Friedrich I. (Anhalt)

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Duke Friedrich I of Anhalt
Herzog-Stein in Dessau
Duke Friedrich I of Anhalt
Friedrich Herzog von Anhalt on a 2-mark coin from 1876

Leopold Friedrich I. Franz Nikolaus von Anhalt (born April 29, 1831 in Dessau , † January 24, 1904 in Ballenstedt ) from the House of Ascanians was Duke of Anhalt as Friedrich I from 1871 to 1904 .

Life

Friedrich was born the son of Duke Leopold IV of Anhalt-Dessau and Princess Friederike of Prussia (1796-1850). His upbringing was taken over by Karl Friedrich Heinrich Luppe (1819–1867), a Anhalt theologian. He studied in Bonn and Geneva , joined in 1851 as a first lieutenant in the 1st Guards Regiment walk the Prussian Army in Potsdam and held since 1853 in Dessau on.

With the extinction of the Bernburg Line in 1863, the territory of the Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg was united with the Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau . The new Duchy of Anhalt was created with the capital Dessau. Friedrich's father then ruled as Leopold I, Duke of Anhalt.

In 1864 Friedrich took part in the Schleswig campaign on the staff of his brother-in-law, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia . In 1867 he became lieutenant general à la suite in the army and took part in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870/71 . Here Frederick took part in the siege of Toul , the fighting at Beaumont and Sedan . For Mont Valérien he received the Iron Cross, 2nd class.

He took part in the imperial proclamation in Versailles on January 18, 1871, on behalf of his father .

When his father died on May 22, 1871, Friedrich succeeded him in the government of the countries that had united to form the Duchy of Anhalt , the former principalities of Anhalt-Dessau , Anhalt-Köthen and Anhalt-Bernburg. Kaiser Wilhelm I appointed Friedrich Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 93 on August 16, 1876 , after having promoted him to General of the Infantry three years earlier . He was also a knight of the Order of the Black Eagle and holder of the Order of the Red Eagle First Class with Swords and the Grand Cross of the Belgian Order of Leopold .

Friedrich I died on January 24, 1904. His successor was his son Friedrich II.

The paddle steamer Duke Friedrich von Anhalt was named after him.

Marriage and offspring

On April 22, 1854 he married Princess Antoinette von Sachsen-Altenburg (born April 17, 1838 in Bamberg, † October 13, 1908 in Berchtesgaden), daughter of Prince Eduard von Sachsen-Altenburg († 1852). The following children were born from this marriage:

  • Leopold (1855–1886), Hereditary Prince of Anhalt
⚭ 1884 Princess Elisabeth of Hessen-Kassel (1861–1955)
⚭ 1889 Princess Marie of Baden (1865–1939)
⚭ 1877 Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich V of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1848–1914)
  • Eduard (1861–1918), Duke of Anhalt
⚭ 1895 (closed 1918) Princess Luise of Saxony-Altenburg (1873–1953)
⚭ 1891 (closed 1900) Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872–1956)
⚭ 1897 Prince Sizzo von Schwarzburg (1860–1926)

monument

The sculptor Ludwig Manzel created the bronze equestrian statue of Duke Friedrich I of Anhalt. It was ceremoniously unveiled in Dessau in 1907.

The Berlin sculptor Fritz Heinemann created a 78 cm high bust in white Carrara marble in 1902, which shows the Duke in uniform with medal.

literature

  • Gustav von Glasenapp : Military Biographies of the Officer Corps of the Prussian Army. Berlin 1868, p. 123.
  • Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 7, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , pp. 284–285, no. 2298.
  • Ralf Regener: A forgotten ruler - Biographical studies on Duke Friedrich I of Anhalt (1831–1904). In: Mitteilungen des Verein für Anhaltische Landeskunde 24 (2015), pp. 113–132.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Graf, Regional Church Council of the Evang. Landeskirche Anhalts (Hrsg.): Anhaltisches Pfarrerbuch: the Protestant pastors since the Reformation . Dessau 1996
  2. ↑ Ralf Regener: A forgotten ruler - Biographical studies of Duke Friedrich I of Anhalt (1831–1904). In: Mitteilungen des Verein für Anhaltische Landeskunde 24 (2015), pp. 113–132, here pp. 117–121.
  3. ↑ Dr. Theodor Toeche-Mittler: The imperial proclamation in Versailles on January 18, 1871 with a list of the festival participants, Ernst Siegfried Mittler and Son, Berlin 1896
  4. ↑ H. Schnaebeli: photographs of the imperial proclamation in Versailles, Berlin 1871
  5. ↑ 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. 31–36


predecessor Office successor
Leopold I. Duke of Anhalt
1871–1904 		Friedrich II.
personal data
SURNAME Friedrich I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Anhalt, Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Dessau
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1904
Place of death Ballenstedt