Karl Friedrich (Anhalt-Bernburg)

Karl Friedrich

Karl Friedrich Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (* 13. July 1668 in Bernburg (Saale) , † 22. April 1721 in Ballenstedt ) from the family of Askanier was from 1718 until his death reigning Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg .

Life

Karl Friedrich was the eldest son of Prince Victor Amadeus von Anhalt-Bernburg and his wife Countess Palatine Elisabeth von Zweibrücken. His first marriage was to his cousin Sofie Albertine (* October 2, 1672; † June 12, 1708), the daughter of Georg Friedrich Graf zu Solms-Sonnenwalde and Princess Anna Sofie von Anhalt-Bernburg , sister of Prince Victor Amadeus from Anhalt-Bernburg .

After her death he married 1715 in morganatic marriage the maid Wilhelmine Charlotte Nüssler who had already borne him a son in 1712. After giving birth to another boy in 1717, she was made Countess of Ballenstedt in 1719 . The two sons who were not entitled to succeed were legitimized and were given the title Count von Bährnfeld .

progeny

He and his wife Sofie Albertine had 6 children:

• Elisabeth Albertine (1693–1774)

⚭ 1712 Prince Günther XLIII. von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1678–1740)

• Friedrich Wilhelm (1694–1694)
• Charlotte Sophie (1696–1762)

⚭ 1721 Prince August von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1691–1750)

• Auguste Wilhelmine (1697–1767)
• Viktor II. Friedrich (1700–1765), Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg

⚭ 1. 1724 Princess Luise of Anhalt-Dessau (1709–1732)

⚭ 2. 1733 Princess Albertine of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1712–1750)

⚭ 3. 1750 Konstanze Schmidt, von Baer 1752

• Friederike Henriette (1702–1723)

⚭ 1721 Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen (1694–1728)

See also

• Stop
• Ascanians

literature

• Hermann Laundry : Anhalt history - 3 volumes, Köthen: Schulze, 1912-13
• Karl Prinz von Isenburg: Family Tables on the History of the European States - 2 volumes, Marburg 1953

predecessor	Office	successor
Victor Amadeus	Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg 1718–1721	Victor Friedrich