Anna of Tyrol

Anna of Tyrol
Portrait by Frans Pourbus the Younger, c. 1603
Holy Roman Empress
German Queen
Tenure21 May 1612 – 14 December 1618
Coronation15 June 1612
Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia
Archduchess consort of Austria
Tenure4 December 1611 – 14 December 1618
Coronation23 March 1613 (Hungary)
10 January 1616 (Bohemia)
Born4 October 1585
Innsbruck, County of Tyrol, Holy Roman Empire
Died14 December 1618 (aged 33)
Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1611)
HouseHabsburg
FatherFerdinand II, Archduke of Austria
MotherAnna Juliana Gonzaga

Anna of Tyrol (4 October 1585 – 14 December 1618) was by birth an Archduchess of Austria and member of the Tyrolean branch of the House of Habsburg and by marriage Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Bohemia and Queen of Hungary.[1]

The first crowned Holy Roman Empress since the mid-15th century, she was responsible for the moving of the Imperial court from Prague to Vienna, which became one of the centers of European culture. A proponent of the Counter-Reformation, she held a great influence over her husband Matthias, with whom she founded the Imperial Crypt, which later became the burial place of the Habsburg dynasty.

  1. ^ "Matthias | Holy Roman emperor". Encyclopædia Britannica.