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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).
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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.
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Jul 6, 2021 · Bernhard I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg was the son of Heinrich I, Count of Anhalt and Aschersleben, and Irmgard of Thuringia [1] . He married Sophie of Denmark, daughter of Abel, King of Denmark and Mechtild von Holstein in Hamburg on 3 February 1258 [1]. They had 6 children: Sophie, married Dietrich II, Count of Honstein [1] .
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- Sofia (Abelsdatter) af Danmark
When Albert died in 1170, his son Bernhard, who received the title of duke of Saxony in 1180, became count of Anhalt. Bernhard died in 1212, and Anhalt, now separated from Saxony, passed to his son Henry I, who in 1218 took the title of prince and was the real founder of the princely house of Anhalt.
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 ...
RulerBornReignDeathc.11001123-117018 November 1170c.11341170-12122 February 121211701212-1252125212151252-126612 June 1266- Principality
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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 received Bernburg. Marriage and issue[edit] In Hamburg on 3 February 1258, Bernhard married Princess Sophie (b. 1240 - d. aft. 1284), daughter of King Abel of Denmark. They had six children: John I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (d. 5 June 1291) Albert (d. 14 September 1324), Bishop of Halberstadt (1304–1324)
