Foix, Anne de (fl. 1480–1500)

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Foix, Anne de (fl. 1480–1500)

Queen of Bohemia and Hungary. Name variations: Anne de Fair. Flourished between 1480 and 1500; possibly daughter of Madeleine of France (1443–1486) and Gaston de Foix, prince of Viane or Viana; possibly sister of Catherine de Foix (c. 1470–1517); married Vladislav II also known as Ladislas II of Bohemia, king of Hungary (r. 1490–1516), king of Bohemia (r. 1471–1516); children: Louis II, king of Bohemia (r. 1516–1526), king of Hungary (r. 1516–1526); Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (1503–1547, who married Ferdinand I, Holy Roman emperor, r. 1556–1564).

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