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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).
- 1180–1212
- Sophie of Winzenburg
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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Apr 26, 2022 · Bernhard, Count of Anhalt (c. 1140 – 2 February 1212) was a German prince of the House of Ascania, 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.[1]
3: Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen. 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 .
RulerBornReignDeathc.11001123-117018 November 1170c.11341170-12122 February 121211701212-1252125212151252-126612 June 1266- Principality
- Dessau (when united)
- Principality
- Middle Ages
When Bernhard III. von Anhalt-Sachsen was born in 1140, in Dresden, Kreis Dresden, Saxony, Germany, his father, Albrecht I. 'der Bär' Markgraf von Brandenburg, was 40 and his mother, Sophie von Winzenburg, was 32. He married Judith of Poland in 1169, in Poznań, Greater Poland, Poland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters.
- Male
- Judith of Poland
In c. 1343, Bernhard married for a third time to another Matilda (died after 28 June 1354), daughter of Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen. Through her mother Sophie of Brandenburg, Matilda was a great-great-great-granddaughter of Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg, older brother of Bernhard, Count of Anhalt, Bernhard's great-great-grandfather.
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). (en) Bernhard, Herzog von Sachsen (* 1140; † 9.
