Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst

Infobox Former Country
native_name = "Fürstentum Anhalt-Zerbst"
conventional_long_name = Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst
common_name = Anhalt-Zerbst|
continent = Europe
region = Central Europe
country = Germany
era = Middle Ages
status = Vassal
empire = Holy Roman Empire
government_type = Principality|
year_start = 1252
year_end = 1796
life_span = 1252 – 1396
1544 – 1796|
event_start = Partitioned from Anhalt
date_start =
event1 = Partitioned into
A-Dessau and A-Köthen
date_event1 =
1396
event2 = Partitioned from
Anhalt-Dessau
date_event2 =
1544
event3 = Partitioned¹
date_event3 = 1603
event4 = Partitioned²
date_event4 = 1667
event_end = Annexed by Anhalt-Dessau
date_end =
event_post = Duchy of Anhalt reunited
date_post = 1863|
p1 = Anhalt
image_p1 =
s1 = Anhalt-Dessau
image_s1 = |



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image_map_caption = |
capital = Zerbst|
footnotes = 1: In 1603, Anhalt-Zerbst lost territory to Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Plötzkau and Anhalt-Köthen.
2: In 1667, Anhalt-Zerbst lost territory to create A-Mühlingen and A-Dornburg.

Anhalt-Zerbst was a principality located in Germany. It was created for the first time in 1252 following the partition of the principality of Anhalt. The capital of the state was located at Zerbst. Anhalt-Zerbst ceased to exist in 1396 when it was partitioned between Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen.

It was recreated in 1544 when Anhalt-Dessau was partitioned. The second incarnation lost a lot of territory in 1603 when it was partitioned for a second time with some of its territory being given to Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Plötzkau and Anhalt-Köthen. Anhalt-Zerbst lost more of its territory in 1667 with Anhalt-Mühlingen and Anhalt-Dornburg being created. In 1796 Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst came to an end with its territory being annexed by Anhalt-Dessau.

Princes of Anhalt-Zerbst 1252-1396

*Siegfried I 1252-1298
*Albert I 1298-1316
*Albert II 1316-1362
*Albert III 1359 (co-regent)
*Waldemar I 1316-1368 (co-regent)
*John II 1362-1382
*Waldemar II 1368-1371 (co-regent)
*Waldemar III 1382-1391 (co-regent)
*Sigismund I 1382-1396 (co-regent)
*Albert IV 1382-1396 (co-regent)"Partitioned between Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen in 1396.

Princes of Anhalt-Zerbst 1544-1796

*John V 1544-1551
*Karl I 1551-1561
*Bernhard VII 1551-1570 (co-regent)
*Joachim Ernest 1551-1586 (co-regent, later sole ruler; he unified all the Anhalt lands); later, his sons divided again Anhalt.
*Rudolph 1603-1621
**Augustus of Anhalt-Plötzkau "regent 1621-1642"
*John VI 1621-1667
**Sophie Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp "regent 1667-1674"
*Karl William 1667-1718
*John Augustus 1718-1742
*John Louis II 1742-1746
*Christian Augustus 1742-1747 (co-regent)
**Johanna Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp "regent 1747-1752"
*Frederick Augustus 1747-1793
*Sophie Auguste Fredericka (Empress Catherine II of Russia) 1793-1796 (only in Jever)"To Anhalt-Dessau 1796".

References

* [http://ellone-loire.net/obsidian/gerA-E.html#Anhalt-Zerbst Regnal chronology]