Frederick | |
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Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau | |
Born | Dessau, Anhalt | 27 December 1769
Died | 27 May 1814 Dessau, Anhalt | (aged 44)
Spouse | Amalie of Hesse-Homburg |
Issue | Auguste, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt Prince George Bernhard Prince Paul Christian Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg Prince Frederick Augustus Prince William Waldemar |
House | Ascania |
Father | Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau |
Mother | Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt |
Frederick of Anhalt-Dessau (27 December 1769 – 27 May 1814), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and heir to the principality (and from 1807 the duchy) of Anhalt-Dessau.
He was born in Dessau, the only surviving child of Leopold III, Prince and later Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, by his wife Louise, daughter of Frederick Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. His only sibling, a sister born on 11 February 1768, was either stillborn or died shortly after her birth.[1]