Background
Anna was the daughter of Antoine the Good, Duke of Lorraine and Renée of Bourbon-Montpensier.
Anna was the daughter of Antoine the Good, Duke of Lorraine and Renée of Bourbon-Montpensier.
Her maternal grandparents were Gilbert of Bourbon, Count of Montpensier, and Clara Gonzaga. Her brothers were Francis I, Duke of Lorraine and Nicolas, Duke of Mercœur. They had a single daughter, Maria, born in 1544, who only lived three weeks and was buried in the Grote Kerk at Breda.
Anna remarried to Philip II, Duke of Aarschot, on 9 July 1548.
They had one son, Charles Philippe de Croÿ, born on 1 September 1549 in Brussels. He was the Prince of Croÿ and in 1580 married Diane de Dammartin (1550 – aft 1635), Countess of Fontenoy.
He died on 25 November 1613 in Burgundy. She died in Diest.