Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg
- Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg
Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (b. Ballenstedt, 2 March 1805 - d. Hoym, 19 August 1863), was a German prince member of the House of Ascania and the last ruler of the Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg.
He was the second but eldest and only surviving son of Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg by his first wife Maria Fredericka, daughter of William I, Elector of Hesse.
Life
After the death of his father in 1834, Alexander Karl succeeded him in Anhalt-Bernburg.
In Gottorp on 30 October 1834 Alexander Karl married with Fredericka Karoline Juliane (b. Gottorp, 9 October 1811 - d. Alexisbad, 10 July 1902), daughter of Frederick William, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and by birth Princess of Denmark as a descendant in mal line of King Christian III; also, she was a sister of the later King Christian IX of Denmark. The union was childless.
By November 1855 the Duke was recluded in the Schloss Hoym due to his progressive mental illness (some sources stated he suffered of Schizophrenia). There Alexander Karl spend the rest of his life under medical care and with the company of his chamberlain, the painter Wilhelm von Kügelgen.
For his incapacity to rule, his wife, the Duchess Fredericka acted as regent on his behalf.
With him, the line of Anhalt-Bernburg became extinct. On his death, he was succeeded by his kinsman, Leopold IV of Anhalt-Dessau.
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