George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
- George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1454 – 25 April 1509), was a German prince member of the House of Ascania and ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau.
He was the fourth son of George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau but third-born by his fourth wife Anna, daughter of Albert VIII, Count of Lindau-Ruppin.
Life
After the death of his father in 1474 -and according to the House of Ascania Family Law- George, alongside with his older brothers (Ernest I and Sigismund III) and his younger brother Rudolph IV, inherited Dessau as a co-rulers.
In life of his father George was made "Mitherr" of Köthen (1471), alongside with his elder (half-)brother Waldemar VI, but soon resigned on his favor. In 1480 he was made "Lord of Hoym and Wörlitz"; that year, he was also appointed "Pfandherr of Crossen, Cottbus and Peitz" until 1508.
In 1478 George married with Agnes (ca. 1434 – Bernburg, 9 May 1512), daughter of Barnim VIII, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast and widow of Frederick of Altmark, son of Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg. She was almost twenty years her senior and their union was childless, although some sources states the existence of a child who was either stillborn or died shortly after the birth.
On his death, George was succeeded by his surviving brothers and co-rulers Ernest I and Rudolph IV.
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