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{{Short description|State of the Holy Roman Empire}}
{{Infobox country
|native_name = {{native name|de|Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Anhalt}}
|conventional_long_name = County (Principality) of Anhalt
|common_name = Anhalt
|era         = [[Middle Ages]]
|status      = Principality
|empire      = Holy Roman Empire
|government_type = [[Principality]]
|leader1     = [[Henry I, Count of Anhalt|Henry I]]
|year_leader1  = 1218–1252
|title_leader  = [[Prince of Anhalt]]
|life_span   = 1218–1806
|date_pre    = 1212
|event_pre   = Partitioned from [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]]
|year_start  = 1218
|event_start = Elevated to [[Princes of the Holy Roman Empire|principality]]
|date_start  = 
|event1      = Partitioned¹
|date_event1 = 1252–1570
|event2      = Joined [[Council of Princes]]
|date_event2 = 1582
|event3      = Partitioned²
|date_event3 = 1603–1863
|event_end   = Principalities³ raised to [[duchy|duchies]]
|year_end    = 1806
|date_end    = 
|p1          = Duchy of Saxony
|flag_p1     = Arms of the house of Anhalt (ancient).svg
|border_p1   = no
|s1          = Duchy of Anhalt
|flag_s1     = Flagge Herzogtum Anhalt.svg 
|image_flag  = Flagge Herzogtum Anhalt.svg
|image_coat  = Arms of the house of Anhalt (12th century).svg
|symbol_type = Lesser arms of Anhalt
|image_map   = Map of Anhalt (1793).svg
|image_map_caption = Map of Anhalt (Zerbst, Dessau, Köthen, Bernburg) in 1793
|religion    = [[Roman Catholic]] (until 1520s) <br>[[Lutheran]] (from 1520s)
|capital     = [[Dessau]] (when united)
|today       = [[Germany]]
|footnotes   = 1: 13th-century partition into [[Anhalt-Aschersleben]], [[Anhalt-Bernburg]] and [[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]].<br />2: 17th-century partition into [[Anhalt-Bernburg]], [[Anhalt-Dessau]], [[Anhalt-Köthen]], [[Anhalt-Plötzkau]] and [[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]].<br />3: [[Anhalt-Bernburg]], [[Anhalt-Dessau]] and [[Anhalt-Köthen]].
}}

The '''Principality of Anhalt''' ({{langx|de|Fürstentum Anhalt}}) was a [[Imperial State|State]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], located in [[Central Germany (cultural area)|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 [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]] in 1212 and granted to Count [[Henry I, Count of Anhalt|Henry I]], who was raised to the rank of a [[Princes of the Holy Roman Empire|Prince of the Holy Roman Empire]] in 1218. Ruled by Ascanian princes from the [[High Middle Ages]] to the [[Early modern period]], Anhalt was divided several times amongst various lines of the dynasty until the dissolution of the Empire in 1806, when [[Napoleon]] elevated the remaining states of [[Anhalt-Bernburg]], [[Anhalt-Dessau]] and [[Anhalt-Köthen]] to duchies.

== Geography ==

The Anhalt territory stretched from the [[Harz]] mountain range in the west to the [[Elbe]] River and beyond to the [[Fläming Heath]] in the east. Upon the 1315 loss of [[Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Anhalt-Aschersleben]], the lands around Ballenstedt formed a western [[enclave and exclave|exclave]]. The area of the later duchy was 906&nbsp;sq&nbsp;mi (2,300&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>).

In the west, the land is undulating and in the extreme northwest, where it forms part of the Harz mountains, hilly, with the [[Ramberg (Harz)]] peak as the tallest point at 1,900&nbsp;ft (579&nbsp;m). From the Harz the country gently shelves down to the [[Saale]]; the land between this river and the Elbe is particularly fertile. East of the Elbe, the land is mostly a flat sandy plain, with extensive [[pine]] forests, interspersed with bog-land and rich pastures. The Elbe is the chief river, intersecting the eastern portion of the former duchy, from east to west, and at [[Rosslau]] is met by the [[Mulde]].  The navigable Saale takes a northerly direction through the central portion of the territory and receives, on the right, the [[Fuhne]] and, on the left, the [[Wipper (Saale)|Wipper]] and the [[Bode (Wipper)|Bode]].

The climate is generally mild, less so in the higher Harz regions to the south-west.

== History ==
From the 9th century onward, the western parts of the later Anhalt territory up to the [[Elbe]] and [[Saale]] rivers were included in the ''[[Schwabengau]]'' region of [[Eastphalia]], the eastern part of the medieval Duchy of Saxony. In the 11th century, it came under the rule of Count [[Esico of Ballenstedt]] (died 1059 or 1060), mentioned in a 1036 deed issued by Emperor [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor|Conrad II]] at [[Tilleda]]. Possibly a descendant of the Saxon margrave [[Odo I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark|Odo]], he owned large [[allod]]ial lands around [[Ballenstedt]] in the ''Schwabengau'' as well as in the adjacent ''[[Gau (country subdivision)|Gau]]'' Serimunt in the former [[Saxon Eastern March]]. 
[[File:SchlossBallenstedt2005.jpg|thumb|Ballenstedt Castle]]
Count Esico was succeeded by his son [[Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt|Adalbert II of Ballenstedt]], who also appeared as a count in the Saxon [[Nordthüringgau]] and further territories in the Eastern March. Adalbert joined the [[Saxon revolt of 1073–1075|Saxon Rebellion]] against King [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry IV]] and was slain in a feud with [[Egeno II of Konradsburg]] in 1080. His son Count [[Otto, Count of Ballenstedt|Otto the Rich]] appeared as a "Count of Ballenstedt" from 1106. When Emperor [[Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry V]] temporarily deprived [[Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor|Lothair of Supplinburg]] of the [[List of rulers of Saxony|Saxon ducal title]] in 1112, Otto was enfeoffed with the Duchy of Saxony, which, however, he had to renounce shortly afterwards, as Lothair and Henry had reconciled. On the eve of the 1115 [[Battle of Welfesholz]], Otto campaigned the lands of the [[Polabian Slavs]], gaining large estates around [[Zerbst]] up to the [[Hevelli]] lands ruled by the [[Hevelli]] princes.

===County of Anhalt===
Until his death in 1123, Count Otto had [[Anhalt Castle]] built in the [[Harz]] mountains near [[Harzgerode]] and appears to have been among the first to assume the title of a "Count of Anhalt". He was the father of [[Albert the Bear]], who temporarily was appointed Margrave of the Saxon Eastern March (or [[March of Lusatia]]) by the Saxon duke Lothair of Supplinburg and struggled for the ducal title himself. Albert could not prevail against the [[House of Welf|Welf]] duke [[Henry the Lion]], nevertheless he conquered the eastern territories of the former [[Northern March]], which had been lost in the 983 [[Great Slav Rising]], where he established the [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]] in 1157. When he died in 1170, his younger son Count [[Bernhard, Count of Anhalt|Bernhard]] inherited the Ascanian home territories around Anhalt Castle and after the deposition of Henry the Lion by Emperor [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick Barbarossa]] finally became Duke of Saxony in 1180. However, he effectively only ruled over the Eastphalian territories, while the [[Westphalia]]n and [[Engern]] parts of Saxony fell under the control of the [[Electorate of Cologne|Prince-Archbishops of Cologne]].

