Friedrich II (Anhalt)
Friedrich II., Duke of Anhalt (born August 19, 1856 in Dessau , † April 21, 1918 at Ballenstedt Castle ) was a German sovereign from the Ascanians .
Life
Leopold Friedrich Eduard Karl Alexander was born as the second son of Duke Friedrich I in Dessau. From 1904 to 1918 he ruled as Duke of Anhalt .
Friedrich went on a study trip to Geneva, Bonn and Munich with his older brother Leopold von Anhalt . Both brothers then joined the Prussian Army as officers and remained in active service until 1883. After Leopold's untimely death in 1886, Friedrich became heir to the throne and familiarized himself with state administration.
On July 2, 1889, he married Princess Marie of Baden , sister of the later Chancellor Max von Baden, in Karlsruhe . Friedrich died in the last year of the First World War without, especially without male descendants. His successor was his brother Eduard , who ruled for a few months in 1918 and then also died shortly before the end of the monarchy.
He had been a corps bow bearer of the Corps Borussia Bonn since 1875 .
ancestors
Pedigree of Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt (1856–1918) | ||||||||
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Great grandparents |
Hereditary Prince |
Prince |
Duke Friedrich von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (1763–1834) |
Prince Karl (Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) (1785–1853) |
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Grandparents |
Duke Leopold IV of Anhalt-Dessau (1794–1871) |
Prince Eduard von Sachsen-Altenburg (1804–1852) |
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parents |
Duke Friedrich I (Anhalt) (1831–1904) |
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Friedrich II., Duke of Anhalt (1856–1918) |
literature
- Thomas Gehrlein: The Anhalt House. Over 900 years of total history with ancestral sequences . Deutsche Fürstenhäuser Issue 34, Börde-Verlag, Werl 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814458-1-7 , p. 29.
- Ralf Regener: The year of the three ducal dukes in Anhalt, 1918. In: Saxony-Anhalt. Journal für Natur- und Heimatfreunde 25 (2015), H. 1, S. 19-21.
- Ralf Regener: The fall of the Ascanians in Anhalt in 1918. Conditions, course and aftermath of the fall of a small German monarchy. Funk, Dessau-Roßlau 2013, ISBN 978-3-939197-79-9 .
- Ralf Regener: A Forgotten Ruler - Biographical Studies on Duke Friedrich II of Anhalt (1856-1918). In: Mitteilungen des Verein für Anhaltische Landeskunde 25 (2016), pp. 137–154.
- Hermann Laundry : The Princely House of Anhalt , 1914.
- Fritz Wecker: Our country fathers went where they stayed. Berlin 1928.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.
- ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19 , 494
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Friedrich I. |
Duke of Anhalt 1904–1918 |
Eduard |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Friedrich II. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anhalt, Leopold Friedrich Eduard Karl Alexander Duke of |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Anhalt |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1856 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dessau |
DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1918 |
Place of death | Ballenstedt |