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Princess Anka Obrenović

Member of the House of Obrenovic

Born on: April 1, 1821
Died on: June 10, 1868
Aged: 47 years 70 days (566 months)
Gender: Female
Nationality: Serbia
Birth Sign: Aries

 

Princess Anka Obrenović

Princess Anka Obrenović was a member of the Serbian royal Obrenović dynasty as the niece of the dynasty's founder Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia.

She was also a society leader and writer whose translations in 1836 were the first literary works compiled by a woman to be published in Serbia.

She was the inspiration for a poem by renowned Croatian poet Antun Mihanović, who had wished to marry her when she was 16 and he 41.

In 1860, she established one of the first Serbian salons in her home in Belgrade. She was also known as "Anka pomodarka".


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