Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Matilda of Swabia | Herman II, Duke of Swabia (Conradines) | c. 998/9 | c.1026 | 1030/4 | Esico | |||
Eilika of Saxony | Magnus, Duke of Saxony (Billung) | c. 1080 | Bef 1095 | 16 January 1142 | Otto | |||
Sophie of Winzenburg | Herman I, Count of Winzenburg (House of Formbach) | 1105 | Abt 1125 | 6 or 7 July 1160 | Albert | |||
Bernhard | ||||||||
Irmgard of Thuringia | Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia (Ludovingians) | Abt 1197 | Abt 1211 | 1212 husband's accession | 1218 elevated to Princess | Abt 1244 | Henry I | |
Partitioned between Anhalt-Aschersleben, Anhalt-Bernburg, and Anhalt-Zerbst in 1252. | ||||||||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (House of Welf) | ? | 1245 | 12 June 1266 husband's death | 1295/1298 | Henry II | ||
Hedwig of Silesia | Henry III the White (Piast) | 1252/1256 | 1283 | 14 December 1300 | Otto I co-regent | |||
Elisabeth of Meissen | Frederick Clem (Wettin) | ? | 1309 | 24 July 1315 | Aft 1347 | Otto II | ||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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Sophie of Denmark | Abel, King of Denmark (Estridsen) | 1240 | 1258 | aft. 1284 | Bernhard I | |||
Helena of Rügen | Vitslav II, Prince of Rügen (Rügen) | b. 1270 | 27 December 1302 | 9 August 1315 | Bernhard II co-regent | |||
Agnes of Saxe-Wittenberg | Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (Ascania) | 1328 | 4 January 1338 | Bernhard III | ||||
Matilda of Anhalt-Zerbst | Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (Ascania) | ? | 1339 | c.1342 | ||||
Mathilde of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Welf) | ? | 1343 | 20 August 1348 husband's death | aft. 28 June 1354 | |||
Sophie | Henry IV | |||||||
Lutrud of Mansfeld | Gebhard IV, Count of Mansfeld (Mansfeld) | 27 February 1404 husband's death | Aft 1426 | Otto III | ||||
Elisabeth of Honstein | Ulrich III, Count of Honstein-Kelbra (Hohnstein) | ? | 8 September 1396 | 1404 husband's accession | 24 June 1420 husband's death | c.1426 | Bernhard V co-regent | |
Hedwig of Żagań | Jan I of Żagań (Piast) | c.1410 | Bernhard VI | |||||
At Bernhard VI' death, His kinsman George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, inherited his lands. | ||||||||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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Catherine Birgersdotter | Birger Jarl (Bjälbo) | 1245 | 17 October 1259 | 1289 | Siegfried I | |||
Agnes of Brandenburg | Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal (Ascania) | ? | 1300 | 17 August 1316 husband's death | 4 June 1330 | Albert I | ||
Agnes of Rügen | Vitslav III, Prince of Rügen (Rügen) | ? | 2 September 1324 | bef. 25 January 1337 | Albert II co-regent | |||
Beatrix of Saxe-Wittenberg | Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (Ascania) | ? | c.1337 | aft. 26 February 1345 | ||||
Elisabeth of Saxe-Wittenberg | Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (Ascania) | ? | 22 June 1344 | aft. 30 May 1351 | Waldemar I co-regent | |||
Beatrice d'Este | Obizzo III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara (House of Este) | 18 Sep 1332 | c. 1365 | 7 January 1368 husband's death | 1387 | |||
Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen | John I, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen (Henneberg-Schleusingen) | 1351 | c.1366 | 11 April 1382 husband's death | 24 April 1397 | John II | ||
Jutta of Querfurt | Gebhard XI, Count of Querfurt (Querfurt) | c.1370 | 1386 | 1405 | 1410 | Sigismund I | ||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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Countess Palatine Dorothea of Simmern | John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern (Wittelsbach) | 6 January 1581 | 21 February 1595 | 1603 Anhalt-Dessau recreated | 24 May 1618 husband's death | 19 September 1631 | John George I | |
Agnes of Hesse-Kassel | Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel) | 14 May 1606 | 18 May 1623 | 28 May 1650 | John Casimir | |||
Sophie Margarete of Anhalt-Bernburg | Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (Ascania) | 16 September 1615 | 14 July 1651 | 15 September 1660 | 27 December 1673 | |||
Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau | Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (Orange-Nassau) | 10 February 1637 | 9 September 1659 | 15 September 1660 husband's accession | 7 August 1693 husband's death | 3 November 1708 | John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau | |
Anna Louise Föhse | Rudolf Föhse | 22 March 1677 | 1698 | 5 February 1745 | Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau | |||
Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen | Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (House of Ascania) | 21 September 1722 | 25 May 1737 | 7 April 1747 husband's accession | 20 April 1751 | Leopold II | ||
