Anna of Pomerania

Anna of Pomerania

Anna of Pomerania (also known as "Anne de Croy et Aerschot", "Anna von Croy und Aerschot, Anna von Pommern") (3 October1590 - 7 July1660) was Duchess-Consort of Croy and Havré, and allodial heiress of the extinct ducal house of Pomerania.

She was youngest daughter of Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania and Klara of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She was the last surviving member of the Griffins (Greifen).

In 1619 she married Ernst von Croy, 3rd Duke of Croy and Aerschot (1583-1620), an imperial general, he would however die the following year. Their son, Ernst Bogislaw von Croy (1620-1684), became the last Lutheran bishop of Kammin (now Kamień Pomorski).

ee also

*House of Croÿ for short biographies of both Ernsts von Croy

External links

*de icon [http://www.ruegenwalde.com/greifen/anna/anna.htm Anna, Prinzessin von Pommern-Stettin, Herzogin von Croy-Havré]


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