- Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (b.
Bernburg ,20 September 1700 - d.Bernburg ,18 May 1765 ), was a German prince member of theHouse of Ascania and ruler of the Principality ofAnhalt-Bernburg .He was the second but eldest and only surviving son of
Karl Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg by his first wife Sophie Albertine, daughter of George Frederick, Count of Solms-Sonnenwalde.Life
After the death of his father in 1721, Victor Frederick succeeded him in Anhalt-Bernburg. As a "Rittmeister" and Capitan of the Prussian army, in 1722 he was made a knight of the
Order of the Black Eagle .Also, he showed an special interest for the mining and metallurgical sector, as he often visited the mines in the Harz.
Marriages and Issue
In
Dessau on25 November 1724 Victor Frederick married firstly with Louise (b. Dessau,21 August 1709 - d. Bernburg,29 July 1732 ), daughter ofLeopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau . They had one daughter:
#Sophie Louise (b. Bernburg,29 June 1732 - d. Schloss Baruth,6 October 1786 ), married on20 May 1753 to Frederick, Count of Solms-Baruth.In
Potsdam on22 May 1733 Victor Frederick married secondly with Sophie Albertine Fredericka (b. Berlin,21 April 1712 - d. Bernburg,7 September 1750 ), daughter ofAlbert Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt . They had five children:
#Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (b. Bernburg,15 August 1735 - d. Ballenstedt,9 April 1796 ).
#Charlotte Wilhelmine (b. Bernburg,25 August 1737 - d. Sondershausen,26 April 1777 ), married on4 February 1760 to Christian Gunther III, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
#Marie Karoline (b. Bernburg,9 June 1739 - d. Bernburg,11 June 1739 ).
#Fredericka Auguste Sophie (b. Ballenstedt,28 August 1744 - d. Coswig,12 April 1827 ), married on27 May 1764 toFrederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst .
#Christine Elisabeth Albertine (b. Bernburg,14 November 1746 - d. Coswig,18 May 1823 ), married on27 April 1762 to Augustus II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.In
Bernburg on13 November 1750 Victor Frederick married thirdly and morganatically withKonstanze Fredericka Schmidt , a commoner. She was ennobled and obtain the title of Baroness of Bähr (German: "Frau von Bähr") in 1752, shortly before the birth of their only daughter:
#Louise Fredericka Wilhelmine of Bähr (b.4 May 1752 - d.6 July 1820 ), married on12 November 1768 to Otto Henry Louis, Count of Solms-Tecklenburg.
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