Leopold of Anhalt

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Leopold of Anhalt

Leopold Friedrich Franz Ernst von Anhalt-Dessau (* July 18, 1855 in Dessau , † February 2, 1886 in Cannes ) was Hereditary Prince of the Duchy of Anhalt .

Life

Leopold was born as the son of the future Duke Friedrich I of Anhalt and the Princess Antoinette of Saxony-Altenburg . Together with his younger brother Friedrich, he went on a study trip to Geneva , Bonn and Munich . Both brothers then joined the Prussian Army as officers and remained in active service there until 1883. Most recently, Leopold stood as captain or Rittmeister à la suite of the Anhalt Infantry Regiment No. 93 and the 1st Guard Dragoon Regiment .

In 1875 he was a corps loop bearer of the Corps Borussia Bonn .

marriage

Leopold married Princess Elisabeth von Hessen-Rumpenheim (1861–1955), daughter of the titular Landgrave Friedrich Wilhelm von Hessen-Kassel-Rumpenheim (1820–1884) and Princess Maria Anna of Prussia (1836–1918 ) at Philippsruhe Palace on May 26, 1884 ). The marriage resulted in a daughter Antoinette (1885–1963).

Hereditary Prince Leopold von Anhalt died on February 2, 1886 in Cannes.

ancestors

Pedigree Hereditary Prince Leopold von Anhalt (1855–1886)
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)
Hereditary Prince Leopold of Anhalt (1855–1886)

literature

• Ferdinand Siebigk: The Duchy of Anhalt: Historically, geographically and statistical. Desbarats, 1867 ( digitized version )
• Thomas Gehrlein: The Anhalt House. Over 900 years of total history with ancestral sequences. German Princely Houses Issue 34, Börde-Verlag, Werl 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814458-1-7 .