Margravine Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt | Frederick Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (Hohenzollern) | 24 September 1750 | 25 July 1767 | 1807 Principality elevated to the rank of Duchy | 21 December 1811 | Leopold III | ||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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Johanna Elisabeth of Nassau-Hadamar | John Louis of Nassau-Hadamar (Nassau-Hadamar) | 7 January 1619 | 10 August 1642 | 2 March 1647 | Frederick | |||
Anna Katharina of Lippe-Detmold | Simon VII, Count of Lippe (House of Lippe) | 31 July 1612 | 26 May 1657 | 15 October 1659 | ||||
Elisabeth Juliane Solms-Laubach | Albert Otto II, Count of Solms-Laubach (Solms-Laubach) | 6 March 1631 | 25 July 1671 | 2 January 1693 | William Louis | |||
Sophie Auguste of Nassau-Dillenburg | Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg (Nassau-Dillenburg) | 28 April 1666 | 20 October 1695 | 14 October 1709 husband's death | 14 January 1733 | |||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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Charlotte of Nassau-Schaumburg | Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg (Nassau) | 28 September 1673 | 12 April 1692 | 14 February 1718 Principality created | 31 January 1700 | Lebrecht | ||
Charlotte Louise of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein | William Maurice, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein (Isenburg) | 31 July 1680 | 22 November 1714 | 17 May 1727 husband's accession | 1727 Principality changed its name to Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym | 2 January 1739 | Victor I | |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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Charlotte Louise of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein | William Maurice, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein (Isenburg) | 31 July 1680 | 22 November 1714 | 1727 Principality changed its name to Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym | 2 January 1739 | Victor I | ||
Hedwig Sophie Henckel of Donnersmarck | Count Wenzel Louis Henckel of Donnersmarck (Henckel von Donnersmarck) | 7 May 1717 | 14 February 1740 | 15 April 1772 | 21 February 1795 | |||
Amalie Eleonore of Solms-Braunfels | Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels (Solms-Braunfels) | 22 November 1734 | 12 December 1765 | 15 April 1772 husband's accession | 20 August 1806 husband's death | 19 April 1811 | Charles Louis | |
Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg | Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (Nassau-Weilburg) | 7 August 1776 | 29 October 1793 | 20 August 1806 husband's accession | 22 April 1812 husband's death | 19 February 1841 | Victor II | |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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Margarete of Brandenburg | Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern) | c. 1511 | 15 February 1534 | 4 February 1551 husband's death | after 3 November 1577 | John V | ||
Anna of Pomerania | Barnim XI, Duke of Pomerania (Greifen) | 5 February 1531 | 16 May 1557 | 4 May 1561 husband's death | 13 October 1592 | Karl I | ||
Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Welf) | 3 February 1587 | 29 December 1605 | 16 October 1609 | ||||
Countess Magdalene of Oldenburg | John VII, Count of Oldenburg (Oldenburg) | 6 October 1585 | 31 August 1612 | 30 July 1621 husband's death | 14 April 1657 | |||
Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp | Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (Holstein-Gottorp) | 5 December 1630 | 16 September 1649 | 4 July 1667 husband's death | 12 December 1680 | John VI | ||
Duchess Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels | Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (Wettin) | 23 June 1654 | 18 June 1676 | 3 November 1718 husband's death | 31 March 1724 | Karl Wilhelm | ||
Duchess Hedwig Friederike of Württemberg-Weiltingen | Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen (Württemberg) | 18 October 1691 | 8 October 1715 | 3 November 1718 husband's accession | 7 November 1742 husband's death | 14 August 1752 | John Augustus | |
Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp | Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin (Holstein-Gottorp) | 24 October 1712 | 8 November 1727 | 7 November 1742 husband's accession | 16 March 1747 husband's death | 30 May 1760 | Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst | |
Princess Caroline Wilhelmina Sophia of Hesse-Kassel | Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel) | 10 May 1732 | 17 November 1753 | 22 May 1759 | Frederick Augustus | |||
Friederike Auguste Sophie of Anhalt-Bernburg | Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (Anhalt-Bernburg) | 28 August 1744 | 27 May 1764 | 3 March 1793 | 12 April 1827 | |||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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Princess Amöena Amalie of Bentheim-Tecklenburg | Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg (Bentheim-Steinfurt) | 19 March 1586 | 31 October 1606 | 8 September 1625 | Louis I | |||
Countess Sophie of Lippe | Simon VI, Count of Lippe (Lippe) | 16 August 1599 | 12 September 1626 | 7 January 1650 husband's death | 19 March 1654 | |||