The County of Anhalt finally arose upon the death of Duke Bernhard in 1212, when his sons divided their heritage. The younger [[Albert I, Duke of Saxony|Albert I]] became Duke of Saxony, while the elder [[Henry I, Count of Anhalt|Henry I]] went on to rule the Ascanian lands, now definitely separated from Saxony, as Count of Anhalt. In 1218, Henry I assumed the title of a prince and thereby was the real founder of the princely [[House of Ascania|House of Anhalt]].

=== Princes of Anhalt ===
[[File:Codex Manesse (Herzog) von Anhalt.jpg|thumb|''Der Herzoge von Anhalte.'', [[Codex Manesse]], c. 1305/15]]
On Henry's death in 1252, his three sons partitioned the principality and founded, respectively, the lines of [[Anhalt-Aschersleben|Aschersleben]], [[Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernburg]] and [[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Zerbst]].  The family ruling in Aschersleben became extinct in 1315, and this district was subsequently incorporated in the neighboring [[Bishopric of Halberstadt]], thus dividing the territory of [[Anhalt-Bernburg]] in two separate pieces.  The last prince of the original line of Anhalt-Bernburg died in 1468 and his lands were inherited by the princes of the sole remaining line, that of [[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]].  The territory belonging to this branch of the family had been divided in 1396, and after the acquisition of Bernburg Prince [[George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George I]] made a further partition of Zerbst (Zerbst and Dessau). Early in the 16th century, however, owing to the death or abdication of several princes, the family had become narrowed down to the two branches of Anhalt-Köthen and Anhalt-Dessau (issued both from Anhalt-Dessau in 1471).

[[Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Wolfgang of Anhalt]], called ''the Confessor'', who became prince of Anhalt-Köthen in 1508, was the second ruler in the world to introduce the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]] to his country. He was a co-signer of the [[Augsburg Confession]] in 1530, and after the [[Battle of Mühlberg]] in 1547 was placed under [[Imperial ban]] and deprived of his lands by [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Charles V]]. After the [[peace of Passau]] in 1552 he bought back his principality, but as he was childless he surrendered it in 1562 to his kinsmen the princes of Anhalt-Dessau. [[Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau]] (d. 1516) left three sons, [[John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John V]], [[George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George III]], and [[Joachim I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Joachim]], who ruled their lands together for many years, and who favoured the [[Lutheran]] doctrine, which thus became dominant in Anhalt. About 1546 the three brothers divided their principality and founded the lines of [[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Zerbst]], [[Anhalt-Plötzkau|Plötzkau]] and Dessau. This division, however, was only temporary, as the acquisition of [[Anhalt-Köthen|Köthen]], and a series of deaths among the ruling princes, enabled [[Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt|Joachim Ernest]], a son of John V, to unite the whole of Anhalt under his rule in 1570.

The first united [[principality]] of Anhalt was short-lived, and in 1603 it was split up into the mini states of Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Köthen, Anhalt-Zerbst and Anhalt-Plötzkau.

Joachim Ernest died in 1586, and his five sons ruled the land in common until 1603, when owing to the lack of [[primogeniture]], Anhalt was again divided, and the lines of Dessau, Bernburg, Plötzkau, Zerbst and Köthen were re-founded.  The principality was ravaged during the [[Thirty Years' War]], and in the earlier part of this struggle [[Christian I of Anhalt-Bernburg]] took an important part.  In 1635 an arrangement was made by the various princes of Anhalt, which gave a certain authority to the eldest member of the family, who was thus able to represent the principality as a whole.  This proceeding was probably due to the necessity of maintaining an appearance of unity in view of the disturbed state of European politics.
[[File:Map of Anhalt (1747-1793).svg|thumb|Anhalt partitions 1747-1793]]
In 1665, the branch of Anhalt-Köthen became extinct, and according to a family compact this district was inherited by [[Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau]], who surrendered Plötzkau to Bernburg, and took the title of prince of Anhalt-Köthen.  In the same year the princes of Anhalt decided that if any branch of the family became extinct its lands should be equally divided between the remaining branches.  This arrangement was carried out after the death of [[Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst]] in 1793, and Zerbst was divided between the three remaining princes.  During these years the policy of the different princes was marked, perhaps intentionally, by considerable uniformity. Once or twice [[Calvinism]] was favoured by a prince, but in general the house was loyal to the doctrines of [[Martin Luther]].  The growth of [[Prussia]] provided Anhalt with a formidable neighbour, and the long-delayed establishment of primogeniture by all branches of the family prevented further divisions of the principality.

===Dukes of Anhalt=== <!--[[Template:States of the Confederation of the Rhine]], [[Template:States of the German Confederation]] and [[Template:States of the North German Confederation]] link here-->
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[[File:Coat of Arms of the Duchy of Anhalt.svg|thumb|Coat of arms of the 19th-century Duchy of Anhalt.]]
In 1806, [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] elevated the remaining states of Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen to duchies; in the meantime, Anhalt-Plötzkau and Anhalt-Zerbst had ceased to exist. With the [[Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire]] the duchies became fully independent. The extinction of the Köthen line in 1853 and the Bernburg line in 1863, resulted in those states merging with Anhalt-Dessau to form the united Duchy of Anhalt.

== Rulers of Anhalt ==
{{For|a complete overview of the family's property|House of Ascania #Rulers of the House of Ascania}}

