Anhalt-Bernburg
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Anhalt-Bernburg was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and a duchy of the German Confederation ruled by the House of Ascania with its residence at Bernburg in present-day Saxony-Anhalt. It emerge
Bernburg Castle
Alexius Frederick Christian of Anhalt-Bernburg was a German prince of the House of Ascania. From 1796 until 1806, he was Reigning prince of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg, and from 1806 until 183
Anhalt-Bernburg
…and the Principality of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym was created for his second son Lebrecht, which was reunited with Anhalt-Bernburg in 1812. In 1803 Prince Alexius Frederick Christian of Anhalt-Bernburg was elevated to the rank of a duke by Emperor Francis II of Habsburg. His son Duke Alexander Karl however died without issue in 1863, whereafter…
Portrait by Karl Christian Kehrer, c. 1796