August Ludwig (Anhalt-Koethen)

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Prince August Ludwig of Anhalt-Koethen

Prince August Ludwig von Anhalt-Köthen (born June 9, 1697 in Köthen ; † August 6, 1755 ibid) was a ruling Prince of Anhalt-Köthen from the Ascanian dynasty .

Life

August Ludwig was the third son of Emanuel Lebrecht and his morganatic wife Gisela Agnes von Rath , since 1694 Countess of Nienburg . Because of the Primogenitur , which had been introduced in Anhalt-Köthen since 1702 , he received from his older brother Leopold what was an exclave beyond Güsten , in 1547 from Georg III. built Warmsdorf Castle and the Warmsdorf region with all income (in 1715/16 it was 9,893, previously 13,094 thalers) as well as other concessions as compensation.

In January 1722 he married Agnes Wilhelmine von Wuthenau (1700–1725) in his first (morganatic) marriage , who was raised to Countess von Warmsdorf in 1721 . In January 1726, he married Countess Emilie von Promnitz (1708–1732), daughter of Count Erdmann II. In November 1732, he finally married Countess Anna von Promnitz (1711–1750), the sister of his second wife. As a result of this marriage policy, the rule of Pleß in Upper Silesia came to the House of Anhalt-Köthen in 1765 .

After his older brother Prince Leopold and his only son died in 1728 , he succeeded Leopold as Prince of Anhalt-Köthen and was immediately faced with serious problems. Two "unfortunate" legal disputes with Leopold's widow, Charlotte Friederike von Nassau-Siegen (1702–1785), who had sued for her Wittum money , and Leopold's daughter from his first marriage, Gisela Agnes (1722–1751), who held her father's inheritance had demanded, gave the principality a huge national debt.

For Charlotte Friederike, despite remarrying, the Princely House and the Rentkammer had to pay a total of 200,000 Reichstaler until her death in 1785. The net present value of all services raised for Gisela Agnes amounted to 335,000 Reichstaler. However, the debt servicing of the loans taken out and their consequences grew faster than the state budget, so that in a few years the mountain of debt increased to three times the annual income of the principality. Both legal cases are the causes of the high national debt of the Köthener Land, which ran like a red thread through the history of this Anhalt principality, whose repayment was aimed at but never achieved.

Prince August Ludwig died in 1755 at the age of 58 and was buried in the royal crypt of St. Jacob's Church in Köthen .

progeny

In January 1722 he married Agnes Wilhelmine von Wuthenau (1700–1725) in his first morganatic marriage , who was raised to Countess von Warmsdorf in 1721 . The couple had the following children:

  • Gisela Henriette (1722–1728)
  • Agnes Leopoldine (1724–1766)

In January 1726 he married Emilie Countess von Promnitz (1708–1732), daughter of Count Erdmann II. The couple had the following children:

  • Christiane Anna Agnes (1726–1790)
⚭ 1742 Count Heinrich Ernst zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (1716–1778)
  • Friedrich August (1727–1729)
  • Johanna Wilhelmine (1728–1786)
⚭ 1749 Prince Friedrich zu Carolath-Beuthen (1716–1791)
⚭ 1763 Princess Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg (1749–1812)
⚭ 1766 Countess Louise zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (1744–1784)

In November 1732 he finally married Countess Anna von Promnitz (1711–1750) in third marriage . The couple had the following children:

  • Charlotte Sophie (1733-1770)
  • Marie Magdalene (1735–1783)

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  1. ↑ Hans-Jürgen Janik: Köthener event report November 2003 Genealogy Fürstenhaus Anhalt-Köthen , accessed April 16, 2013.
predecessor Office successor
Leopold Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
1728 - 1755 		Karl Georg Lebrecht
personal data
SURNAME August Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anhalt-Köthen, Prince August Ludwig von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince of Anhalt-Koethen
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1697
PLACE OF BIRTH Koethen
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1755
Place of death Koethen