George Bernhard of Anhalt-Dessau

George Bernhard of Anhalt-Dessau (b. Dessau, 21 February 1796 - d. Dresden, 16 October 1865), was a German Prince member of the House of Ascania in the branch of Anhalt-Dessau.

He was the second son of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau by his wife Christiane Amalie, daughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.

Marriages and Issue

In Rudolstadt on 6 August 1825 George Bernhard married firstly with Karoline Auguste Louise Amalie (b. Rudolstadt, 4 April 1804 - d. Rudolstadt, 14 January 1829), daughter of the Prince Karl Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. They had two children: [ [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/ascania/ascan7.html#pF Complete Genealogy of the House of Ascania] ]
#Louise (b. Dessau, 22 June 1826 - d. Dessau, 18 February 1900)
#Frederick (b. Dessau, 10 June 1828 - d. Dessau, 22 June 1828).

In Dresden on 4 October 1831 George Bernhard married secondly and morganatically with Therese Emma von Erdmannsdorf (b. Dresden, 12 September 1807 - d. Mannheim, 28 February 1848), from low-nobility. She was created Countess of Raina [incorrectly spelled Reina by the Almanach of Gotha] (German: "Gräfin von Raina") shortly after their marriage. They had seven children: [ [http://www8.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/stoyan/l1/LANG=span/INDEX=I216734 Chronological Dates in Stoyan] ]
#Count Franz of Raina (b. Dessau, 2 September 1832 - d. Schloss Gross-Kühnau, 17 September 1879).
#Countess Mathilde of Raina (b. Dessau, 7 October 1833 - d. Dresden, 8 February 1917), married on 19 May 1859 to Otto von Könneritz (b. 24 October 1835 - d. Dresden, 27 November 1866).
#Countess Helene of Raina (b. Dessau, 1 March 1835 - d. Rudolstadt, 6 June 1860), adopted by her uncle William on 1 April 1855 and given the title of "Princess of Anhalt" by the reigning Duke Leopold IV of Anhalt-Dessau; married on 7 August 1855 to Frederick Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, her uncle (widow of her paternal aunt Amalie Auguste). Nevertless, the union was considered morganatic according to the Law of the House of Schwarzburg. [ [http://www.heraldica.org/topics/royalty/HGSchwarzburg.htm#de-morganaticization House Laws of Schwarzburg] ]
#Countess Emma of Raina (b. Dessau, 5 April 1837 - d. Dresden, 29 November 1909).
#Countess Maria of Raina (b. Dessau, 8 May 1839 - d. Dessau, 22 March 1931).
#Count Rudolph of Raina (b. Florence, 23 October 1842 - d. Dessau, 16 February 1921), married on 30 September 1882 to Emma Elisabeth Klara Marie Paris (b. Mainz, 27 February 1857 - d. Grosspaschleben, 22 February 1932).
#Count Karl of Raina (b. Florence, 15 May 1844 - d. Dresden, 27 February 1900), married firstly in Berlin on 28 May 1887 to Cosima von Mörner (b. Koszalin (Köslin), 20 July 1865 - d. Zakrzow, (Sakrau), Oberschlesien, 25 August 1936); the marriage was childless and were divorced in 1893. In 17 August 1894 he married secondly with Countess Marie von der Groeben (b. Berlin, 23 July 1841 - d. Dresden, 29 December 1894); this marriage lasted only four months until Marie's death.

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