Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Frederick
Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Born(1769-12-27)27 December 1769
Dessau, Anhalt
Died27 May 1814(1814-05-27) (aged 44)
Dessau, Anhalt
SpouseAmalie of Hesse-Homburg
IssueAuguste, 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
HouseAscania
FatherLeopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
MotherLouise 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]