George Bernhard | |
Prince of Anhalt-Dessau | |
Spouse: | Karoline of Scharzburg-Rudolstadt Theresa Emma von Erdmannsdorf |
Issue: | Princess Louise Prince Frederick Count Franz of Raina Countess Mathilde of Raina Countess Helene of Raina Countess Emma of Raina Countess Maria of Raina Count Rudolf of Raina Count Karl of Raina |
House: | Ascania |
Father: | Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau |
Mother: | Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg |
Birth Date: | 21 February 1796 |
Birth Place: | Dessau, Anhalt |
Death Place: | Dresden, Saxony |
George Bernhard of Anhalt-Dessau (21 February 1796 – 16 October 1865), was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Dessau branch.
He was born in Dessau on 21 February 1796. He was the second son of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, by his wife Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg.
His paternal grandparents were Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau and Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt. His maternal grandparents were Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt.[1]
On 6 August 1825, George Bernhard was married to Karoline Auguste Louise Amalie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1804–1829) in Rudolstadt. She was a daughter of Prince Karl Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (himself a son of Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt) and Louise Ulrike of Hesse-Homburg, George's aunt.[2] Before her death on 14 January 1829, they had two children:
On 4 October 1831. he married, for a second time, to Therese Emma von Erdmannsdorf (1807–1848) in Dresden. The marriage was morganatic as she was of lesser nobility. Shortly after their marriage, she was created Countess of Raina.[3] Before her death in 1848, they had seven children:[4]
Therese Emma, Countess of Raina, died on 28 February 1848 in Mannheim. Prince George Bernhard died in Dresden on 16 October 1865.[6]