Eduard (Anhalt)

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Eduard von Anhalt

Eduard Georg Wilhelm Maximilian von Anhalt (born April 18, 1861 in Dessau , † September 13, 1918 in Berchtesgaden ) was Duke of Anhalt for a few months in 1918 .

Life

He was the son of Friedrich I and in 1918 he was Duke of Anhalt for a few months . On February 6, 1895, he married Luise, daughter of Prince Moritz von Sachsen-Altenburg and Auguste von Sachsen-Meiningen . He succeeded his brother Friedrich II , who died in April , but died himself after only a short reign. His successor was his underage son Joachim Ernst under the tutelage of Aribert von Anhalt .

progeny

  • Friederike Margarethe (born January 11, 1896 - † November 18, 1896)
  • Leopold Friedrich (February 10, 1897 - December 26, 1898)
  • Marie Auguste (born June 10, 1898 - May 22, 1983), ⚭ 1st Prince Joachim of Prussia , ⚭ 2nd Johannes-Michael Freiherr von Loën
  • Joachim Ernst (born January 11, 1901 - † February 18, 1947), Duke of Anhalt
  • Eugen (born April 17, 1903; † September 2, 1980), ⚭ Anastasia Jungmeier; 1 daughter from this marriage: Anastasia-Louise von Anhalt, ⚭ 1962 Maria Emanuel Margrave of Meißen
  • Wolfgang (* July 12, 1912; † April 10, 1936)

ancestors

Pedigree of Duke Eduard von Anhalt (1861–1918)
Great grandparents

Hereditary Prince
Friedrich von Anhalt-Dessau (1769–1814)
⚭ 1792
Princess Amalie of Hessen-Homburg (1774–1846)

Prince
Friedrich Ludwig Karl of Prussia (1773–1796)
⚭ 1793
Princess Friederike von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778–1841)

Duke Friedrich von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (1763–1834)
⚭ 1785
Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1769–1818)

Prince Karl (Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) (1785–1853)
⚭ 1808
Mrs. Antoinette Murat (1793–1847)

Grandparents

Duke Leopold IV of Anhalt-Dessau (1794–1871)
⚭ 1818
Princess Friederike of Prussia (1796–1850)

Prince Eduard von Sachsen-Altenburg (1804–1852)
⚭ 1835
Princess Amalie von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1815–1841)

parents

Landgrave Friedrich I (Anhalt) (1831–1904)
⚭ 1854
Princess Antoinette of Saxony-Altenburg (1838–1908)

Duke Eduard von Anhalt (1861-1918)

literature

  • Wilhelm Strohmayer: A pioneer in child and adolescent psychiatry . Dissertation. To obtain the academic degree of doctor medicinae (Dr. Med.), Friedrich Schiller University Jena 2003, p. 34.
  • Ralf Regener: A Forgotten Ruler - Biographical Studies on Duke Eduard von Anhalt (1861-1918). In: Communications from the Verein für Anhaltische Landeskunde 26 (2017), pp. 141–146.
  • Ralf Regener: The year of the three-dukes in Anhalt, 1918 , in: Saxony-Anhalt. Journal für Natur- und Heimatfreunde 25 (2015), H. 1, S. 19-21.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ralf Regener: The Anhalt Three Duke Year 1918 , in: Saxony-Anhalt. Journal für Natur- und Heimatfreunde 25 (2015), H. 1, S. 19-21.
  2. ↑ Ralf Regener: The fall of the Askanians in 1918 in Anhalt. Conditions, course and aftermath of the fall of a small German monarchy , Dessau-Roßlau 2013, pp. 50–55.
predecessor Office successor
Friedrich II. Duke of Anhalt
April 21, 1918 - September 13, 1918 		Joachim Ernst
personal data
SURNAME Eduard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anhalt, Eduard Georg Wilhelm Maximilian von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Anhalt
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Dessau
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1918
Place of death Berchtesgaden