Eduard, Duke of Anhalt

Eduard Georg Wilhelm, Duke of Anhalt (German: Herzog Eduard Georg Wilhelm von Anhalt) (18 April 1861 – 13 September 1918) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and the penultimate ruler of the Duchy of Anhalt from April to September 1918.

Early life

Eduard was born at Dessau, the capital of the Duchy, in 1861 as the third son of Duke Friedrich I of Anhalt (1831–1904) and his wife Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg (1838–1908). As Eduard's eldest brother, Leopold, died without male offspring in 1886, and the next brother, Frederick, had no issue, Eduard became heir apparent and Hereditary Prince following the death of their father, Duke Friedrich I, in 1904.

Reign

Eduard succeeded his brother Duke Friedrich II of Anhalt on April 21, 1918, but his brief reign came to an end five months later with his own death on 13 September 1918. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son Prince Joachim Ernst under the regency of Eduard's younger brother, Prince Aribert.

Marriage and children

Duke Eduard married Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (1873–1953) in Altenburg on 6 February 1895. She was a daughter of Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg and his wife Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen. They had six children before divorcing in 1918.

Princess Friederike of Anhalt (1896-1896)
Prince Leopold of Anhalt (1897–1898)
Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (1898–1983) married Prince Joachim of Prussia
Prince Joachim Ernst of Anhalt (1901–1947)
Prince Eugen of Anhalt (1903–1980) married Anastasia Jungmeier (1901–1970)
- Princess Anastasia of Anhalt (born 1940) married Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen
Prince Wolfgang of Anhalt (1912–1936)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Eduard, Duke of Anhalt

16. Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau

8. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

17. Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt

4. Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt

18. Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

9. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg

19. Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt

2. Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt

20. Frederick William II of Prussia

10. Prince Louis Charles of Prussia

21. Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt

5. Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia

22. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg

11. Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

23. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

1. Eduard, Duke of Anhalt

24. Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

12. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

25. Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar

6. Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg

26. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg

13. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

27. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

3. Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg

28. Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

14. Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

29. Princess Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg

7. Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

30. Pierre Murat

15. Marie Antoinette Murat

31. Louise d'Astorg

References

Online Gotha

Regnal titles
Eduard, Duke of Anhalt House of Ascania Born: 18 April 1861 Died: 13 September 1918
Preceded by Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt	Duke of Anhalt 1918	Succeeded by Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt

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