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Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

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36: 287:, made Leopold the new heir of Dessau. The late prince was already married and had nine children, but his wife was of non-noble birth; for this reason, the issue of the marriage was barred from succession. After the death of his father in 1747, Leopold inherited Anhalt-Dessau. 519: 401:
Albert Frederick (b. Dessau, 22 April 1750 – d. Dessau, 31 October 1811), married on 25 October 1774 to Henriette of Lippe-Weissenfeld, great-granddaughter of
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At only nine years of age, he accompanied his father on his military duties for the Prussian army. In 1715 he was appointed
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He died at Dessau in 1751. In 1752 Frederick the Great named a newly founded village
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Louise Agnes Margarete (b. Dessau, 15 August 1742 – d. Dessau, 11 July 1743).
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Leopold III Frederick Franz, Prince and (from 1807) Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
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Leopold was one of the best subordinate generals who served under
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Prussian military personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession
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Index

Leopold II

Antoine Pesne
Anhalt-Dessau
Leopold I
Leopold III
Dessau
Dessau
Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen
Issue
Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
Henrietta Catherine Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau
Marie Leopoldine, Countess of Lippe-Detmold
Casimire, Countess of Lippe-Detmold
House
Ascania
Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Anna Louise Föhse
House of Ascania
Anhalt-Dessau
Prussian
Dessau
Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
morganatic
Anna Louise Föhse
Lieutenant Colonel
Stendal
Mühlhausen
Thuringia
First Silesian War

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