Rudolph IV, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Rudolph IV, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Rudolph IV, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 7 September 1510), was a German prince member of the House of Ascania and ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau.

He was the fifth son of George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau but fourth-born by his fourth wife Anna, daughter of Albert VIII, Count of Lindau-Ruppin.

Life

The last of his father's sons who survive adulthood, in 1474 Rudolph succeded him in the principality of Anhalt-Dessau, but, by virtue of the House of Ascania Family Laws, he was had to co-rule with his older brothers Ernest I, George II and Rudolph IV.

He never married or had children; on his death, Rudolph was succeded by his only surviving brother, Ernest I.


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