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The Beloved Wife: Gentle and Beautiful Anna of Schweidnitz (1339-1362) ~ A Guest Post by Katarzyna Ogrodnik-Fujcik

The Beloved Wife: Gentle and Beautiful Anna of Schweidnitz (1339-1362) ~ A Guest Post by Katarzyna Ogrodnik-Fujcik

Anna of Schweidnitz and Charles IV of Luxembourg, Chapel of St Catherine, Karlštejn, The Czech Republic. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Charles IV of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia and King of the Romans, lost both his young son and his second wife, the boy’s mother, respectively. Twice widowed he decided to marry his son’s fiancee, the young Anna of Schweidnitz and thus secure the Schweidnitz…

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Agnes, Second Wife of Rudolf I of Hapsburg, Francesco Terzio, 16th century, Harvard Art Museums: Drawings

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Alfred Mansfield Brooks Size: actual: 28.2 x 21.5 cm (11 1/8 x 8 7/16 in.) Medium: Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, later gone over with a stylus, on off-white antique laid paper

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/296104

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