===[[House of Ascania]]===

====Partitions of Anhalt under Ascanian rule====

{|align="center" style="border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;"
|+ 
|- 
| colspan=6 style="background: #fff;" |'''County of Anhalt'''<br>(1030-1212)<br><small>Raised to:</small><br>'''Principality of Anhalt'''<br>(1212-1252)
|- 
| colspan=4 rowspan="2" style="background: #eca;" |'''Zerbst'''<br><small>(1st creation)</small><br>(1252-1396)
| colspan=1 rowspan="3" style="background: #cef;" |'''Bernburg'''<br><small>(1st creation)</small><br>(1252-1468)
| colspan=1 style="background: #bec;" |'''Aschersleben'''<br>(1252-1315)
|- 
| colspan=1 rowspan="12" style="background: #eee;" |<small>''Annexed to <br>[[Bishopric of Halberstadt]]''</small>
|- 
| colspan=2 rowspan="5" style="background: #ccf;" |'''Köthen'''<br><small>(1st creation)</small><br>(1396-1562)
| colspan=2 style="background: #cea;" |'''Dessau'''<br><small>(1st creation)</small><br>(1396-1561)
|- 
| colspan=3 style="background: #cea;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Dessau---> 
|- 
| colspan=1 style="background: #cea;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Dessau---> 
| colspan=1 style="background: #eca;" |'''Zerbst'''<br><small>(2nd creation)</small><br>(1544-1562)
| colspan=1 style="background: #AaCcBb;" |'''Plotzkau'''<br><small>(1st creation)</small><br>(1544-1553)
|- 
| colspan=1 style="background: #cea;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Dessau---> 
| colspan=2 style="background: #eca;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Zerbst---> 
|- 
| colspan=3 style="background: #eca;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Zerbst---> 
|- 
| colspan=5 style="background: #fff;" |'''Principality of Anhalt'''<br><small>''(Anhalt-Zerbst line)''</small><br>(1562-1603)
|- 
| colspan=1 style="background: #ccf;" |'''Köthen'''<br><small>(2nd creation)</small><br>(1603-1847)
| colspan=1 style="background:#AaCcBb;" |'''Plotzkau'''<br><small>(2nd creation)</small><br>(1603-1665)
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #cea;" |'''Dessau'''<br><small>(2nd creation)</small><br>(1603-1863)
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #eca;" |'''Zerbst'''<br><small>(3rd creation)</small><br>(1603-1793)
| colspan=1 rowspan="4" style="background: #cef;" |'''Bernburg'''<br><small>(2nd creation)</small><br>(1603-1863)
|- 
| colspan=2 rowspan="2" style="background: #ccf;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Köthen---> 
|- 
| colspan=2 style="background: #cea;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Dessau---> 
|- 
| colspan=4 style="background: #cea;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Dessau---> 
|- 
| colspan=6 style="background: #fff;" |'''Duchy of Anhalt'''<br><small>''(from Anhalt-Dessau line)''</small><br>(1863-1918)
|}

