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Henry I (c. 1170 – 1252), a member of the House of Ascania, was Count of Anhalt from 1212 and the first ruling Anhalt prince from 1218 until his death. Life [ edit ] He was the oldest son of Count Bernhard of Anhalt probably by his first wife Judith (or Jutta) of Poland, a daughter of Mieszko III the Old .
The Principality of Anhalt (German: Fürstentum Anhalt) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, located in Central Germany, in what is today part of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. Under the rule of the House of Ascania , the Anhalt territory was split off the German stem duchy of Saxony in 1212 and granted to Count Henry I , who was raised ...
Ruins of Zerbst Castle. The principality was recreated, when in 1544 the heirs of Prince Ernest I of Anhalt-Dessau divided their territory and the eldest surviving son, Prince John V, took his residence at Zerbst Castle.
He married Irmgard von Thüringen in 1211. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 27 April 1252, in Neu Anhalt, Anhalt, Pless, Silesia, Prussia, Germany, at the age of 83, and was buried in Ballenstedt, Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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- Irmgard Ludowingian
Henry I is included among the Minnesingers of Codex Manesse. On Henry's death in 1252, his three sons partitioned the principality and founded, respectively, the lines of Aschersleben, Bernburg and Zerbst.
Henry I (1170 – 1252), a member of the House of Ascania, was Count of Anhalt from 1212 and the first ruling Anhalt prince from 1218 until his death. Life. He was the oldest son of Count Bernhard of Anhalt probably by his first wife Judith (or Jutta) of Poland, a daughter of Mieszko III the Old.
1252–1315. To Anhalt-Bernburg. Princes of Anhalt-Aschersleben. Henry II (1215 – 1266) Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben, eldest son of Henry I (c. 1170 – 1252) Otto I (d. 1304) Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben jointly with his brother Henry III. Henry III (d. 1307) Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben jointly with his brother Otto I.