Elisabeth Charlotte of Anhalt-Harzgerode | Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (Ascania) | 11 February 1647 | 25 August 1663 | 13 April 1665 | 20 January 1723 | William Louis | ||
Countess Sophie of Stolberg-Wernigerode | Henry Volrad, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (Stolberg-Wernigerode) | 2 October 1628 | 18 January 1655 | 13 Aprile 1655 husband's accession | 7 November 1669 husband's death | 13 September 1675 | Lebrecht co-ruler | |
Anna Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode | Henry Ernest, Count of Stolberg (Stolberg-Wernigerode) | 20 July 1593 | 23 March 1670 | 8 November 1670 | 27 January 1690 | Emmanuel co-ruler | ||
Frederica Henriette of Anhalt-Bernburg | Karl Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (Ascania) | 24 January 1702 | 11 December 1721 | 4 April 1723 | Leopold | |||
Charlotte Frederike of Nassau-Siegen | Frederick William Adolf, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (Nassu-Siegen) | 30 November 1702 | 27 June 1725 | 19 November 1728 | 22 July 1785 | |||
Countess Emilie of Promnitz-Pless | Erdmann II, Count of Promnitz (Promnitz) | 15 September 1708 | 14 January 1726 | 19 November 1728 husband's accession | 20 February 1732 | Augustus Louis | ||
Countess Anna Friederike of Promnitz-Pless | 30 May 1711 | 21 November 1732 | 31 March 1750 | |||||
Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Glücksburg) | 5 March 1749 | 26 July 1763 | 17 October 1789 | 30 March 1812 | Karl George Lebrecht | ||
Friederike of Nassau-Usingen | Frederick Augustus, Prince of Nassau-Usingen then Duke of Nassau (Nassau-Usingen) | 30 August 1777 | 9 February 1792 | 1803 divorce | 28 August 1821 | Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen | ||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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Countess Louise Ferdinande of Stolberg-Wernigerode | Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode (Stolberg-Wernigerode) | 30 September 1744 | 13 June 1766 | 3 February 1784 | Frederick Erdmann | |||
Princess Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck | Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (Oldenburg) | 28 September 1783 | 20 August 1803 | 24 November 1803 | Frederick Ferdinand | |||
Countess Julie of Brandenburg | Frederick William II of Prussia (Hohenzollern) | 4 January 1793 | 20 May 1816 | 23 August 1830 | 29 January 1848 | |||
Princess Auguste Friederike Esperance Reuss of Köstritz | Heinrich XLIV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (Reuss of Köstritz) | 3 August 1794 | 18 May 1819 | 23 August 1830 husband's accession | 23 November 1847 husband's death | 13 July 1855 | Henry | |
At Henry's death without issue, the principality of Pless, governed by Semi-Salic Law, passed to Henry's nephew Hans Henry X, Count of Hochberg-Fürstenstein. | ||||||||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel | William I, Elector of Hesse (Hesse) | 14 September 1768 | 29 November 1794 | 1807 Principality elevated to the rank of Duchy | 1817 divorce | 17 April 1839 | Alexius Frederick Christian | |
Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Glücksburg) | 9 October 1811 | 30 October 1834 | 19 August 1863 | 10 July 1902 | Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg | ||
At Alexander Karl's death without issue, the duchy was inherited by his kinsman Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau-Köthen who merged the duchy with his own to form a united Duchy of Anhalt. | ||||||||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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Countess Julie of Brandenburg | Frederick William II of Prussia (Hohenzollern) | 4 January 1793 | 20 May 1816 | 18 December 1818 husband's accession | 23 August 1830 husband's death | 29 January 1848 | Frederick Ferdinand | |
Princess Auguste Friederike Esperance Reuss of Köstritz | Heinrich XLIV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (Reuss of Köstritz) | 3 August 1794 | 18 May 1819 | 23 August 1830 husband's accession | 23 November 1847 husband's death | 13 July 1855 | Henry | |
At Henry's death without issue, the duchy was inherited by his kinsman Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau. | ||||||||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Margravine Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt | Frederick Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (Hohenzollern) | 24 September 1750 | 25 July 1767 | 1807 Principality elevated to the rank of Duchy | 21 December 1811 | Leopold III | ||
Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia | Prince Louis Charles of Prussia (Hohenzollern) | 30 September 1796 | 18 April 1818 | 30 August 1863 Duchies united forming the Duchy of Anhalt | 1 January 1850 | Leopold IV | ||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg | Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg (Wettin) | 17 April 1838 | 22 April 1854 | 22 May 1871 husband's accession | 24 January 1904 husband's death | 13 October 1908 | Frederick I | |
Princess Marie of Baden | Prince William of Baden (Zähringen) | 26 July 1865 | 2 July 1889 | 24 January 1904 husband's accession | 21 April 1918 husband's death | 29 November 1939 | Frederick II | |