On 4 October 1585 in Innsbruck, she was born a daughter of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Count of Tirol, and Anna Catharina Gonzaga. On 4 December 1611 in Vienna, she married her cousin, Archduke Matthias. In 1612 Matthias became Emperor and, in Frankfurt, they were crowned together. In 1613 she was then crowned as Queen of Hungary and, in 1616, Queen of Bohemia.

Their marriage was a happy one; yet, though she was often rumoured to be pregnant, they remained childless. Anna was a devout catholic and, no doubt, influenced her husband. As a child she had met the first Kapuziner monks in Innsbruck and supported them when they
established themselves in Vienna. Cardinal Khlesl had a strong influence on her.

On 20 July 1618, when the Archdukes Maximilian and Ferdinand told the Emperor about the imprisonment of Cardinal Khlesl, the Emperor, ill after a severe gout attack, turned red in the face but remained quiet while closing his eyes. However, Anna jumped up with fury and shouted, "I can sense that you all wish my husband would not live so long and that you are tired of him."

On 14 December 1618 in Vienna, Anna died, aged thirty-three, a few months before her husband. In their joint will they stated to be founding in Vienna the 'Kapuzingergruft' which was to become the Imperial family's burial place. The Imperial couple's coffins remained in the 'Queen's cloister' until, in 1633, they were moved with much pomp to the Kapuzinergruft. Probably close to two hundred members of the Habsburg family have since been buried there, some even after the
collapse of the monarchy in 1918. 
 

Source: Leo van de Pas