Background
Anna was the eldest daughter of John IV, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, and his wife Maria, the daughter of John II, Lord of Jülich, Heinsberg and Löwenberg.
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Anna was the eldest daughter of John IV, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, and his wife Maria, the daughter of John II, Lord of Jülich, Heinsberg and Löwenberg.
Anna was married firstly (1467) to Otto V "the Magnanimous," Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Anna founded and established the hospital of Street Anne in the suburbs of the town of Celle. She died there aged 72 on 8 April 1514.