George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

George III
Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Reign1516–1544
PredecessorErnest I
Successordefunct
Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau
Reign1544–1553
PredecessorPrincipality created
SuccessorKarl I

Joachim Ernest

Bernhard VII
Born15 August 1507
Dessau
Died17 October 1553(1553-10-17) (aged 46)
Dessau
HouseHouse of Ascania
FatherErnest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
MotherMargaret of Münsterberg

George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (15 August 1507 – 17 October 1553), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau, and also a Protestant Reformer. After 1544 he became the first ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Plötzkau.

George was the third (but second surviving) son of Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, by his wife Margaret of Münsterberg, daughter of Henry I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels and granddaughter of George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia.