From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Gustav of Anhalt-Dessau
William Gustav of Anhalt-Dessau
William Gustav of Anhalt-Dessau (Dessau, 20 June 1699 – 6. Wilhelmine ["Countess of Anhalt" from 19
Dessau, 16 December 1737), was a German prince of the September 1749] (b. Kleckewitz, 12 February 1734 - d.
House of Ascania and heir to the principality of Anhalt- Bosfeld, 4 June 1781), married on 8 April 1772 to
Dessau. August Wolfrath von Campen, illegitimate son of
He was the eldest son of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt- Albert Wolfgang, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe.
Dessau, by his morganatic wife Anna Louise Föse. 7. Albert ["Count of Anhalt" from 19 September 1749]
(b. Kleckewitz, 24 June 1735 - d. Dessau, 26 April
Life 1802), a Prussian major-general; married on 24 June
1764 to Sophie Luise Henriette von Wedel (b.
In 1706 the eight-year-old William Gustav was appointed Eilenstedt, 27 March 1750 - d. Halberstadt, 2 July
a captain and accompanied his father in in his campaign 1773). They had five children:
against France in 1712. In 1713 he obtained the post of 1. Countess Frederica Ferdinandine Wilhelmine of
chief of the Prussian regiment of gene d’armes. In 1719 he Anhalt (b. Halberstadt, 17 June 1765 - d.
participated in the Turk’s War in Hungary. Between 1734 Halberstadt, 1 June 1767).
and 1735 he served under Prince Eugene of Savoy as a 2. Count Frederick Henry Leopold Albert of Anhalt
volunteer in the war against France.[1] (b. Halberstadt, 6 August 1766 - d. Magdeburg,
after 1810?).
Marriage and issue 3. Countess Louise Karoline Casimira Sophie of
Anhalt (b. Halberstadt, 30 September 1767 - d.
William Gustav fell in love with Johanna Sophia Herre Potsdam, 4 April 1842), married in Dessau on 20
(surname Herr or Herrin according to some sources) (b. May 1787 to Count Franz John George of
Dessau, 8 July 1706 - d. Dessau, 5 June 1795), a commoner. Waldersee, illegitimate son of Prince Leopold III
They married secretly in Dessau on the night of 14 March of Anhalt-Dessau.
1726, after which she lived in Kleckewitz. They had nine 4. Count Frederick Henry William of Anhalt (b.
children:[2][3] Halberstadt, 31 July 1769 - d. Breslau, 25 February
1. William ["Count of Anhalt" from 19 September 1749] 1792).
(b. Hornburg, 15 March 1727 - killed in action at 5. Count Augustus Gustav of Anhalt (b. Halberstadt,
Torgau, 3 November 1760), a Prussian lieutenant- 19 February 1772 - d. Elbing, 3 January 1823).
colonel. 8. Henry ["Count of Anhalt" from 19 September 1749]
2. Leopold Louis ["Count of Anhalt" from 19 September (b. Kleckewitz, 4 September 1736 - d. Dresden, 14
1749] (b. Kleckewitz, 28 February 1729 - d. Liegnitz, September 1758), a Prussian captain.
28 April 1795), a Prussian general and bearer of the 9. Leopoldine Anna ["Countess of Anhalt" from 19
Order of the Black Eagle; married on 1 November September 1749] (b. posthumously, Kleckewitz, 26
1763 to Karoline Elisabeth Antoinette von Printzen January 1738 - d. Berlin, 26 September 1808), married
(b. Havelberg, 18 August 1734 - d. Liegnitz, 8 April on 10 November 1773 to George Dietrich von Pfuhl.
1799); they had one daughter: In 1737, during Johanna Sophia’s ninth and last pregnan-
1. Countess Wilhelmine Sophie Karoline of Anhalt cy, William Gustav came down with smallpox and, want-
(b. Halle, 15 January 1765 - d. Liegnitz, 9 March ing to see her before his death, he had her and his eldest
1804), married on 6 June 1797 to Julius von Bonge son brought to Dessau, revealed the secret marriage and
(d. 1820). children to his father, and entrusted their care to him.
3. Gustav ["Count of Anhalt" from 19 September 1749] Prince Leopold raised the eldest son at his court and gave
(b. Kleckewitz, 26 May 1730 - killed in action at a secret pension to the widow and her other children in
Breslau, 22 November 1757), a grenadier captain. Kleckewitz. Leopold was succeeded by his younger son
4. Johanna Sophie ["Countess of Anhalt" from 19 Leopold Maximiliam, who gave his brother’s widow a
September 1749] (b. Kleckewitz, 9 July 1731 - d. house in Dessau and obtained for his children from the
Dessau, 15 July 1786), Abbess of Mosigkau. Emperor the title of "Counts of Anhalt" on 19 September
5. Frederick ["Count of Anhalt" from 19 September 1749, without any rights of succession.[4]
1749] (b. Kleckewitz, 21 May 1732 - d. St. Petersburg, At the same time, King Frederick II of Prussia raised
2 June 1794), General Adjutant of the Empress the two illegitimate sons whom William Gustav sired
Catherine II the Great of Russia.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Gustav of Anhalt-Dessau
with one "Henriette Marianne Schardius" to the rank of
nobility with the surname "of Anhalt":
References
1. Karl Philipp of Anhalt (b. 1732 - d. 9 May 1806), a [1] This article incorporates information from the
Prussian major-general; he married Frederica German Wikipedia.
Albertine von Wedel and had two sons, Frederick
William Karl (d. young) and William Karl Frederick [2] Complete Genealogy of the House of Ascania
(killed in a duel), and a daughter, Auguste, who [3] Chronological Dates on Stoyan
married a man with the surname Binder. [4] Unequal and Morganatic Marriages in German Law
2. Henry William of Anhalt (b. 4 November 1735 - d. 12 Persondata
February 1801), a Prussian general; on 10 December Name Gustav, William
1768 he married Caroline Frederica von Wedel; they
Alternative
had a son, Frederick William (whose descendants
names
became extinct in the male line in 1863), and a
daughter, Christiane Frederica Wilhelmine, who Short descrip- German prince of the House of As-
after the divorce of her first husband in 1797 married tion cania
for a second time to Jules Gabriel of Seigneux, later Date of birth 20 June 1699
the possible father of the eldest illegitimate son of Place of birth Dessau, Germany
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (by
Date of death 16 December 1737
marriage Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of
Russia); this second marriage also ended in divorce Place of death Dessau, Germany
in 1805.
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