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Waldemar III, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (died 1391) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst . He was the youngest son of John II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, by his wife Elisabeth, daughter of John I, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen .
Anhalt-Zerbst was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the House of Ascania, with its residence at Zerbst in present-day Saxony-Anhalt. It emerged as a subdivision of the Principality of Anhalt from 1252 until 1396, when it was divided into the principalities of Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen.
- Principality
- Upper Saxon
- Duke of Saxony
- To Anhalt-Bernburg
- To Anhalt-Dessau
- Partitioned Into Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen
- Divided by Anhalt-Zerbst, Anhalt-Plötzkau and Anhalt-Dessau
- To Anhalt-Zerbst
- 1544-1553
- Merger of Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Bernburg and Anhalt-Köthen
- Merged with Anhalt-Dessau
- Holzappel and Schaumburg to Austria
Counts and Princes of Anhalt
1. Bernhard (c. 1134 – 1212) Count of Anhalt and Ballenstedt, and Lord of Bernburg. Duke of Saxony from 1180 (as Bernhard III or Bernhard I), younger son of Albert the Bear. 2. Henry I (c. 1170 – 1252) Count of Anhalt, eldest son of Bernhard (c. 1134 – 1212).
Princes of Anhalt-Aschersleben
1. Henry II (1215 – 1266) Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben, eldest son of Henry I (c. 1170 – 1252) 2. Otto I (d. 1304) Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben jointly with his brother Henry III. 3. Henry III (d. 1307) Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben jointly with his brother Otto I. 4. Otto II (d.1315) Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben. Last of his line.
Princes of Anhalt-Bernburg
1. Bernhard I (ca. 1218–1287) Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, second son of Henry I (c. 1170 – 1252) 2. John I (d. 1291) Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg jointly with his brother Bernhard II 3. Bernhard II (ca. 1260 – 1323) Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg jointly with his brother John I 4. Bernhard III (d. 1348) Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg 5. Bernhard IV (d. 1354) Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg 6. Henry IV (d. 1374) Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg 7. Otto III (d. 1404) Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg 8. Otto IV (d. 1415) Prince...
Siegfried I (c. 1230 – 1298) Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, third son of Henry I (c. 1170 – 1252)Albert I (d. 1316) Prince of Anhalt-ZerbstAlbert II (d. 1362) Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst jointly with his brother Waldemar IWaldemar I (d. 1368) Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst jointly with his brother Albert IISigismund I (d. 1405) Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst jointly with Waldemar III and Albert IV, then Prince of Anhalt-Dessau from 1396George I (c. 1390 – 1474) Prince of Anhalt-Dessau jointly with Waldemar IV 1405–1417, Sigismund II 1405–1452 and Albert VI 1405–1469, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg from 1468.Albert IV (d. 1423) Prince of Anhalt-Köthen jointly with Waldemar III and Sigismund I, then Prince of Anhalt-Köthen.Adolph I (d. 1473) Prince of Anhalt-Köthen jointly with Waldemar V until 1436 and with Waldemar VI from 1471.Waldemar V (d. 1436) Prince of Anhalt-Köthen jointly with Adolph IWaldemar VI (1450 – 1508) Prince of Anhalt-Köthen jointly with Adolph I until 1473, with Philip until 1500, with Magnus until 1508, with Adolph II until 1508Princes of Anhalt from 1540
1. George III (1507 – 1553) Prince of Anhalt-Dessau with John V and Joachim I then Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau
John George I (1567 – 1618) Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
1. John George I (1567 – 1618) Prince of Anhalt with Christian I, Bernhard (until 1596), Augustus, Rudolph, John Ernest (until 1601) and Louis. Prince of Anhalt-Dessau from 1603. Married firstly Dorothea of Mansfeld-Arnstein (1561 –1594) daughter of John Albert VI, Count of Mansfeld-Arnstein and secondly Dorothea of Palatine-Simmern (1581 – 1631) daughter of John Casimir, Count Palatine-Simmern.
John Casimir (1596 – 1660) Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
1. John Casimir (1596 – 1660) Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. Married firstly Agnes of Hesse-Kassel (1606 –1650) daughter of Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and secondly Sophie Margarete of Anhalt-Bernburg (1615 –1673), daughter of Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.
John George II (1627 – 1693) Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
1. John George II (1627 – 1693) Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. Married Henriette Katharina (1637 – 1708) daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange.
Christian I (1568 – 1630) Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
1. Christian I (1568 – 1630) Prince of Anhalt with John George I, Bernhard (until 1596), Augustus, Rudolph, John Ernest (until 1601) and Louis 1586–1603. Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg from 1603.Married Anna of Bentheim (1579 – 1624) daughter of Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg.
Christian II (1599 – 1656) Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
1. Christian II (1599 – 1656) Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.Married Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein (1603 – 1675) daughter of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön.
Victor Amadeus (1634 – 1718) Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
1. Victor Amadeus (1634 – 1718) Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.Married Elisabeth of Zweibrücken (1642 – 1677) daughter of Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.
Lebrecht (1669 – 1727) Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym
1. Lebrecht (1669 – 1727) Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym. Married firstly Charlotte of Nassau-Schaumburg (1673 - 1700) daughter of Countess Elisabeth Charlotte Melander, Countess of Holzappel and Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg and secondly morganatically Baroness Eberhardine Jacobine Wilhelmine of Weede (1685 - 1724) daughter of Baron Johann Georg von Weede and thirdly morganatically Sophie Sibylla of Ingersleben (1684 - 1726) daughter of Just Adam of Ingersleben.
Victor I (1693 – 1772) Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
1. Victor I (1693 – 1772) Count of Holzappel from 1701, later Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.Married firstly Charlotte Louise of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein (1680 - 1739) daughter of William Maurice, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein and secondly morganatically but recognised by as equal by the rest of the House of Anhalt, Hedwig Sophie (1717 - 1795) daughter of Count Wenzel Louis Henckel of Donnersmarck.
Charles Louis (1723 – 1806) Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
1. Charles Louis (1723 – 1806) Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. Married firstly morganatically Benjamine Gertrude Keiser (1729 - 1787) marriage declared null and void in 1757 and secondly Amalie Eleonore of Solms-Braunfels (1734 - 1811) daughter of Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels.
Waldemar I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. Waldemar I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (died 7 January 1368) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst . He was the youngest son of Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, by his second wife Agnes, daughter of Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal .
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Waldemar III, 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 John II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, by his wife Elisabeth, daughter of John I, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen.
Waldemar III, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. 1391), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst. He was the youngest son of John II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst by his wife Elisabeth, daughter of John I, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen. Life. Waldemar inherited in the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst when he ...
Waldemar III, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (died 1391) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst. He was the youngest son of John II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, by his wife Elisabeth, daughter of John I, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen.
