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Alexander Karl, Duke Of Anhalt-Bernburg
, house = Ascania , father = Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg , mother = Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel , birth_date = , birth_place = Ballenstedt, Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg, Holy Roman Empire , death_date = , death_place = Hoym, Anhalt-Bernburg, German Confederation , burial_date = , burial_place = , religion = Alexander Charles, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (2 March 1805 – 19 August 1863) was a German prince of the House of Ascania. From 1834 until 1863 he was the last duke of the Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg. Life Early life Alexander Charles was born at Ballenstedt on 2 March 1805 as the second (but eldest and only surviving) son of Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, by his first wife Maria Fredericka, daughter of William I, Elector of Hesse. Succession After the death of his father in 1834, Alexander Karl succeeded him in Anhalt-Bernburg. Marriage In Gottorp on 30 October 1834 Alexand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Von Kügelgen
Wilhelm Georg Alexander von Kügelgen (20 November 1802, in St.Petersburg – 25 May 1867, in Ballenstedt) was a German portrait and history painter, writer, and chamberlain at the Court of Anhalt-Bernburg. He is best known for his posthumously published memoirs, which have gone through many editions from seventeen different publishers. Life He was the son of portrait and history painter Gerhard von Kügelgen. The home where he grew up in Dresden is now the . He attended the Gymnasium in Bernburg (Saale) and studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. When he was eighteen, his father was murdered during a robbery, creating an emotional crisis that challenged his religious beliefs. From 1825 to 1826, he lived in Rome, where he became friends with fellow painter Ludwig Richter. It was at this time that he began to suffer from progressive colorblindness. In 1827, he married Julie Krummacher (1804-1909), daughter of Friedrich Adolf Krummacher, the evangelical theologian.' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Louise Caroline Of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (; 28 September 1789 – 13 March 1867) was the consort of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and the matriarch of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, which would eventually become the ruling house of the kingdoms of Denmark, Greece, and Norway. Early life Louise Caroline was born at Gottorp, Schleswig, in the Duchy of Schleswig, to Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel (19 December 1744 – 17 August 1836) and his wife Princess Louise of Denmark (30 January 1750 – 12 January 1831). Her elder sister Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel (28 October 1767 – 21 March 1852) became Queen consort of Frederick VI of Denmark. Marriage and issue Friedrich Wilhelm and his relative Louise Caroline married in 1810. The couple had ten children: *Princess ''Luise Marie'' Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (23 October 1810 – 11 May 1869). * Princess ''Friederike'' Karoline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick II, Landgrave Of Hesse-Kassel
Frederick II (german: Landgraf Friedrich II von Hessen-Kassel) (14 August 1720 – 31 October 1785) was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) from 1760 to 1785. He ruled as an enlightened despot, and raised money by renting soldiers ( called "Hessians") to Great Britain to help fight the American Revolutionary War. He combined Enlightenment ideas with Christian values, cameralist plans for central control of the economy, and a militaristic approach toward international diplomacy. Early life Frederick was born at Kassel in Hesse, the son of William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and his wife Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz. His paternal grandfather was Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and his paternal uncle was Frederick I of Sweden. His education was initially entrusted to Colonel August Moritz von Donop and then from 1726 to 1733 to the Swiss theologian and philosopher, Jean-Pierre de Crousaz. Marriages and children On 8 May 1740, by proxy in London, and on 28 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Charles, Duke Of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
Frederick Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (August 4, 1706, Sønderborg – the night of October 18–19, 1761, Traventhal), known as ''Friedrich Karl'' or ''Friedrik Carl'' of Holstein-Plön, was a member of a cadet branch of the Danish royal family and the last duke of the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (or Holstein-Plön), a Danish royal prince, and a knight of the Order of the Elephant. When he died without a male heir born of his marriage to Countess Christine Armgard von Reventlow, rule of the Duchy of Holstein-Plön returned to the Danish crown. Early life Frederick Charles was born on August 4, 1706, at Sønderborg castle, the posthumous and only son of Christian Charles (1674-1706), a brother of Duke Joachim Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön. That duke died in 1722 without closer male heirs than his nephew, who in time succeeded his uncle as partitioned-off duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön. Frederick Charle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albertine Of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Albertine, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg (née Princess Albertine of Brandenburg-Schwedt; 21 April 1712 – 7 September 1750) was the second wife and consort of Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg. Biography Sophie Friederike Albertine of Bradenburg-Schwedt was born in Berlin on 21 April 1712 as the third daughter of Prince Albert Frederick of Prussia, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt and Princess Maria Dorothea Kettler of Courland. Her mother was a daughter of Frederick Casimir Kettler, Duke of Courland and Semigallia and Countess Sophie Amalie of Nassau-Siegen. Her paternal grandparents were Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. On 22 May 1733 she married Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg in Potsdam, becoming the Princess Consort of Anhalt-Bernburg. She was his second wife. His first wife, Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau, had died the year before. Albertine and Victor Frederick had five childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Frederick, Prince Of Anhalt-Bernburg
