Eduard, Prince of Anhalt

Infobox Prince
name =Eduard, Prince of Anhalt


othertitles =Duke of Saxony
full name =Eduard Julius Ernst August Erdmann
royal house =Ascania
spouse 1 =Corinne Krönlein
offspring =Julia Katharina, Julia Eilika, Julia Felicitas
father =Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt
mother =Editha von Marwitz
date of birth =birth date and age|1941|12|3
place of birth =Ballenstedt|

Prince Julius Eduard of Anhalt ( _de. Prinz Eduard Julius von Anhalt; born 3 December 1941) is the head of the House of Ascania, the family which ruled the Duchy of Anhalt until 1918. He uses the style "His Highness".

Early life and family

Eduard was born at Schloss Ballenstedt in Ballenstedt, the youngest of the five children of the last reigning Duke of Anhalt, Joachim Ernst, and of his second wife Editha von Marwitz (von Stephani, by adoption).Paul Theroff, [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/anhalt.html An Online Gotha: Anhalt] ]

In 1963 Eduard's older brother Friedrich died childless in a car crash, and Eduard succeeded him as head of the house of Ascania. He himself does not use the title "Duke of Anhalt", [http://www.anhalt-askanien.de/no/familie/ Anhalt-Askanien: Family] ] but it is sometimes used for him by others.Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George [http://www.constantinianorder.org/english/prom_dukeofanhalt_20070306.html H.H. The Duke of Anhalt Appointed Bailiff Grand Cross of Justice, of Honor] ] Almanach de Gotha, [http://web.archive.org/web/20060211154659/www.almanachdegotha.com/site/soc.htm Société des Amis de l'Almanach de Gotha] ]

Eduard lived in the United States for several years before returning to Germany in 1967. He has been a journalist and columnist for numerous German magazines. He has also hosted a television programme "Adel verpflichet" (Noblesse oblige) for RTL Television.

In 1978 Eduard published a book about his family, "Askanische Sagen" (München: Mahnert-Lueg). A revised edition of the book with the title "Sagenhaftes Askanien: Geschichten und Legenden" (München: Langen-Müller) was published in 2004.

In 1990 Eduard launched a lawsuit to regain ownership of his family property Schloss Ballenstedt, which had been confiscated by the Communist authorities in East Germany after World War II. [Serge Schmemann, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1DE1F3CF93AA15757C0A966958260&scp=1&sq=eduard+prince+anhalt&st=nyt "Evolution in Europe: A Prince, His Castle and the Tenants"] , "New York Times" (April 29, 1990).]

Marriage and children

On July 21 1980 in Munich Eduard married Corinna Krönlein (born 19 August 1961) in a civil ceremony. The couple renewed their vows in a religious ceremony on June 7 1986 in S-charl, near Scuol, Switzerland. Eduard and Corinna have three children:
* Princess "Julia Katharina" (born 14 December 1980, Bad Tolz), given the style "Hereditary Princess" by her father
* Princess "Julia Eilika" Nicole (born 1 January 1985, Munich)
* Princess "Julia Felicitas" Leopoldine Friederike Franziska (born 14 May 1993, Munich)

Honours

Eduard is Grand Master of the Order of Albert the Bear, founded in 1836. [International Commission for Orders of Chivalry [http://www.icocregister.org/list2001.htm Provisional List of Orders] ] On March 6 2007 he was invested with the insignia of a Bailiff Grand Cross of Justice, of Honour of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George by the Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria.

Eduard has served as deputy chairman of the Société des Amis of the Almanach de Gotha.

Ancestry

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7= Irmgard Klara Franziska Marwitz
8= Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt
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Notes

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dipstyle=His Highness|offstyle=Your Highness|altstyle=Sir|

External links

* [http://www.anhalt-askanien.de/index.php?id=8&L=1 Official website of the Ducal Family of Anhalt]