====Table of rulers====

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2 | Ruler!!Born!!Reign!!Death!!Ruling part!!Consort!!Notes
|-bgcolor=#fff
|[[Albert the Bear|Albert I ''the Bear'']]||[[File:Albrecht der Bär.jpg|100px]] ||c.1100||1123-1170||18 November 1170||[[County of Anhalt|Anhalt]]||[[Sophie of Winzenburg]]<br/>1125<br/>thirteen children 
||Also [[Ballenstedt|Count of Ballenstedt]], [[Duke of Saxony]] and [[Margrave of Brandenburg]].
|-bgcolor=#fff
|[[Bernhard, Count of Anhalt|Bernard I]]||[[File:Bernhard von Sachsen.jpg|100px]]|||c.1134||1170-1212||2 February 1212||[[County of Anhalt|Anhalt]] || Brigitte of Denmark<br>six children<br><br>Sophia of Thuringia<br>one child<br><br>Judith of Poland<br>c.1173<br>no children|| Also [[Ballenstedt|Count of Ballenstedt]] and [[Duke of Saxony]] 
|-bgcolor=#fff
|[[Henry I, Count of Anhalt|Henry I]]||[[File:Heinrich von Anhalt (1170 - 1252).jpg|100px]]|||1170||1212-1252||1252||Anhalt||[[Irmgard of Thuringia]]<br>1211<br>eleven children|| First independent ruler of Anhalt. In 1218 becomes Prince of Anhalt. After his death his sons divided the Principality.
|-bgcolor=#bec
|[[Henry II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Henry II ''the Fat'']]||[[File:Siegel Heinrich I und II (Anhalt).jpg|100px]]|||1215||1252-1266||12 June 1266||[[Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Anhalt-Aschersleben]] ||[[Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Abbess of Gernrode|Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]<br>1245<br>two children
|rowspan="3"| Children of Henry I, divided their rule.
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|[[Bernhard I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard I]]||[[File:Siegel Bernhard I (Anhalt).jpg|100px]]|||1218||1252-1287||1287||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]] ||[[Sophia of Denmark, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|Sophia of Denmark]]<br>3 February 1258<br>[[Hamburg]]<br>six children
|-bgcolor=#EECCAA
|[[Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Siegfried I]]|||||1230||1252-1298||25 March 1298||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]] ||[[Catherine Birgersdotter of Bjelbo|Catherine of Sweden]]<br>17 October 1259<br>ten children
|- bgcolor=#bec
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] (1266-1270)''</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of Henry II, ruled jointly, first under their mother, who was elected Abbess of [[Gernrode]] in 1275. In 1283, Henry renounced his rights in Otto's favor. 
|-bgcolor=#bec
|[[Otto I, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Otto I]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Gemeinschaftliches Siegel Otto I und Heinrich III (Anhalt).jpg|100px]]||c.1245||1266-1304||25 June 1304||[[Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Anhalt-Aschersleben]] ||[[Hedwig of Wrocław]]<br>1283<br>three children
|-bgcolor=#bec
|[[Henry III, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Henry III]]||c.1245||1266-1283||12 June 1266||[[Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Anhalt-Aschersleben]] ||''Unmarried''
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|[[Bernhard II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard II]]||[[File:Siegel Bernhard II (Anhalt).jpg|100px]]|||1260||1287-1323||After 26 December 1323||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]] ||[[Helena of Rügen, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|Helena of Rügen]]<br>27 December 1302<br>three children
|rowspan="2"| Ruled jointly. After the death of John, Bernard ruled alone.
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|[[John I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|John I]]|||||1258/60||1287-1291||5 June 1291||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]] ||''Unmarried''
|-bgcolor=#EECCAA
|[[Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Albert I]]||||c.1260||1298-1316||17 August 1316||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]] ||[[Liutgard of Holstein|Liutgard of Holstein-Itzehoe]]<br/>after 1277<br/>two children<br><br>[[Agnes of Brandenburg-Stendal]]<br/>1300<br/>five children|| 
|-bgcolor=#bec
|[[Otto II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Otto II]]||[[File:Siegel Otto I (Anhalt) - drittes Reitersiegel und Otto II (Anhalt) - Reitersiegel.jpg|100px]]||c.1260||1304-1315||24 July 1315||[[Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Anhalt-Aschersleben]] ||[[Elisabeth of Meissen, Princess of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Elisabeth of Meissen]]<br>24 August 1309<br>two children|| After his death in 1315 without male heirs, the Principality was annexed by the [[Bishopric of Halberstadt]].
|-bgcolor=#bec
|colspan=8 align="center"|''Definitively annexed by the [[Bishopric of Halberstadt]]''
|-bgcolor=#EECCAA
|[[Albert II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Albert II]]||||after 1277||1316-1362||17 July 1362||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]] ||[[Agnes of Rügen, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|Agnes of Rügen]]<br/>2 September 1324<br/>no children<br><br>[[Beatrix of Saxe-Wittenberg]]<br/>c.1337<br/>five children
|rowspan="5"| Albert III and Valdemar I ruled jointly, as sons of Albert II. In 1359 Albert III associated his eldest son, Albert IV, but he predeceased him. In 1362, after Albert III's death, is brother Valdemar continued the co-ruling with his nephew John II. Valdemar II, Valdemar I's son, joined John II after his father's death.  
|-bgcolor=#EECCAA
|[[Waldemar I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Valdemar I]]||||after 1277||1316-1368||7 January 1368||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]] ||[[Elisabeth of Saxe-Wittenberg]]<br/>22 June 1344<br/>six children<br><br>[[Beatrice d'Este, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst|Beatrice d'Este]]<br/>1365<br/>no children 
|-bgcolor=#EECCAA
|[[Albert III, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Albert III]]||||c.1337||1359||1 August 1359||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]] ||''Unmarried''
|-bgcolor=#EECCAA
|[[John II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John II]]||||after 1337||1362-1382||11 April 1382||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]] ||[[Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen]]<br/>1366<br/>four children
|-bgcolor=#EECCAA
|[[Waldemar II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Valdemar II]]||||c.1337||1368-1371||before 24 August 1371||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]] ||''Unmarried''
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|[[Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard III]]||[[File:Siegel Bernhard III (Anhalt) - großes Reitersiegel.jpg|100px]]|||1300||1323-1348||20 August 1348||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]] ||[[Agnes of Saxe-Wittenberg, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|Agnes of Saxe-Wittenberg]]<br>1328<br>five children<br><br>[[Matilda of Anhalt-Zerbst, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|Matilda of Anhalt-Zerbst]]<br>1339<br>no children<br><br>[[Matilda of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|Matilda of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]<br>1343<br>two children|| 
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|[[Bernhard IV, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard IV]]||[[File:Siegel Bernhard IV (Anhalt) - Secret.jpg|100px]]||Before 1339||1348-1354||28 June 1354||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]] ||''Unmarried''|| 
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|[[Henry IV, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Henry IV]]||||Before 1339||1354-1374||7 July 1374||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]] ||[[Sophia of Stolberg]]<br>before 1348<br>three children||Bypassed by his older brother Bernard IV as ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg, he only assumed rule of the principality when Bernhard died in 1354. 
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|[[Otto III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Otto III]]||||Before 1348||1374-1404||27 February 1404||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]] ||''Unknown''<br>two children<br><br>Lutrudis<br>before 1391<br>one child||Bypassed his nephew Bernard.
|-bgcolor=#cea
||[[Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Sigismund I]]||||After 1366||1382-1405||19 January 1405||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]<br><small>(in Zerbst until 1396)</small>||[[Judith of Querfurt]]<br/>1386<br/>eleven children
|rowspan="3" bgcolor=#EECCAA| Sons of John II. Ruled jointly. In 1396 divided the land. Sigismund received Anhalt-Dessau and Albert Anhalt-Köthen.
|-bgcolor=#ccf
||[[Albert IV, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Albert IV]]||||After 1366||1382-1423||24 November 1423||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]<br><small>(in Zerbst until 1396)</small>||[[Elisabeth of Mansfeld (1403)|Elisabeth of Mansfeld I]]<br/>before 1398<br/>six children<br><br>[[Elisabeth of Querfurt]]<br/>before 4 January 1419<br/>three children
|-bgcolor=#EECCAA
|[[Waldemar III, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Valdemar III]]||||After 1366||1382-1391||1391||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]] ||''Unmarried''
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|[[Bernhard V, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard V]]||||Before 1374||1404-1420||24 June 1420||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]] ||[[Elisabeth of Hohnstein-Kelbra]]<br>8 September 1396<br>one child||Succeeded in reaching the power jointly with his eldest cousin, Otto. As he left no male heirs, the land was inherited by his other cousin, Bernard.
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|[[Otto IV, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Otto IV]]||||Before 1391||1404-1415||7 July 1374||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]] ||''Unmarried''||Ruled jointly with his cousin. Left no descendants. 
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||[[George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George I ''the Elder'']]||||1390||1405-1474||21 September 1474||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]||[[Matilda of Anhalt-Bernburg, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau|Matilda of Anhalt-Bernburg I]]<br/>after 1413<br/>no children<br><br>[[Euphemia of Oleśnica]]<br/>1432<br/>six children<br><br>[[Sophia of Hohnstein]]<br/>after 1442<br/>three children<br><br>Anna of Lindow-Ruppin<br/>7 September 1453<br/>nine children
|rowspan="4"|Sons of Sigismund I, ruled jointly. In 1468 inherited Anhalt-Bernburg.
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||[[Albert V, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Albert V]]||||After 1390||1405-1469||1469||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]||[[Sophie of Hadmersleben]]<br/>no children
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|[[Waldemar IV, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Valdemar IV]]||||c.1386||1405-1417||After 22 July 1417||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]||''Unmarried''
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|[[Sigismund II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Sigismund II]]||||After 1390||1405-1452||After 22 May 1452||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]||[[Matilda of Anhalt-Bernburg (1443)|Matilda of Anhalt-Bernburg II]]<br/>no children
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|[[Bernhard VI, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard VI]]||||Before 1391||1420-1468||2 February 1468||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]] ||[[Matilda of Querfurt-Burgscheidungen]]<br>21 October 1419<br>two children<br><br>[[Hedwig of Żagań, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|Hedwig of Żagań]]<br>11 March 1434<br>no children||His children predeceased him, which left him no heirs at his death in 1468. Bernburg was inherited by Anhalt-Dessau line.
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|colspan="8" align="center"|''Anhalt-Bernburg was annexed to Anhalt-Dessau''
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|[[Adolph I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Adolph I]]||||After 1398?||1423-1473||28 August 1473||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]||[[Cordula of Lindow-Ruppin]]<br/>2 November 1442<br/>[[Neuruppin|Ruppin]]<br>seven children
|rowspan="3"| Ruled jointly. Adolph ruled with his brother Valdemar V until 1436 and then with Valdemar's son John. In 1471, Adolph concluded a succession contract with [[George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau]], which would put his youngest son in Köthen's throne, as Valdemar VI. 
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|[[Waldemar V, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Valdemar V]]||||After 1398?||1423-1436||28 August 1473||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]||[[Sophie of Hadmersleben]]<br/>1420<br>no children
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|[[John III, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|John III]]||||||1436-1463||1463||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]||''Unmarried''
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|[[Waldemar VI, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Valdemar VI]]<br><small>''(from [[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Dessau]] line)''</small>||||1450||1473-1508||1 November 1508||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]] ||[[Margaret of Schwarzburg]]<br/>24 January 1485<br/>[[Köthen]]<br>four children
|rowspan="5"| After the contract established with Dessau, this line of princes dominated in Köthen. After the death of Adolph in 1473, George I of Dessau's sons, Valdemar VI and Albert VI, ascended to the principality. After Albert's death, Valdemar co-ruled with his nephews. In 1508, all his co-rulers abdicated to Valdemar VI's son, Wolfgang.
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|[[Albert VI, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Albert VI]]||||After 1419?||1473-1475||9 January 1475||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]] ||[[Elisabeth of Mansfeld (1482)|Elisabeth of Mansfeld II]]<br/>27 March 1454<br/>[[Alsleben]]<br>seven children
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|[[Philip, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Philip]]||||31 May 1468||1475-1500||13 November 1500||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]||''Unmarried''
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|[[Magnus, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Magnus]]||||1455
|rowspan="2"|1475-1508||29 October 1524||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]||''Unmarried''
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|[[Adolph II, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Adolph II]]||||16 October 1458||24 March 1526||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]] ||''Unmarried''
