Friedrich of Anhalt-Dessau ( German: Friedrich von Anhalt-Dessau ; December 27, 1769 , Dessau - May 27, 1814 , ibid.) - Crown Prince of the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau from the Askaniev dynasty.
| Frederick Anhalt-Dessau | ||||
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| Friedrich von Anhalt-Dessau | ||||
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| Birth | December 27, 1769 Dessau | |||
| Death | May 27, 1814 ( 44) Dessau | |||
| Burial place | Dessau | |||
| Kind | Askania | |||
| Father | Leopold III of Anhalt-Dessau | |||
| Mother | Louise Brandenburg-Swedish | |||
| Spouse | Amalia Hesse-Homburg | |||
| Children | August Leopold IV Friedrich George Louise Frederick Augustus William | |||
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Biography
Frederick is the only child of Prince Leopold III of Anhalt-Dessau , born in a marriage. Friedrich's mother is Louise Brandenburg of Sweden , daughter of Margrave Friedrich Heinrich of Brandenburg of Sweden . From his mother he inherited the Brandenburg estates of Stolzenberg, Wormsfeld and Tsantoch, which were transferred to Anhalt-Dessau . [one]
Since 1788, Frederick served as an officer in the Prussian army [2] and resigned from Prussia in early January 1794 with the rank of major general . [3] Friedrich, who never took part in the administration of the principality, died three years before the death of his father, so the eldest son of Friedrich Leopold IV Friedrich came to power in Anhalt Dessau.
Descendants
On June 12, 1792 in Homburg, Frederick married Amalia of Hesse-Homburg , the daughter of the Landgraf Frederick V. They were born:
- Augustus (1793-1854), married to Prince Frederick Gunther Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1793-1867)
- Leopold IV Frederick (1794–1871), Duke of Anhalt , married to Frederick of Prussia (1796–1850)
- Georg (1796–1865), was married to Princess Carolina of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1804–1829), then was combined with a morganatic marriage with Teresa Emma von Erdmansdorf (1807–1848)
- Paul (1797)
- Louise (1798–1858), married to the landgrave Gustav of Hesse-Homburg (1781–1848)
- Frederick Augustus (1799–1864), married to Princess Maria of Hesse of Kassel (1814–1895)
- Wilhelm (1807–1864), was in an organic marriage with Emilia Klausnittser (1812–1888), “Baroness von Stolzenberg”
Literature
- Heinrich August Pierer: Universal-Lexikon der Gegenwart und Vergangenheit , Ausgabe 4, 1858, S. 737
Notes
- ↑ Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Berghaus: Geographisch-historisch-Statistisches Landbuch der Provinz Brandenburg und des Markgrafthums Niederlausitz in der Mitte des 19. Jhrhndts , Band 3, S. 462, A. Müller, 1856
- ↑ Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg: Friedrich Wilhelm II. und die Künste: Preussens weg zum Klassizismus , 1997, S. 122
- ↑ Der Alltag der Fürstin Louise von Anhalt-Dessau. Ihre Tagebuchaufzeichnungen 1756-1805 zusammengefasst von Friedrich Matthisson, 2010, S. 84.