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Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (8 August 1734 in Alt Stettin – 3 March 1793 in Luxembourg), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and the last ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst.
Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (8 August 1734 – 3 March 1793), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and the last ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst as well as the brother of Catherine the Great. First marriage.
Frederick the Great, who had actually proposed the Russian marriage, accused the princess and her son of supporting Russia, then his war enemy. Johanna Elisabeth died in Paris in 1760 and her son, Frederick Augustus, never returned to Zerbst and continued to live in Basel and Luxemburg.
Prince Frederick Augustus Anhalt-Zerbst. Born 8 Aug 1734 in Alt Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia. Ancestors. Son of Christian August (Anhalt-Zerbst) of Anhalt-Zerbst and Joanna Elizabeth (Holstein-Gottorp) of Anhalt-Zerbst.
- August 8, 1734
- March 3, 1793
Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (8 August 1734 in Alt Stettin – 3 March 1793 in Luxembourg), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and the last ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst.
Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (8 August 1734 in Alt Stettin – 3 March 1793 in Luxembourg), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and the last ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst. Read more on Wikipedia.
Frederick Augustus succeeded his father in Anhalt-Zerbst in 1747, at the age of thirteen. His mother, the Dowager Princess Johanna Elisabeth, acted as regent on his behalf until 1752. He was one of the sovereigns who supported Britain in the American Revolutionary War with soldiers.
