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Inscription: Churfürst Bernhard (i.e. Prince-elector Bernhard) Bernhard ( c. 1140 – 2 February 1212), a member of the House of Ascania, was Count of Anhalt and Ballenstedt, and Lord of Bernburg through his paternal inheritance. From 1180 he was also Duke of Saxony (as Bernhard III or Bernhard I).
- 1180–1212
- Sophie of Winzenburg
Apr 26, 2022 · Bernhard, Count of Anhalt (c. 1140 – 2 February 1212) was a German prince of the House of Ascania, Count of Anhalt and Ballenstedt, and Lord of Bernburg through his paternal inheritance. From 1180 he was also Duke of Saxony as Bernhard III or Bernhard I.[1]
- Dresden, Sachsen
- Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland (HRR)
- circa 1140
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Bernhard ( c. 1140 – 2 February 1212), a member of the House of Ascania, was Count of Anhalt and Ballenstedt, and Lord of Bernburg through his paternal inheritance. From 1180 he was also Duke of Saxony (as Bernhard III or Bernhard I). Bernhard. Count of Anhalt. Woodcut by Balthasar Mencius (Menz), 1596, showing Bernhard holding his coat-of-arms.
When Bernhard III. von Anhalt-Sachsen was born in 1140, in Dresden, Kreis Dresden, Saxony, Germany, his father, Albrecht I. 'der Bär' Markgraf von Brandenburg, was 40 and his mother, Sophie von Winzenburg, was 32. He married Judith of Poland in 1169, in Poznań, Greater Poland, Poland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters.
- Male
- Judith of Poland
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 .
- c. 1170
- Ballenstedt
- 1252
- House of Ascania
Bernhard (– 2 February 1212), a member of the House of Ascania, was Count of Anhalt and Ballenstedt, and Lord of Bernburg through his paternal inheritance. From 1180 he was also Duke of Saxony (as Bernhard III or Bernhard I). Life Early years
Bernhard I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (c. 1218 –1287) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg. He was the second son of Henry I, Count of Anhalt (who was elevated to the rank of prince in 1218), by his wife Irmgard, daughter of Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia .
