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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. 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.
First independent ruler of Anhalt. In 1218 becomes Prince of Anhalt. After his death his sons divided the Principality. Henry II the Fat: 1215: 1252-1266: 12 June 1266: Anhalt-Aschersleben: Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1245 two children Children of Henry I, divided their rule. Bernard I: 1218: 1252-1287: 1287: Anhalt-Bernburg: Sophia of ...
History. 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.
Brief Life History of Henry I. When Henry I Count of Anhalt was born about 1170, in Aschersleben, Province of Saxony, Prussia, his father, Bernhard III. von Anhalt-Sachsen, was 31 and his mother, Brigitte von Dänemark, was 17. He married Irmgard von Thüringen in 1211.
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- Irmgard Ludowingian
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. Henry I is included among the Minnesingers of Codex Manesse.
Henry I (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 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 .
County, Principality, and Duchy of Anhalt: c. 1100-1252 1863–1918. Henry I (Heinrich I) 1212–1252 (Prince from 1218) After the dead of Heinrich I in 1252 the Ducheri was partitioned between , 1) Anhalt-Bernburg, 2) Anhalt-Zerbst and 3) Anhalt-Aschersleben. The duchies was not totally reunited until 1863.
