Sophie Elisabeth of Anhalt-Dessau

Sophie Elisabeth of Anhalt-Dessau
Portrait of Sophie Elisabeth (after 1614)
Abbess of Gernrode
Reign1593 – 1614
PredecessorDorothea Maria of Anhalt
SuccessorNone (Gernrode disestablished)
Duchess of Liegnitz
Reign4 November 1614 – 9 February 1620
PredecessorAnna Maria of Anhalt
SuccessorElisabeth Magdalena
Born10 February 1589
Dessau
Died9 February 1620 (aged 30)
Liegnitz
SpouseGeorge Rudolf of Liegnitz
DynastyHouse of Ascania
FatherJohn George I of Anhalt-Dessau
MotherDorothea of Mansfeld-Arnstein

Sophie Elisabeth of Anhalt-Dessau (10 February 1589 – 9 February 1620) was a German princess of the House of Ascania. She was the last abbess of Gernrode (r.1593-1614). After leaving the abbey, Sophie Elisabeth married George Rudolf of Liegnitz and was duchess of Liegnitz until her death in 1620.