Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg

Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (b. Bernburg, 15 August 1735 - d. Ballenstedt, 9 April 1796), was a German prince member of the House of Ascania and ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg. [A political index to the histories of Great Britain and Ireland; or, A complete register of the hereditary honours, public offices, and persons in officeBy Robert BeatsonPublished by , 1806Original from Oxford UniversityDigitized Jul 3, 2006 [http://books.google.com/books/pdf/A_political_index_to_the_histories_of_Gr.pdf?id=toUBAAAAQAAJ&output=pdf&sig=ACfU3U1PpOoSHBfck6NC-xzhlDypOo5TVg&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0 Text here] ]

He was the only son of Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg by his second wife Sophie Albertine Fredericka, daughter of Albert Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. [ [http://www.kittymunson.com/GEDbrows/g1441.html#I28828 Dates by GEDbrowser] ]

Life

Frederick Albert succeeded his father in Anhalt-Bernburg when he died in 1765 and immediately changed his main residence from Bernburg to Ballenstedt. [The Blood Royal of Britain: Being a Roll of the Living Descendants of Edward IV and Henry VII, Kings of England, and James III, King of ScotlandBy Melville Henry Massue Ruvigny Et Raineval, Marquis of Ruvigny & RainevalPublished by Genealogical Pub Co, 1994]

On 22 December 1785 he signed the entrance of his state into the Fürstenbund.

In 1788 a classical theater was built under his orders. He was considered as a "Father of the Country" by the citizens; primarily for his good works: one of his actions as prince was to give women legal influence over their inheritance.

Also, Frederick Albert was the founder of the "Anhaltischen Mineraliensammlung".

It is unclear whether he died as a result of a hunting accident, or if he committed suicide.

Marriage and Issue

In Augustenburg on 4 June 1763 Frederick Albert married with Louise Albertine (b. Plön, 21 July 1748 - d. Ballenstedt, 2 March 1769), daughter of Frederick Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön and Princess of Denmark by birth as a descendant in male line of King Christian III. They had two children:
#Alexius Frederick Christian, Prince and since 1807 Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (b. Ballenstedt, 12 June 1767 - d. Ballenstedt, 24 March 1834).
#Pauline Christine Wilhelmine (b. Ballenstedt, 23 February 1769 - d. Detmold, 29 December 1820), married on 2 January 1796 to Leopold I, Prince of Lippe-Detmold.

Also, Frederick Albert had an illegitimate daughter:

#"Auguste von Gröna (d. 8 April 1841), married to Hans August von Rissing (d. 8 April 1841)".

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