Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony

Anne of Denmark or Anna (22 November 1532, Haderslev – 1 October 1585, Dresden) was Electress of Saxony and Margravine of Meissen. She was a member of the House of Oldenburg. Anne was the eldest child of King Christian III of Denmark and his wife Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg. Anne learned needlework from her mother as well as, herbs, home care, agriculture. In 1548, she married Augustus I of Saxony ( "Father of August"). They went on to have fifteen children, eleven of them would die young. The couple took up residence at Weissenfels. Before each birth they took out their shrouds, so that they would be in an emergency at hand. She washed and churned herself, doctored her husband and also tried to gain influence on state affairs when court...