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|[[Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Ernest I]]||||1454||1474-1516||12 June 1516||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]||[[Margaret of Münsterberg]]<br/>20 January 1494<br/>[[Cottbus]]<br/>four children
|rowspan="4"| Sons of George I, ruled jointly.
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|[[George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George II ''the Strong'']]||||1454||1474-1509||25 April 1509||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]||[[Agnes of Pomerania-Barth]]<br/>1478<br/>no children
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|[[Sigismund III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Sigismund III]]||||1456||1474-1487||27 November 1487||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]||''Unmarried''
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|[[Rudolph IV, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Rudolph I ''the Valiant'']]||||1466||1474-1510||7 September 1510||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]||''Unmarried''
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|[[Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Wolfgang ''the Confessor'']]||[[File:WolfgangvonAnhalt.JPG|100px]]||1 August 1492||1508-1562||23 March 1566||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]||''Unmarried''|| Sole ruler of Köthen. After his abdication without descendants, the Principality was incorporated in the recreated Anhalt-Zerbst.
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|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Margaret of Münsterberg]] (1516-1524)''</small>
|rowspan="4"|Children of Ernest I, ruled jointly, firstly under their mother. In 1544, the brothers divided the land. Joachim mainteined Dessau to himself; John took Zerbst and refounded Anhalt-Zerbst; George took Plotzkau. After George and Joachim's deaths without descendants, their lands were inherited by their nephews, sons of John III.
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|[[Joachim I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Joachim I]]||[[File:Lucas Cranach d.Ä. - Bildnis des Fürsten Joachim (Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie).jpg|100px]]||7 August 1509||1516-1561||6 December 1561||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]||''Unmarried'' 
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||[[John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John IV]]||[[File:Lucas Cranach d.Ä. - Bildnis des Fürsten Johann (Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie).jpg|100px]]||4 September 1504||1516-1551||4 February 1551||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Dessau-Zerbst]]<br><small>(in Dessau until 1544)</small>||[[Margaret of Brandenburg, Duchess of Pomerania|Margaret of Brandenburg]]<br/>15 February 1534<br>[[Dessau]]<br/>six children
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||[[George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George III ''the God-Blessed'']]||[[File:GeorgeIII-Anhalt-Dessau.jpg|100px]]||15 August 1507||1516-1553||17 October 1553||[[Principality of Anhalt-Plotzkau|Anhalt-Plotzkau]]<br><small>(in Dessau until 1544)</small>||''Unmarried''
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||[[Karl I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Charles I]]||||17 November 1534||1551-1561||4 May 1561||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]]||[[Anna of Pomerania, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anna of Pomerania]]<br/>16 May 1557<br>[[Zerbst]]<br/>no children
|rowspan="5" bgcolor=#fff| Sons of John IV. In 1553 inherited Plotzkau from their uncle George III. In 1561 inherited Dessau and Bernburg from their uncle Joachim. In the next year inherited Kothen. From 1570 Joachim Ernest was the sole owner of all Anhalt.
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|rowspan="2"|[[Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt|Joachim Ernest]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Lucas Cranach d.J. - Bildnis des Fürsten Joachim Ernst von Anhalt.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|21 October 1536
|bgcolor=#EECCAA|1551-1562
|rowspan="2"|6 December 1586
|bgcolor=#EECCAA|[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Agnes of Barby-Mühlingen]]<br/>3 March 1560<br>[[Barby, Germany|Barby]]<br/>six children<br><br>[[Eleonore of Württemberg]]<br/>9 January 1571<br>[[Stuttgart]]<br/>ten children
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||1562-1586||Anhalt
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|rowspan="2"|[[Bernhard VII, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Bernard VII]]
|rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|17 March 1540
|bgcolor=#EECCAA|1551-1562
|rowspan="2"|1 March 1570
|bgcolor=#EECCAA|[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Clara of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Gifhorn]]<br/>28 May 1565<br>[[Dessau]]<br/>one child
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||1562-1570||Anhalt
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|rowspan="2"|[[John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|John George I]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Johano Georgo la 1-a (1567-1618).JPG|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|9 May 1567
|bgcolor=#fff|1586-1603
|rowspan="2"|24 May 1618
|bgcolor=#fff|Anhalt
|rowspan="2"|[[Dorothea of Mansfeld-Arnstein]]<br/>22 February 1588<br>[[Hedersleben, Mansfeld-Südharz|Hedersleben]]<br/>five children<br><br>[[Countess Palatine Dorothea of Simmern|Dorothea of Palatinate-Simmern]]<br/>21 February 1595<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br/>eleven children
|rowspan="10" bgcolor=#fff|Sons of Joachim Ernest, ruled jointly. In 1603 divided the land again: John George received Dessau; Christian received Bernburg; Augustus received Plötzkau; Rudolph received Zerbst; Louis received Köthen. Augustus served also as regent for his minor nephews in Anhalt-Kothen and Anhalt-Zerbst.
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||1603-1618||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]
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|rowspan="2"|[[Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Christian I]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Christian I Anhalt Bernburg.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|11 May 1568
|bgcolor=#fff|1586-1603
|rowspan="2"|17 April 1630
|bgcolor=#fff|Anhalt
|rowspan="2"|[[Anna of Bentheim-Tecklenburg|Anna of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg]]<br/>2 July 1595<br>[[Lorbach]]<br/>sixteen children
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||1603-1630||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]]
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|rowspan="2"|[[Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Rudolph II]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Rudolf (Anhalt-Zerbst).jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|28 October 1576
|bgcolor=#fff|1586-1603
|rowspan="2"|30 July 1621
|bgcolor=#fff|Anhalt
|rowspan="2"|[[Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]<br/>29 December 1605<br>[[Wolfenbüttel]]<br/>four children
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||1603-1621||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]]
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|rowspan="2"|[[Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Louis I]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Ludwig I. von Anhalt-Köthen.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|17 June 1579
|bgcolor=#fff|1586-1603
|rowspan="2"|7 January 1650
|bgcolor=#fff|Anhalt
|rowspan="2"|[[Amöena Amalie of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg]]<br/>31 October 1606<br>[[Rheda, Germany|Rheda]]<br/>two children<br><br>[[Sophia of Lippe]]<br/>12 September 1626<br>[[Detmold]]<br/>two children
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||1603-1650||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]
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|rowspan="2"|[[Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau|Augustus]]
|rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|14 July 1575
|bgcolor=#fff|1586-1603
|rowspan="2"|22 August 1653
|bgcolor=#fff|Anhalt
|rowspan="2"|[[Sibylle of Solms-Laubach]]<br/>25 January 1618<br>[[Ansbach]]<br/>eight children
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||1603-1653||[[Principality of Anhalt-Plötzkau|Anhalt-Plötzkau]]
|-bgcolor=#CCEEAA
|[[John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|John Casimir]]||[[File:Johann Kasimir Fürst Anhalt-Dessau.jpg|100px]]||17 December 1596
||1618-1660||15 September 1660||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]||[[Agnes of Hesse-Kassel]]<br/>18 May 1623<br>[[Dessau]]<br/>six children<br><br>[[Sophie Margaret of Anhalt-Bernburg]]<br/>14 July 1651<br>[[Dessau]]<br/>no children|| 
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|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau]] (1621-1642)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|
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|[[John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John V]]||[[File:Johann von Anhalt-Zerbst.jpg|100px]]||24 March 1621||1621-1667
||4 July 1667||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]]||[[Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp]]<br/>16 September 1649 <br>[[Gottorp]]<br/>fourteen children
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|[[Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Christian II]]||[[File:Christian II. (Anhalt-Bernburg).jpg|100px]]||11 August 1599||1630-1656
||22 September 1656||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]]||[[Eleonore Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg|Eleonore Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön]]<br/>28 February 1625<br>[[Ahrensbök]]<br/>fifteen children|| 
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|[[Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode|Frederick]]||[[File:Portret van Friedrich, Fürst zu Anhalt-Bernburg-Harzgerode, RP-P-1911-4135.jpg|100px]]||16 November 1613||1630-1670||30 June 1670||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]]<br><small>(at [[Harzgerode]])</small>||[[Johanna Elisabeth of Nassau-Hadamar]]<br/>10 August 1642<br>[[Bückeburg]]<br/>three children<br><br>[[Anna Katharina of Lippe-Detmold]]<br/><small>(31 July 1612 – 15 October 1659)</small><br>26 May 1657<br>[[Harzgerode]]<br/>no children|| 
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|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau]], [[Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen]] and [[Emmanuel, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen]] (1650-1653)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|After his death without descendants, his previous regents took over the principality for themselves.
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|[[William Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|William Louis]]||||3 August 1638||1650-1665
||13 April 1665||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]||[[Elisabeth Charlotte of Anhalt-Harzgerode]]<br/>25 August 1663<br>[[Köthen]]<br/>no children
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|rowspan="2"|[[Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Lebrecht I]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Leberecht von Anhalt-Köthen (1622 - 1669).jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|8 April 1622
|bgcolor=#AaCcBb|1653-1665
|rowspan="2"|7 November 1669
|bgcolor=#AaCcBb|[[Principality of Anhalt-Plötzkau|Anhalt-Plötzkau]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Sophie Ursula Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]<br/>18 January 1655<br>[[Plötzkau]]<br/>no children
|rowspan="4"| Cousins of William Louis, and princes of Anhalt-Plötzkau, they served as regents for their cousin alongside their uncle, Augustus. After William Louis' death in 1665, they took the principality of Köthen for themselves, giving away their inheritance in Plötzkau to Anhalt-Bernburg.
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF
||1665-1669||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]
|-bgcolor=#ccf
|rowspan="2"|[[Emmanuel, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Emmanuel]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Emanuel, 1631-1670, furste av Anhalt-Plötzkau Anhalt- Köthen - Nationalmuseum - 15532.tif|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|6 October 1631
|bgcolor=#AaCcBb|1653-1665
|rowspan="2"|8 November 1670
|bgcolor=#AaCcBb|[[Principality of Anhalt-Plötzkau|Anhalt-Plötzkau]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Anna Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]<br/>23 March 1670<br>[[Ilsenburg]]<br>one child
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF
||1665-1670||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]
|-bgcolor=#AaCcBb
|colspan=8 align="center"|''Plotzkau definitively annexed to the [[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg]]''
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|[[Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Victor Amadeus]]||[[File:Fürst Viktor Amadeus von Anhalt Bernburg.jpg|100px]]||6 October 1634||1656-1718||14 February 1718||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]]||[[Elizabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken|Elisabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken]]<br/>16 October 1667<br>[[Meisenheim]]<br/>six children|| Annexed Anhalt-Plötzkau in 1665.
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||[[John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|John George II]]||[[File:John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau.jpg|100px]]||17 November 1627||1660-1693||7 August 1693||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]||[[Henriette Catherine of Nassau]]<br/>9 September 1659<br>[[Groningen]]<br/>five children|| Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, he also served as regent for his cousin, Emmanuel Lebrecht of Anhalt-Kothen, together with the prince's mother, Anna Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode.
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|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp]] (1667-1674)''</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of John V, divided the rule.
|-bgcolor=#EECCAA
|[[Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Charles William]]||[[File:Carl Wilhelm von Anhalt-Zerbst.jpg|100px]]||16 October 1652||1667-1718||3 November 1718||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]]||[[Duchess Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels|Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels]]<br/>18 June 1676<br>[[Halle (Saale)|Halle]]<br/>three children
|-bgcolor=#EECCAA
|[[John Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg|John Louis I]]||||4 May 1656||1667-1704||1 November 1704||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]]<br><small>(at [[Dornburg]])</small>||[[Christine Eleonore of Zeutsch]]<br><small>(5 June 1666 – 17 May 1699)</small><br/>23 July 1687<br>[[Halle (Saale)|Halle]]<br/>seven children

