Otto III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (died 27 February 1404) was a German prince of the

House of Ascania The House of Ascania (german: Askanier) was a dynasty of German rulers. It is also known as the House of Anhalt, which refers to its longest-held possession, Anhalt. The Ascanians are named after Ascania (or Ascaria) Castle, known as ''Schloss ...

and ruler of the 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 ...

. He was the youngest son of

Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (died 20 August 1348) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg. He was the eldest son of Bernhard II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, by his wife Helene, daug ...

, by his third wife Matilda, daughter of Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen.

Life

Bypassed in his rights of inheritance during the life of his older half-brothers Bernhard IV and Henry IV, he only took possession of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg when Henry died in 1374. Alongside his princely title, he also assumed the style "Lord of Bernburg". On his death, Otto was succeeded by his nephew Bernhard V, son of the late Henry IV, and by his youngest son

Otto IV Otto IV (1175 – 19 May 1218) was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 until his death in 1218. Otto spent most of his early life in England and France. He was a follower of his uncle Richard the Lionheart, who made him Count of Poitou in 1196 ...

, who ruled jointly with Bernhard.

Marriages and Issue

By his unknown first wife, Otto had two sons: #

Bernhard VI, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg Bernhard VI, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (died 2 February 1468) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg. He was the eldest son of Otto III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, by his first unknown wife. ...

(d. 2 February 1468) #

Otto IV, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg Otto IV, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (died 1 May 1415) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg. He was the youngest son of Otto III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg Otto III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg ...

(d. 1 May 1415). Before 1391 Otto married for a second time to Lutrudis (d. aft. 2 July 1426), daughter of

Gebhard IV, Count of Mansfeld-Querfurt Gebhard (''Gebhart'') is a German given name, recorded at least from the 9th century. It is composed of the Old High German elements ''geb'' "gift" and ''hard'' "brave, hardy". People with the surname * Heinrich Gebhard (1878-1963), pianist, com ...

. They had one daughter: #Matilda (d. Coswig, bef. 1432), married aft. 1413 to

George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau ( – 21 September 1474), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau. He was the second son of Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, by his wife Judith, daughter o ...

. Princes of Anhalt-Bernburg 1404 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Europe-royal-stub