Dietrich von Anhalt-Dessau
Dietrich Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (born August 2, 1702 in Dessau ; † December 2, 1769 there ) was regent of Anhalt-Dessau and Prussian field marshal.
Life
Dietrich comes from the Askanians . He was the third son of Prince Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau and his wife Imperial Princess Anna Luise Föhse . His bad luck was the introduction of the primogeniture in 1727 for this house as well. Since his eldest brother Wilhelm Gustav von Anhalt-Dessau (1699–1737) had already died before his father's death, the second oldest brother, Leopold II, Maximilian von Anhalt-Dessau (1700–1751) inherited title and power. After his death in 1751, the succession went directly to his eleven-year-old son Leopold III. Friedrich Franz von Anhalt-Dessau (1740-1817) about.
From 1751 to 1758 Dietrich ruled the country as a guardian for his nephew Leopold III. Friedrich Franz von Anhalt-Dessau and played a key role in his education.
For his services in the Prussian army as commander of Regiment No. In 1741 he was accepted as a knight in the Order of the Black Eagle .
Dietrich died without offspring. In his last will he decreed: "... Kirchhauß, Kutsch and Domestiquen, with veiled decorations, is a superfluous stat, poor school, and Kirch, on the other hand, may you succumb three times, they need them in the act." His city palace in Dessau later housed the Philanthropinum reform school .
literature
- Hans Branig: Dietrich, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 676 ( digitized version ).
- Ferdinand Siebigk : Dietrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 172-175.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Chronicle of the city of Sonneberg 1757-1802 by Johann Martin Steiner . Stadtarchiv Sonneberg 2017, p. 141, ISBN 978-3-00-058293-6
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SURNAME | Dietrich von Anhalt-Dessau |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anhalt-Dessau, Dietrich Prinz von (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Regent of Anhalt-Dessau (1751–1758) |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1702 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dessau |
DATE OF DEATH | December 2, 1769 |
Place of death | Dessau |