days later she was crowned.
King Richard II’s first wife Anne has the distinction of being the only English queen from Bohemia. The marriage was a by-product of the schism within the Papacy in the fourteenth century. When the young Anne came to England, one of the chroniclers described her as a “scrap of humanity”.
May 21, 2018 · Anne of Bohemia (1366–94) was the first wife of Richard II, king of England, and a popular queen who introduced the sidesaddle and Wycliffe's works. Learn about her life, marriage, death, and legacy from various sources.
