Anna Elisabeth of Anhalt-Bernburg (19 March 1647 in

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– 3 September 1680 in Bernstadt, now

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), was a princess of

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by birth and by marriage Duchess of Württemberg-Bernstadt.

Life

Anna Elizabeth was a daughter of Prince

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of Anhalt-Bernburg (1599–1656) and his wife

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(1603–1675), the daughter of the Duke

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of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. She married on 13 March 1672 in Bernstadt to Duke

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. They had seven children. The Duchess was well educated and musically gifted, was a talented singer. She spoke several languages fluently and played numerous musical instruments. Linda Maria Koldau: ''Frauen-Musik-Kultur: ein Handbuch zum deutschen Sprachgebiet der Frühen Neuzeit'', Böhlau-Verlag, Cologne and Vienna, 2005, p. 1007 She had considerable influence on her husband and advised him in matters of state. Anna Elizabeth died after complications in her last childbirth on 3 September 1680.

Issue

# Louise Elisabeth (born: 22 February 1673 in Bernstadt; died: 28 April 1736 in Forst), Princess of Württemberg-Oels, married Duke Philip of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt. #Christian Ulrich (born: 21 February 1674 in Bernstadt; died: 2 July 1674 in Bernstadt), Hereditary Prince of Württemberg-Oels. #Leopold Viktor (born: 22 May 1675 in Bernstadt; died: 30 April 1676 in Bernstadt), Hereditary Prince of Württemberg-Oels. #Fredericka Christine (born: 13 May 1676 in Bernstadt; died: 3 June 1676 in Bernstadt), Princess of Württemberg-Oels. # Sophie Angelika (born: 30 May 1677 in Bernstadt; died: 11 November 1700 in Pegau), Princess of Württemberg-Oels, married Duke Frederick Henry of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt. #Eleonore Amöena (born: 21 October 1678 in Breslau; died: 2 April 1679 in Bernstadt), Princess of Württemberg-Oels. #Theodosia (born: 20 July 1680 in Bernstadt; died: 21 September 1680 in Bernstadt), Princess of Württemberg-Oels.

References

* Georg Christian Lehms: ''Teutschlands galante Poetinnen mit ihren sinnreichen und netten Proben ...'', Frankfurt am Main, 1715

Footnotes

House of Ascania German duchesses 1647 births 1680 deaths 17th-century German people Daughters of monarchs {{Germany-duchess-stub