|- bgcolor=#ccf
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regencies of [[Anna Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode]] (1670-1690) and [[John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau]] (1690-1692)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF
|[[Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Emmanuel Lebrecht]]||[[File:Emanuel Leberecht von Anhalt-Köthen (1671 - 1704).jpg|100px]]||20 May 1671||1670-1704||30 May 1704||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]||[[Gisela Agnes of Rath]]<br/>30 September 1692<br>[[Nienburg, Saxony-Anhalt|Nienburg]]<br/>''(morganatic)''<br>ten children
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|[[William Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode|William Louis]]||[[File:Arolsen Klebeband 01 305.jpg|100px]]||18 August 1643||1670-1709||14 October 1709||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]]<br><small>(at [[Harzgerode]])</small>||[[Elisabeth Juliana of Solms-Laubach]]<br/><small>(6 March 1631 – 2 January 1693)</small>25 July 1671<br>[[Laubach]]<br/>no children<br><br>[[Sophie Auguste of Nassau-Dillenburg]]<br/><small>(28 April 1666 – 14 January 1733)</small><br>20 October 1695<br>[[Frederiksborg Castle|Frederiksborg]]<br/>no children|| After his death, Harzgerode merged again in Bernburg.
|- bgcolor=#cea
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Henriette Catherine of Nassau]] (1693-1698)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|
|-bgcolor=#CCEEAA
|[[Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Leopold I]]||[[File:1676 Leopold-2.JPG|100px]]||3 July 1676||1693-1747||7 April 1747||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]||[[Anna Louise Föhse]]<br/>8 September 1698<br>[[Dessau]]<br/>''(morganatic)''<br>ten children
|- bgcolor=#ccf
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Gisela Agnes of Rath]] (1704-1715)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| With no male heirs, he was succeeded by his brother.
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF
|[[Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Leopold]]||[[File:Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen (1694 - 1728).jpg|100px]]||29 November 1694||1704-1728||19 November 1728||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]||[[Frederica Henriette of Anhalt-Bernburg]]<br/>11 December 1721<br>[[Bernburg]]<br>one child<br><br>[[Charlotte Frederike of Nassau-Siegen]]<br/> 27 June 1725<br>[[Weimar]]<br>two children
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|[[Karl Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Charles Frederick]]||[[File:Carl Friedrich (Anhalt-Bernburg).jpg|100px]]||13 July 1668||1718-1721|| 22 April 1721||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]]||[[Sophie Albertine of Solms-Sonnenwalde]]<br/>25 June 1692<br>[[Bernburg]]<br/>six children<br><br>[[Wilhelmine Charlotte Nüssler]]<br/>1 May 1715<br>[[Bernburg]]
|rowspan="2"| Children of Victor Amadeus, divided their rule.
|-bgcolor=#CCEEFF
|[[Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym|Lebrecht]]||[[File:Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym (1669-1727).jpg|100px]]||28 June 1669||1718-1727|| 17 May 1727||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]]<br><small>(in [[Zeitz]]-[[Hoym]])</small>||[[Charlotte of Nassau-Schaumburg]]<br/>[[Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate|Schaumburg Castle]]<br>12 April 1692<br>five children<br><br>[[Eberhardine of Weede]]<br><small>(9 August 1685 – 13 February 1724)</small><br>27 June 1702<br>[[Grave, Netherlands|Grave]]<br>six children<br/><br>''[[Sophie Sibylla of Ingersleben]]''<br><small>(18 March 1684 – 31 March 1726)</small><br>14 September 1725<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br>no children
|-bgcolor=#EECCAA
|[[John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John Augustus]]||[[File:Johann August von Anhalt-Zerbst.jpg|100px]]||29 July 1677||1718-1742||7 November 1742||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]]||[[Fredericka of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]]<br/>25 May 1702<br>[[Zerbst]]<br/>no children|| Died without issue. Zerbst was inherited by his cousins from Dornburg.
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|[[Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Victor Frederick]]||[[File:Victor Fridericus.jpg|100px]]||20 September 1700||1721-1765||18 May 1765||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]]||[[Louise of Anhalt-Dessau (1709 – 1732)|Louise of Anhalt-Dessau]]<br/>25 November 1724<br>[[Dessau]]<br/>one child<br><br>[[Albertine of Brandenburg-Schwedt|Sophie Albertine Fredericka of Brandenburg-Schwedt]]<br/>22 May 1733<br>[[Potsdam]]<br/>five children<br><br>[[Konstanze Fredericka Schmidt]]<br/>13 November 1750<br>[[Bernburg]]<br>''(morganatic)''<br/>one child||
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|[[Victor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Victor I Amadeus]]||[[File:Viktoramadeusanhbernschauhoym.jpg|100px]]||7 September 1693||1727-1772||15 April 1772||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]]<br><small>(in [[Zeitz]]-[[Hoym]] in 1727;<br>in [[Schaumburg]]-[[Hoym]] from 1727)</small>||[[Charlotte Louise of Isenburg-Birstein]]<br/><small>(31 July 1680 – 2 January 1739)</small><br>22 November 1714<br>[[Birstein]]<br/>six children<br><br>[[Hedwig Sophie Henckel of Donnersmarck]]<br/>14 February 1740<br>[[Pölzig]]<br>six children||
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|[[Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Augustus Louis]]||[[File:Augustludwigkoeth.jpg|100px]]||9 June 1697 ||1728-1755||6 August 1755||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]||[[Agnes Wilhelmine von Wuthenau]]<br/>23 January 1722<br>[[Dresden]]<br>''(morganatic)''<br>two children<br><br>[[Emilie of Promnitz-Pless|Christine Johanna Emilie of Promnitz-Pless]]<br/>14 January 1726<br>[[Sorau]]<br>five children<br><br>[[Anna Friederike of Promnitz-Pless|Anna Fredericka of Promnitz-Pless]]<br/>21 November 1732<br>[[Sorau]]<br>two children|| 
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|[[John Louis II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John Louis]]||[[File:Johann ludwig ii.jpg|100px]]||23 June 1688||1704-1746<br><br>1742-1746||5 November 1746||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]]<br><small>(in [[Dornburg]])</small><br><br>[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]]||''Unmarried''
|rowspan="4"| First cousins of their predecessor, they were Princes of Dornburg, until its ending by joining it with the inherited Principality of Zerbst. Ruled jointly. after John Louis' death, Christian ruled alone.
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|[[Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Christian August]]||[[File:Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst, 1725 (Antoine Pesne).jpg|100px]]||29 November 1690||1704-1747<br><br>1742-1747||16 March 1747||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]]<br><small>(in [[Dornburg]])</small><br><br>[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]]||[[Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp]]<br/>8 November 1727<br>[[Vechelde]]<br>five children
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|[[Christian Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg|Christian Louis]]||||5 November 1691||1704-1710||20 October 1710||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]]<br><small>(in [[Dornburg]])</small>||''Unmarried''
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|[[John Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg|John Frederick]]||||14 July 1695||1704-1742||11 May 1742||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]]<br><small>(in [[Dornburg]])</small>||Cajetana of Sperling<br/><small>(d.17 December 1742)</small><br>no children

