Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Köthen. Today, he is best remembered for employing Johann Sebastian Bach as his Kapellmeist
Portrait of Leopold, early 18th century
Portrait of Leopold, 1710
Friederica Henrietta, Leopold's first wife
Emmanuel Lebrecht of Anhalt-Köthen was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Köthen.
Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
…remembered for employing Johann Sebastian Bach as his Kapellmeister between 1717 and 1723. He was born at Köthen, the second (but eldest surviving) son of Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, by his wife Gisela Agnes of Rath. At his birth, the agnates of the Anhalt principalities still did not recognize Leopold's right of inheritance due…
Emanuel Leberecht von Anhalt Köthen