Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Queen Anna of Sweden and Poland


Anna of Austria (1573-1598) was the first wife of King Sigismund III Vasa of Poland and Sweden. Both Anna and her husband were devout Catholics.

Image:
Anna of Austria, from Wikimedia Commons. In the public domain.

2 comments:

May said...

Thanks for linking!

Marie-Jacqueline said...

You're very welcome. The parallels between Dagmar's story and Anna's are interesting. What brave and faithful women they were!