, house = Ascania , father = Karl Frederick , mother = Sophie Albertine of Solms-Sonnenwalde , birth_date = , birth_place = Bernburg, Anhalt, Holy Roman Empire , death_date = , death_place = Bernburg, Anhalt, Holy Roman Empire , burial_date = , burial_place = Victor Frederick of Anhalt-Bernburg (20 September 1700–18 May 1765), was a German prince of the House of Ascania. He was Reigning prince of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg from 1721 to 1765. Life Victor Frederick was born on 20 September 1700 in Bernburg as the second (but eldest and only surviving) son of Karl Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, by his first wife Sophie Albertine, daughter of George Frederick, Count of Solms-Sonnenwalde. After the death of his father in 1721, Victor Frederick succeeded him in Anhalt-Bernburg. As a ''Rittmeister'' and Capitan of the Prussian army, he was made a knight of the Order of the Black Eagle in 1722. Victor Frederick showed a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Wilhelmina Caroline Of Denmark
german: Wilhelmina Karolina , house = Oldenburg , father =Frederick V of Denmark , mother =Louise of Great Britain , birth_date = , birth_place =Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark , death_date = , death_place =Kassel, Germany , religion = Lutheranism Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark and Norway ('' da, Vilhelmina Karoline, german: Wilhelmina Karolina'') (10 July 1747 in Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen – 14 January 1820 in Kassel), was the Landgravine consort of Hesse-Kassel and later the Electress of Hesse-Kassel by marriage to William I, Elector of Hesse. Life Early life Princess Wilhelmina Caroline was born on 10 July 1747 at Christiansborg Palace, the recently completed principal residence of the Danish Monarchy on the island of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen. She was the third child and second daughter of King Frederick V of Denmark (1723–1766), and his first spouse Queen Louise (1724–1751), daughter of King Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Albertine Of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
Louise Albertine, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg (née Princess Louise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön; 21 July 1748 – 2 March 1769) was a member of the Danish royal family and the consort of Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg. Biography Princess Louise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön was born in Plön on 21 July 1748 to Frederick Charles, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, a member of a cadet branch of the Danish royal family, and Christine Armgard von Reventlow. Her mother was the daughter of Christian Detlev, Count of Reventlow and a niece of Queen Anne Sophie of Denmark and Norway. On 4 June 1763 Louise Albertine married Prince Frederick Albert of Anhalt-Bernburg in Augustenborg. They had two children: * Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1767-1834) * Princess Pauline of Anhalt-Bernburg (1769-1820) In 1765 her husband succeeded his father, Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, as the Princ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Albert, Prince Of Anhalt-Bernburg
, noble family = House of Ascania , father = Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg , mother = Albertine of Brandenburg-Schwedt , birth_date = , birth_place = Bernburg, Anhalt, Holy Roman Empire , death_date = , death_place = Ballenstedt, Anhalt, Holy Roman Empire , burial_date = , burial_place = , religion = Frederick Albert of Anhalt-Bernburg (15 August 1735 – 9 April 1796), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and reigning prince of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg from 1765 to 1796. Life Frederick Albert was born in Bernburg on 15 August 1735 as the only son of Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, by his second wife Albertine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, daughter of Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Frederick Albert succeeded his father as ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg when he died in 1765 and immediately changed his main residence from Bernburg to Ballenstedt. The Blood Royal of Britain: Being a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the 8th-largest state in Germany by area and the 11th-largest by population. Its capital is Magdeburg and its largest city is Halle (Saale). The state of Saxony-Anhalt was formed in July 1945 after World War II, when the Soviet army administration in Allied-occupied Germany formed it from the former Prussian Province of Saxony and the Free State of Anhalt. Saxony-Anhalt became part of the German Democratic Republic in 1949, but was dissolved in 1952 during administrative reforms and its territory divided into the districts of Halle and Magdeburg. Following German reunification the state of Saxony-Anhalt was re-established in 1990 and became one of the new states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Saxony-Anhalt is renowned for its r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold IV, Duke Of Anhalt
Leopold IV Frederick, Duke of Anhalt (1 October 1794 – 22 May 1871) was a German prince of the House of Ascania. From 1817 until 1853 he was ruler of the duchy of Anhalt-Dessau and from 1847 until 1853 also ruler of the duchy of Anhalt-Köthen. From 1853 until 1863 he was the ruler of the joined duchy of Anhalt-Dessau-Köthen and from 1863 the first ruler of the united duchy of Anhalt. Early life Leopold was born in Dessau on 1 October 1794 as the eldest son of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, by his wife Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg, daughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Following the premature death of his father in 1814, he became heir to the duchy of Anhalt-Dessau. Reign Following the death of his grandfather Leopold III he succeeded as duke on 9 August 1817. During the Revolutions of 1848 he was forced to grant a constitution to Dessau on 29 October 1848. It was revoked, however, on 4 November 1849, then replaced with a new versio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principality Of Anhalt-Bernburg
Anhalt-Bernburg was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and a duchy of the German Confederation ruled by the House of Ascania with its residence at Bernburg in present-day Saxony-Anhalt. It emerged as a subdivision from the Principality of Anhalt from 1252 until 1468, when it fell to the Ascanian principality of Anhalt-Dessau. Recreated in 1603, Anhalt-Bernburg finally merged into the re-unified Duchy of Anhalt upon the extinction of the line in 1863. History It was created in 1252, when the Principality of Anhalt was partitioned among the sons of Henry I into Anhalt-Aschersleben, Anhalt-Bernburg and Anhalt-Zerbst. Bernburg was allotted to Henry's second son Bernhard I. When the line of Anhalt-Aschersleben became extinct in 1315, Prince Bernhard II of Anhalt-Bernburg claimed their territory, he could however not prevail against his cousin Albert, Bishop of Halberstadt. After the ruling family became extinct upon the death of Prince Bernhard VI in 1468, Anhalt-Bernburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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