Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg

Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg

Frederick Albert

Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Reign| 18 May 1765-9 April 1796
Predecessor| Victor Frederick
Successor| Alexius Frederick Christian

Born| (1735-08-15)15 August 1735
Bernburg, Anhalt-Bernburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died| 9 April 1796(1796-04-09) (aged 60)
Ballenstedt, Anhalt-Bernburg, Holy Roman Empire
Spouse|

Louise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön

(m. 1763; died 1769)​

Issue| Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg
Pauline, Princess of Lippe-Detmold
| Names

Frederick Albert
German: Friedrich Albrecht
House| House of Ascania
Father| Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Mother| Albertine of Brandenburg-Schwedt

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.[1]

## Life

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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.[2]

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.[3]

On 22 December 1785 he confirmed the entrance of his state into the Fürstenbund.

In 1788 a classical theater was built under his orders. He was considered as "Father of the Country" by the citizens of his principality, primarily for his good works: one of his reforms was to give women legal influence over their inheritance. Frederick Albert was also the founder of the Anhaltische Mineraliensammlung.

He died at Ballenstedt on 9 April 1796. It is unclear whether he died as a result of a hunting accident, or if he committed suicide.

## Marriage and issue

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Louise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön Royal monogram.

In Augustenburg on 4 June 1763 Frederick Albert married Princess Louise Albertine (b. Plön, 21 July 1748 - d. Ballenstedt, 2 March 1769), daughter of Frederick Carl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön and a princess of Denmark by birth as a descendant in the male line of King Christian III. They had two children:

1. Alexius Frederick Christian, Prince and from 1807 Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (b. Ballenstedt, 12 June 1767 - d. Ballenstedt, 24 March 1834).
2. Pauline Christine Wilhelmine (b. Ballenstedt, 23 February 1769 - d. Detmold, 29 December 1820), married on 2 January 1796 to Leopold I, Prince of Lippe-Detmold.

Frederick Albert also had an illegitimate daughter:

1. Auguste von Gröna (d. 8 April 1841), married to Hans August Baron von Bissing (d. 8 April 1841).

## References

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1. ^ Beatson, Robert (1806). A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain & Ireland, Or, a Complete Register of the Hereditary Honours, Public Offices, and Persons in Office: From the Earliest Periods to the Present Time. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme.
2. ^ "Dates by GEDbrowser". Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
3. ^ The Blood Royal of Britain: Being a Roll of the Living Descendants of Edward IV and Henry VII, Kings of England, and James III, King of Scotland By Melville Henry Massue Ruvigny Et Raineval, Marquis of Ruvigny & Raineval Published by Genealogical Pub Co, 1994

Preceded by

Victor Frederick

|  Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
1765-1796  | Succeeded by

Alexius Frederick Christian

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People|

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*[m.]: married