Sigismund III. (Anhalt)

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Sigismund III. von Anhalt (* 1456 ; † November 27, 1487 in Dessau ) was a prince of Anhalt-Dessau .

Life

Sigismund was a son of Prince Georg I von Anhalt-Zerbst (1390-1474) from his fourth marriage to Anna († 1513), daughter of Count Albrecht von Lindau-Ruppin.

In 1470 Sigismund's father had placed the government in the hands of his sons, who divided the country in 1471. Sigismund and Ernst received Anhalt-Dessau, Georg II and Waldemar VI. got Anhalt-Koethen and Rudolf should be settled with a sum of money. The part of the state of Anhalt-Bernburg , which fell to the house in 1468, was to be governed by all brothers together.

Sigismund was nicknamed " patronus Clericorum ". In 1476 he undertook a pilgrimage to Jerusalem accompanied by Duke Albrecht of Saxony , but fell seriously ill in Rhodes and was forced to turn back. When he returned to Dessau, he died as the first of the ruling brothers, unmarried and childless.

literature

  • Philipp Ernst Bertram , Johann Christoph Krause : History of the House and Principality of Anhalt: Continuation , Volume 2, Curt, 1782, p. 76 f.
  • August B. Michaelis, Julius Wilhelm Hamberger: Introduction to a complete history of the Chur and Princely Houses in Germany , Meyer, 1785, p. 585 ( digitized version )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ferdinand Siebigk: Das Herzogthum Anhalt , Desbarats, 1867, p. 150
personal data
SURNAME Sigismund III.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Siegmund of Anhalt; Sigismund patronus Clericorum
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
DATE OF BIRTH 1456
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1487
Place of death Dessau