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Anna Jagiellon
Image:AnnaJagiellonka.MarcinKober.1595.ws.jpg On a 1595 painting by Marcin Kober, oil on canvas
Born	October 18, 1523
in	Kraków, Poland
Died	September 9, 1596
in	Warsaw, Poland
Buried	Wawel Cathedral
Coronation	May 1, 1576 in Kraków
Family or dynasty	Jagiellon dynasty
Coat of Arms	Pogoń Litewska.
Parents	Sigismund I of Poland Bona Sforza
Marriage and children	with Stefan Batory:

This article is about the queen regnant of Poland, for other Anne/Anna ((the) Jagiellon(ka)) (of Poland), see Anna of Poland (disambiguation)

Anna Jagiellon (Polish: Anna Jagiellonka; 1523 - 1596), daughter of Poland's King Zygmunt I the Old, wife of King Stefan Batory, was one of the last members of the Jagiellon dynasty.

She became Queen of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and was an heir to the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Anna was a spinster when her brother King Zygmunt II August died. In 1576 she married Stefan Batory (1533-1586), then Reigning Prince of Transylvania, who that same year was elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. Anna survived her husband and died childless.

Her heir was the only son of her youngest sister, Catherine of Poland, Queen of Sweden: Sigismund. Anna helped him, after her husband's death, gain the Polish throne as Sigismund III Vasa.

Anna died as Dowager Queen of Poland during her nephew Zygmunt's reign, in her own country where she had been born and had lived.

Anna Jagiellon is one of the persons who figure in a famous painting by Jan Matejko depicting the preaching of Piotr Skarga.

Preceded by: Henry III Walezy	Queen of Poland together with Stefan Batory 1575–1586	Succeeded by: Sigismund III Vasa
	Grand Duchess of Lithuania together with Stefan Batory 1575–1586

<tr><th colspan="2">Monarchs of Poland</th></tr> <tr><th>Piast</th><td>Siemowit •Lestko •Siemomysł •Mieszko I •Boleslaw I the Brave •Mieszko II Lambert •Bezprym •Mieszko II Lambert •Casimir I the Restorer •Boleslav II the Bold •Władysław I Herman •Zbigniew of Poland •Bolesław III Wrymouth •Władysław II the Exile •Bolesław IV the Curly •Mieszko III the Old •Casimir II the Just •Leszek I the White •Władysław III Spindleshanks •Władysław Odonic •Mieszko IV Tanglefoot •Konrad I of Masovia •Henry I the Bearded •Henry II the Pious •Konrad I of Masovia •Bolesław V the Chaste •Leszek II the Black •Henryk IV Probus •Premislas II</td></tr> <tr><th>Přemyslid</th><td>Venceslaus II •Wenceslaus III</td></tr> <tr><th>Piast</th><td>Władysław I the Elbow-high •Casimir III the Great</td></tr> <tr><th>Angevin</th><td>Ludwik the Hungarian •Jadwiga Angevin</td></tr> <tr><th>Jagiellon</th><td>Władysław II Jagiełło •Władysław III of Varna •Casimir IV Jagiellon •John I Albert •Alexander Jagiellon •Sigismund I the Old •Sigismund II Augustus</td></tr> <tr><th>Elected</th><td>Henry III of France •Anna Jagiellon •Stefan Batory •Sigismund III Vasa •Władysław IV Vasa •John II Casimir •Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki •John III Sobieski •August II the Strong •Stanisław Leszczyński •Augustus II the Strong •Stanisław Leszczyński •August III the Saxon •Stanisław August Poniatowski</td></tr> hu:Jagelló Anna

ja:アンナ (ポーランド女王) pl:Anna Jagiellonka