Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
- Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. ca. 1230 - d. Köthen, 25 March 1298), was a German prince member of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst.
He was the youngest son of Henry I, Count of Anhalt -who was raised to the rank of Prince in 1218- by his wife Irmgard, daughter of Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia.
Life
After the death of his father in 1252, and in accordance with House of Ascania Family Law, the sons of the late Prince divided his lands. Siegfried received Zerbst. Taken from part of his lands, he was styled "Count of Köthen-Dessau" since 1253.
In 1247, after the death of Henry Raspe, the last Landgrave of Thuringia from the Ludowinger Dinasty and the resulting Thuringian-Hessian War of Succession, the young Siegfried occupied the Palatinate County (German: "Pfalzgrafschaft"), by the right of his mother Irmgard. Later he renounced the county in favor ot the House of Wettin; in exchange he received a monetary compensation.
In 1290 Siegfried renounced the government over his states and become in a preacher monk (German: "Predigermönch"); for this his eldest son Albert became in the new ruler of Zerbst, but the former Prince retain his rank until his death.
Marriage and Issue
In 17 October 1259, Siegfried married with Katharina (Karin), daughter of Birger Magnusson, later known as Birger jarl, Regent of Sweden, by his wife Princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden, sister of King Eric XI of Sweden. At the time of the wedding, the bride's older brother was King Waldemar of Sweden by right of their mother. They had ten children:
#Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. 17 August 1316).
#Henry (d. 13 December 1340 / 28 March 1341 ?), Provost of Halberstadt.
#Siegfried (d. 25 February 1317), a canon in Magdeburg.
#Hermann (d. aft. 24 June 1328), a Teutonic knight. "Comtur" at Dessau in 1327.
#Agnes (d. aft. 17 August 1316), Abbess of Coswig.
#Hedwig (d. aft. 24 February 1319), Abbess of Coswig.
#Elisabeth (d. aft. 17 August 1316), a nun in Coswig.
#Judith (d. aft. 17 August 1316), a nun in Coswig.
#Konstanze (d. aft. 17 August 1316), a nun in Coswig.
#Sophie (d. aft. 9 January 1290), married with Ludwig of Hakeborn.
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