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Siegfried I (c. 1230 – 25 March 1298), a member of the House of Ascania, ruled as the first Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst from 1252 until his death. Life. Siegfried was the youngest son of Prince Henry I of Anhalt by his wife Irmgard, daughter of the Ludovingian landgrave Hermann I of Thuringia.
- c. 1230
- Henry I, Count of Anhalt
- Irmgard of Thuringia
- Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
It was created when the Anhalt territory was divided among the sons of Prince Henry I into the principalities of Anhalt-Aschersleben, Anhalt-Bernburg and Anhalt-Zerbst in 1252. In the course of the partition, Prince Siegfried I, the youngest son of Henry I, received the lands around Köthen, Dessau, and Zerbst.
- Principality
- Upper Saxon
- County of Anhalt
- Princes of Anhalt
- Dukes of Anhalt
Until his death in 1123, Count Otto had Anhalt Castle built in the Harz mountains near Harzgerode and appears to have been among the first to assume the title of a "Count of Anhalt". He was the father of Albert the Bear, who temporarily was appointed Margrave of the Saxon Eastern March (or March of Lusatia) by the Saxon duke Lothair of Supplinburg ...
On Henry's death in 1252, his three sons partitioned the principality and founded, respectively, the lines of Aschersleben, Bernburg and Zerbst. The family ruling in Aschersleben became extinct in 1315, and this district was subsequently incorporated in the neighboring Bishopric of Halberstadt, thus dividing the territory of Anhalt-Bernburg in two ...
In 1806, Napoleon elevated the remaining states of Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen to duchies; in the meantime, Anhalt-Plötzkau and Anhalt-Zerbst had ceased to exist. With the Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empirethe duchies became fully independent. The extinction of the Köthen line in 1853 and the Bernburg line in 1863, resulted i...
- Principality
- Dessau (when united)
- Principality
- Middle Ages
Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst. He was the youngest son of Henry I, Count of Anhalt, by his wife Irmgard, daughter of Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia.
Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst.
Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. ca. 1230 - d. Köthen , 25 March 1298 ), was a German prince member of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst . He was the youngest son of Henry I, Count of Anhalt -who was raised to the rank of Prince in 1218- by his wife Irmgard, daughter of Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia .
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