Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau (german: Friedrich August von Anhalt-Dessau) (23 September 1799 – 4 December 1864), 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 ...
from the
Anhalt-Dessau
Anhalt-Dessau was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and later a duchy of the German Confederation. Ruled by the House of Ascania, it was created in 1396 following the partition of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst, and finally merged into th ...
branch.
Birth and family
Frederick was born in
Dessau
Dessau is a town and former municipality in Germany at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the '' Bundesland'' (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it has been part of the newly created municipality of Dessau-Roßlau ...
on 23 September 1799 as the fourth (but third surviving son) of
Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
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, ...
, by his wife
Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg
, title = Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau
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, daughter of
Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Frederick V Louis William Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (30 January 1748, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe – 20 January 1820, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) was from 1751 to his death landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.
He was born under Europe's Ancie ...
.
Marriage and issue
In
Rumpenheim Castle
Rumpenheim Castle is a '' Schloss'' located in the banks of the Main river in the German city of Offenbach am Main.
History
The origin of the palace dates back to the manor house of Johann Georg Seifert von Edelsheim, a politician serving the C ...
in
Offenbach am Main
Offenbach am Main () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Hesse, Germany, on the left bank of the river Main (river), Main. It borders Frankfurt and is part of the Frankfurt urban area and the larger Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Aut ...
on 11 September 1832, Frederick Augustus married
Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (9 May 1814 – 28 July 1895) was a member of the House of Hesse-Kassel by birth. Through her marriage to Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, she became a princess of Anhalt-Dessau.
Family
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(b.
Copenhagen
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, 9 May 1814 - d.
Schloss Hohenburg, 28 July 1895). She was a daughter of
Prince William of Hesse-Kassel
Prince William of Hesse-Kassel (24 December 1787 – 5 September 1867) was the first son of Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen.
Marriage and children
On 10 November 1810, William was married in Amalienborg P ...
by his wife Princess
Louise Charlotte of Denmark
Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark ( da, Charlotte af Danmark; 30 October 1789 – 28 March 1864) was a Danish princess, and a princess of Hesse-Kassel by marriage to Prince William of Hesse-Kassel.
Princess Charlotte was a significant figu ...
, a sister of King
Christian VIII of Denmark
Christian VIII (18 September 1786 – 20 January 1848) was King of Denmark from 1839 to 1848 and, as Christian Frederick, King of Norway in 1814.
Christian Frederick was the eldest son of Hereditary Prince Frederick, a younger son of King Frederic ...
. Marie was an older sister of the later
Queen Louise, wife of King
Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX (8 April 181829 January 1906) was King of Denmark from 1863 until his death in 1906. From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg.
A younger son of Frederick William, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein- ...
.
Frederick and Marie had three daughters:
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Adelaide Marie (b. Dessau, 25 December 1833 - d. Schloss
Königstein, 24 November 1916), married on 23 April 1851 to
Adolphe, last Duke of Nassau and first Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The current Grand Duke of Luxembourg,
Henri
Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry (given name), Henry.
People with this given name
; French noblemen
:'' See the 'List_of_rulers_named_Henry#France, List of rulers named Henry ...
, is her direct descendant.
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Bathildis Amalgunde (b. Dessau, 29 December 1837 - d. Schloss
Nachod, Bohemia, 10 February 1902), married on 30 May 1862 to
Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe
, house =House of Lippe
, father =George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
, mother =Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont
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, birth_place =Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, German Confederation
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. Her eldest daughter,
Charlotte
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, was the wife of
William II, the last King of Württemberg and, through one of her younger daughters, Adelaide, she was the grandmother of the last head of the Wettin branch of
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Altenburg (german: Sachsen-Altenburg, links=no) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia. It was one of the smallest of the German states with an area of 1323 square kilometer ...
,
George Moritz.
#Hilda Charlotte (b. Dessau, 13 December 1839 - d. Dessau, 22 December 1926).
Death
Prince Frederick died on 4 December 1864 in Dessau. Princess Marie survived him by 30 years and died on 28 July 1895 in
Schloss Hohenburg in
Lenggries
Lenggries is a municipality and a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is the center of the Isarwinkel, the region along the Isar between Bad Tölz and Wallgau. The town has about 9,500 inhabitants. By area, it is the largest rural municipality ("Gemeinde" ...
in
Bavaria
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.
References
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1799 births
1864 deaths
People from Dessau-Roßlau
Princes of Anhalt-Dessau
Royal reburials