Leopold IV Friedrich
Duke of Anhalt
Born: October 1, 1794 in Dessau
Parents: Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau and Amalie of Hesse-Homburg
Married: April 18, 1818 to Princess Friederike Wilhelmine of Prussia
Children:
– Princess Auguste (1819)
– Princess Agnes (1824)
– Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt (1831)
– Princess Maria Anna (1837)
REIGNS:
– Duke of Anhalt-Dessau August 9, 1817 – May 1853
– Duke of Anhalt-Köthen November 27, 1847- May 1853
– Duke of Anhalt-Dessau-Köthen May 1853 – August 30, 1863
– Duke of Anhalt August 30, 1863 – May 22, 1871
Died: May 22, 1871 in Dessau
Buried: Berenhorst crypt in the Historical Cemetery, Dessau
Friederike of Prussia
Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau
Born: September 30, 1796 in Berlin
Parents: Prince Ludwig Karl of Prussia and Duchess Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Married: April 18, 1818 to Friedrich IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
Children:
– Princess Auguste (1819)
– Princess Agnes (1824)
– Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt (1831)
– Princess Maria Anna (1837)
Died: January 1, 1850 in Dessau
Buried: Berenhorst crypt in the Historical Cemetery, Dessau
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Friedrich I
Duke of Anhalt
Born: April 29, 1831 in Dessau
Parents: Leopold IV Friedrich, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Friederike of Prussia
Married: April 22, 1854 to Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg
Children:
– Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt (1855)
– Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt (1856)
– Princess Elisabeth (1857)
– Prince Eduard (1861)
– Prince Aribert (1866)
– Princess Alexandra (1868)
REIGN: May 22, 1871 – January 24, 1904
Died: January 24, 1904 at Ballenstedt Castle, Anhalt
Buried: Ziebigker Cemetery in Dessau
Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg
Duchess of Anhalt
Born: April 17, 1838 in Bamberg, Germany
Parents: Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg and Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Married: April 22, 1854 to Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt
Children:
– Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt (1855)
– Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt (1856)
– Princess Elisabeth (1857)
– Prince Eduard (1861)
– Prince Aribert (1866)
– Princess Alexandra (1868)
Died: October 13, 1908 in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria
Buried: Ziebigker Cemetery in Dessau
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Friedrich II
Duke of Anhalt
Born: August 19, 1856 in Dessau
Parents: Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg
Married: July 2, 1889 to Princess Marie of Baden
REIGN: January 24, 1904 – April 21, 1918
Died: April 21, 1918 at Ballenstedt Castle, Anhalt
Buried: Ziebigker Cemetery in Dessau
Marie of Baden
Duchess of Anhalt
Born: July 26, 1865 in Baden-Baden
Parents: Prince Wilhelm of Baden and Princess Marie of Leuchtenberg
Married: July 2, 1889 to Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt
Died: November 29, 1939 in Baden-Baden
Buried: Ziebigker Cemetery in Dessau
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Eduard
Duke of Anhalt
Born: April 18, 1861 in Dessau
Parents: Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg
Married: February 6, 1895 to Princess Luise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (div. 1918)
Children:
– Princess Friederike (1896)
– Prince Leopold (1897)
– Princess Marie-Auguste (1898)
– Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt (1901)
– Prince Eugen (1903)
– Prince Wolfgang (1912)
REIGN: April 21, 1918 – September 13, 1918
Died: September 13, 1918 at Berchtesgaden, Bavaria
Buried: Ziebigker Cemetery in Dessau
Luise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg
Princess Eduard of Anhalt
Born: August 11, 1873 in Altenburg
Parents: Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg and Princess Auguste of Saxe-Meiningen
Married: February 6, 1895 to Prince Eduard of Anhalt (div. 1918)
Children:
– Princess Friederike (1896)
– Prince Leopold (1897)
– Princess Marie-Auguste (1898)
– Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt (1901)
– Prince Eugen (1903)
– Prince Wolfgang (1912)
Died: April 14, 1953 in Altenburg
Buried: Ducal Cemetery in Trockenborn, Germany
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Joachim Ernst
Duke of Anhalt
Born: January 11, 1901 at Ballenstedt Castle, Anhalt
Parents: Eduard, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Luise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg
Married(1): March 3, 1927 to Elisabeth Strickrodt (div. 1929)
Married(2): October 15, 1929 to Edda-Charlotte von Stephani-Marwitz
Children:
– Alexandra (1930)
– Anna Luise (1933)
– Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt(1938)
– Edda (1940)
– Eduard (1941)
REIGN: September 13, 1918 – November 12, 1918
Died: February 18, 1947 at NKVD Special Camp 2 at Buchenwald
Buried: Mass grave at Buchenwald
In 2007, an urn of dirt from the grave in Buchenwald was buried at Ballenstedt Castle, Anhalt
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