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|[[Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Leopold II Maximilian]]||[[File:Leopold II. Maximilian von Anhalt-Dessau.jpg|100px]]||25 December 1700||1747-1751||16 December 1751||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]||[[Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen]]<br/>25 May 1737<br>[[Bernburg]]<br/>seven children||
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|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp]] (1747-1752)''</small>
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|[[Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Frederick August]]||[[File:Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst.jpg|100px]]||8 August 1734||1747-1793||3 March 1793||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]]||[[Princess Caroline Wilhelmina Sophia of Hesse-Kassel|Caroline Wilhelmina Sophia of Hesse-Kassel]]<br/>17 November 1753<br>[[Zerbst]]<br>no children<br><br>[[Friederike Auguste Sophie of Anhalt-Bernburg]]<br/>22 May 1764<br>[[Ballenstedt]]<br>no children
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|colspan=8 align="center"|''Definitively annexed by the [[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau]]''
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|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau]] (1751-1758)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, also served as regent for his cousin, Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil of Anhalt-Kothen. After his death the regency in Anhalt-Kothen passed together with the principality of Anhalt-Dessau to his son.
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||[[Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau|Leopold III Frederick Franz]]||[[File:Leopold III of Anhalt-Dessau.JPG|100px]]||10 August 1740||1751-1817||9 August 1817||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]||[[Margravine Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt|Louise Henriette Wilhelmine of Brandenburg-Schwedt]]<br/>25 July 1767<br>[[Charlottenburg]]<br/>two children
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|[[Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Charles George Lebrecht]]||[[File:Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1730-1789).jpg|100px]]||15 August 1730||1755-1789||17 October 1789||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]||[[Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]]<br/>26 July 1763<br>[[Glücksburg]]<br>six children|| 
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|[[Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Frederick Albert]]||[[File:FrederickAlbertAnhaltBernburg.jpg|100px]]||15 August 1735||1765-1796||9 April 1796||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]]||[[Louise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön]]<br/>25 November 1724<br>[[Augustenborg, Denmark|Augustenburg]]<br/>two children||
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|[[Charles Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Charles Louis]]||||16 May 1723||1772-1806||20 August 1806||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]]<br><small>(in [[Schaumburg]]-[[Hoym]])</small>||''Benjamine Gertrude Keiser''<br><small>(1 January 1729 – 6 January 1787)</small><br>25 March 1748<br>[[Stevensweert]]<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br><br>[[Amalia Eleonora of Solms-Braunfels]]<br><small>(22 November 1734 – 19 April 1811)</small><br/>12 December 1765<br>[[Braunfels]]<br/>five children||

