Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau

Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau (b. Dessau, 23 September 1799 - d. Dessau, 4 December 1864), was a German Prince member of the House of Ascania in the branch of Anhalt-Dessau.

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

Marriage and Issue

In Schloss Rumpenheim on 11 September 1832 Frederick Augustus married with Marie Louise Charlotte (b. Copenhagen, 9 May 1814 - d. Schloss Hohenburg, 28 July 1895), daughter of Prince William of Hesse-Kassel -youngest son of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel- by his wife (born Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark, a sister of King Christian VIII of Denmark) and older sister of the later Queen Louise, wife of King Christian IX of Denmark. They had three daughters: [ [http://www8.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/stoyan/l1/LANG=span/INDEX=I216738 Chronological Dates on Stoyan] ] [ [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/ascania/ascan7.html#AM Complete Genealogy of the House of Ascania] ]
#Adelaide Marie (b. Dessau, 25 December 1833 - d. Schloss Königstein, 24 November 1916), married on 23 April 1851 to Adolphe, last Duke of Nassau and first Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The current Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Henri, is her direct descendant.
#Bathildis Amalgunde (b. Dessau, 29 December 1837 - d. Schloss Nachod, Bohemia, 10 February 1902), married on 30 May 1862 to Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe. Her eldest daughter, Charlotte, was the wife of William II, the last King of Württemberg and, through one of her younger daughters, Adelaide, she was the grandmother of the last head of the Wettin branch of Saxe-Altenburg, George Moritz.
#Hilda Charlotte (b. Dessau, 13 December 1839 - d. Dessau, 22 December 1926).

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