Anna of Tyrol, Holy Roman Empress.
She was born 4 October 1585 in Innsbruck as the last child of Archduke Ferdinand II of Tyrol and his second wife Anna Caterina Gonzaga. On 4 December 1611 she married her twenty-eight years older cousin Matthias in Vienna. Although the marriage was very happy it stayed childless. After his brothers death Matthias received the imperial crown and was crowned in 1612. In 1617 the couple founded the Capuchin church where most of the Holy Roman Emperors and Empresses have since been buried. Empress Anna of Tyrol died 14 Dec 1618 in Vienna a year later and only three months before her husband.
She was born 4 October 1585 in Innsbruck as the last child of Archduke Ferdinand II of Tyrol and his second wife Anna Caterina Gonzaga. On 4 December 1611 she married her twenty-eight years older cousin Matthias in Vienna. Although the marriage was very happy it stayed childless. After his brothers death Matthias received the imperial crown and was crowned in 1612. In 1617 the couple founded the Capuchin church where most of the Holy Roman Emperors and Empresses have since been buried. Empress Anna of Tyrol died 14 Dec 1618 in Vienna a year later and only three months before her husband.