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|[[Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen|Augustus Christian Frederick]]||||18 November 1769||1789-1812||5 May 1812||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]||[[Fredericka of Nassau-Usingen]]<br/>9 February 1792<br>[[Frankfurt-am-Main]]<br>no children|| In 1806 became Duke of Anhalt-Köthen. Left no descendants, and was succeeded by his nephew.
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|[[Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg|Alexius Frederick Christian]]||[[File:Alexius Friedrich Christian Fürst von Anhalt-Bernburg.jpg|100px]]||12 June 1767||1796-1834||24 March 1834||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]]||[[Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel]]<br/>29 November 1794<br>[[Kassel]]<br>''(annulled 1817)''<br/>four children<br><br>[[Dorothea Fredericka of Sonnenberg]]<br/>11 January 1818<br>[[Ballenstedt]]<br>''(morganatic)''<br>no children<br><br>[[Ernestine Charlotte of Sonnenberg]]<br/>2 May 1819<br>[[Bernburg]]<br>''(morganatic)''<br/>no children|| In 1803 became Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg.
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|[[Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Victor II Charles]]||||2 November 1767||1806-1812||22 April 1812||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]]<br><small>(in [[Schaumburg]]-[[Hoym]])</small>||[[Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg]]<br/>29 October 1793<br>[[Weilburg]]<br>four children||
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|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regencies of [[Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau]] (1812-1817) and [[Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt]] (1817-1818)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|Died as a minor, never ruled by his own.
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|[[Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen|Louis Augustus Karl]]||[[File:Ludwig-min-Herzog-von-Anhalt.jpg|100px]]||20 September 1802||1812-1818||18 December 1818||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]||[[Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]]<br/>26 July 1763<br>[[Glücksburg]]<br>six children
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|[[Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Frederick]]||||29 November 1741||1812||24 December 1812||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]]<br><small>(in [[Schaumburg]]-[[Hoym]])</small>||''Unmarried''|| Son of Victor I. AFter his childless death, Hoym and Holzappel were inherited by his niece Hermine (daughter of Victor II), while Hoym merged in Bernburg again.
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|[[Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Hermine]]||[[File:Hermine Palatine.jpg|100px]]||2 December 1797||1812-1817||14 September 1817||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]]<br><small>(in [[Schaumburg]] and [[Holzappel]])</small>||[[Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary]]<br>30 August 1815<br>[[Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate|Schaumburg Castle]]<br>two children|| Daughter of Victor II. After her death her lands probably merged again in Bernburg.
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|[[Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen|Frederick Ferdinand]]||[[File:FFAnhaltK.jpg|100px]]||25 June 1769||1818-1830||23 August 1830||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]||[[Princess Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck|Maria Dorothea Henriette Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck]]<br/>26 July 1763<br>[[Lipowina|Lindenau bei Heiligenbeil]]<br>no children<br><br>[[Julie of Brandenburg]]<br/>20 May 1816<br>[[Berlin]]<br>no children|| From the Anhalt-Pless line, cousin of his predecessor. Attempted, with no success, to reinstall [[Catholicism]] in his duchy.
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|[[Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen|Henry]]||[[File:1778 Heinrich.jpg|100px]]||30 July 1778||1830-1847||23 November 1847||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]]||[[Auguste Fredericka Espérance Reuss of Köstritz]]<br/>18 May 1819<br>[[Trebschen]]<br>no children|| Left no descendants. His lands were inherited by Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau.
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|colspan=8 align="center"|''Definitively annexed to the [[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau]]''
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|[[Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg|Alexander Charles]]||[[File:Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1805-1863).jpg|100px]]||2 March 1805||1834-1863||19 August 1863||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Anhalt-Bernburg]]||[[Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]]<br/>30 October 1834<br>[[Gottorp]]<br/>no children|| Left no male descendants. Bernburg reverted to Anhalt-Dessau.
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|colspan=8 align="center"|''Definitively annexed to the [[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau]]''
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|rowspan="2"|[[Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt|Leopold IV Frederick]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Leopold IV Anhalt.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|1 October 1794
|bgcolor=#CCEEAA|1817-1863
|rowspan="2"|22 May 1871
|bgcolor=#CCEEAA|[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Dessau]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Princess Frederica of Prussia, Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau|Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia]]<br/>18 April 1818<br>[[Berlin]]<br/>six children
|rowspan="2"| Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, ended the regency in Kothen after his cousin's death (1818). In 1863 he reunites Anhalt under his rule, and becomes its first duke.
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||1863-1871||[[Duchy of Anhalt|Anhalt]]
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|[[Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt|Frederick I]]||[[File:Friedrich I Anhalt.jpg|100px]]||29 April 1831||1871-1904||24 January 1904||[[Duchy of Anhalt|Anhalt]]||[[Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg|Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg]]<br/>22 April 1854<br>[[Altenburg]]<br/>six children|| 
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|[[Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt|Frederick II]]||[[File:Friedrich II Anhalt.jpg|100px]]||19 August 1856||1904-1918||21 April 1918||[[Duchy of Anhalt|Anhalt]]||[[Princess Marie of Baden (1865-1939)|Marie of Baden]]<br/>2 July 1889<br>[[Karlsruhe]]<br/>no children|| Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother.
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|[[Eduard, Duke of Anhalt|Edward]]||[[File:Eduard, Duke of Anhalt.JPG|100px]]||18 April 1861||1918||13 September 1918||[[Duchy of Anhalt|Anhalt]]||[[Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg|Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg]]<br/> 6 February 1895<br>[[Altenburg]]<br/><small>''(annulled 26 January 1918)''</small><br>six children|| Brother of his predecessor. Ruled 18 April to 13 September.
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|[[Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt|Joachim Ernest II]]||[[File:Joachim Ernst duke of Anhalt.jpg|100px]]||11 January 1901||1918||18 February 1947||[[Duchy of Anhalt|Anhalt]]||''[[Elisabeth Strickrodt]]''<br>3 March 1927<br>[[Ballenstedt]]<br><small>''(morganatic, annulled 1929)''</small><br>no children<br><br>''Edda-Charlotte von Stephani-Marwitz''<br>15 October 1929<br>[[Ballenstedt]]<br><small>''(morganatic)''</small><br>five children|| Ruled 13 September to 12 November. Monarchy abolished in that year.
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[[File:Wappen Anhalt 1703.gif|thumb|Coat of arms of the duchy 1703<ref>{{cite book|last=Siebmacher|first=Johann|title=Erneuertes und vermehrtes Wappenbuch...|publisher=Adolph Johann Helmers|year=1703|location=Nürnberg|pages=Part I Table 8}}</ref>]]

== Notes ==
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