Karl Georg Lebrecht (Anhalt-Koethen)

Prince Karl Georg Lebrecht of Anhalt-Koethen

Karl Georg Lebrecht of Anhalt-Köthen (* 15. August 1730 in Köthen ; † 17th October 1789 in Semlin ) from the family of Askanier was a Prince of Anhalt-Köthen and Imperial Field Marshal Lieutenant .

Life

Karl Georg Lebrecht was a son of Prince August Ludwig von Anhalt-Köthen (1697–1755) from his second marriage to Emilie (1708–1732), daughter of Count Erdmann II. Von Promnitz . Karl succeeded his father in 1755 as Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, who at the beginning of his reign suffered considerably from the consequences of the Seven Years' War . At the end of the war, Karl tried to revitalize the country economically by revitalizing agriculture and cattle breeding and by increasing the number of new settlements through tax relief. Karl distinguished himself through religious tolerance and promotion of schools. From 1765 he was a senior of the Anhalt family.

From 1750 to 1751 he was initially in Danish service as Rittmeister of the Life Guard on horseback, and from November 18, 1751, at the request of his father, he was employed as a Rittmeister and company commander in the Prussian Army's body cuirassier regiment No. 3 . Karl took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession , where he became major general in 1779 . In 1780 he was promoted to knight of the Black Eagle Order . After participating in the campaign in Holland in 1787 , he was appointed lieutenant general in 1788 . Karl resigned from the Prussian service at the beginning of 1789 because King Friedrich Wilhelm II could not fulfill his wish for a cavalry regiment. In May 1789 he then became an Imperial and Royal Lieutenant Field Marshal and took part in the Turkish Wars as such . There the prince died of a fever near Semlin near Belgrade in 1789 and was buried in Semlin.

His son August Christian took over the government.

progeny

Karl Georg Lebrecht married on July 26, 1763 in Glücksburg with Luise (1749-1812), daughter of Duke Frederick of Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg . He had the following children with her:

• Caroline (1767–1768)
• August (1769–1812), Duke of Anhalt-Köthen

⚭ 1792 (closed 1803) Princess Friederike von Nassau-Usingen (1777–1821)

• Karl Wilhelm (1771; † November 8, 1793), died of his injuries in the battle near Obrechies in the Netherlands, Battle of Wattignies
• Luise (1772–1775)
• Ludwig (1778–1802)

⚭ 1800 Luise von Hessen and bei Rhein (1779–1811) daughter of Ludwig I (Hessen-Darmstadt)

• Friederike (1780–1781)

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , pp. 145-146, no. 663.
• E. Schmidt: About the grave of Prince Karl George Leberecht von Anhalt-Cöthen zu Semlin. In: Messages from the Association for Anhalt History. Volume 10, 1907, pp. 739-741
• Ferdinand Siebigk:  Karl Georg Lebrecht . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 227 f.
• Hermann Laundry : Anhalt history. 3 volumes, Schulze, Köthen 1912–1913

predecessor	Office	successor
August Ludwig	Prince of Anhalt-Köthen 1755–1789	August Christian