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Anhalt-Bernburg
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Anhalt-Bernburg was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and a duchy of the German Confederation ruled by the House of Ascania with its residence at Bernburg in present-day Saxony-Anhalt. It emerged as a subdivision from the Principality of Anhalt from 1252 until 1468, when it fell to the Ascanian principality of Anhalt-Dessau. Recreated in 1603, Anhalt-Bernburg finally merged into the re-unified Duchy of Anhalt upon the extinction of the line in 1863.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Principality (Duchy) of Anhalt-Bernburg
- Country.common_name
- Anhalt-Bernburg
- Country.image_flag
- Flag of the Anhalt Duchies.svg
- Country.flag_type
- 19th century flag of the Anhalt duchies
- Country.image_coat
- Shield of the Duchy of Anhalt.svg
- Country.symbol
- Coat of arms of Saxony-Anhalt
- Country.symbol_type
- 19th century coat of arms of the Anhalt duchies
- Country.image_map
- AnhaltDK.png
- Country.image_map_caption
- The Anhalt territories in 1853, with Anhalt-Bernburg in green
- Country.era
- Middle Ages
- Country.status
- Principality
- Country.status_text
- State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806)State of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806–13)State of the German Confederation (from 1815)
- Country.empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Country.government_type
- Principality
- Country.title_leader
- Prince
- Country.leader1
- Bernhard I
- Country.year_leader1
- 1252–1287
- Country.leader2
- Alexius Frederick Christian
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Holy Roman Empire
- Located in
- German Confederation
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Bernburg
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- Principality Anhalt-Bernburg
- inception
- 1252-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1863-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Anhalt-Bernburg
- member of
- Holy Roman Empire
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Princes of Anhalt-Bernburg, 1252–1468
- Princes of Anhalt-Bernburg, 1603–1803
- Dukes of Anhalt-Bernburg, 1803–1863
- Notes
- References
Anhalt-Bernburg was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and a duchy of the German Confederation ruled by the House of Ascania with its residence at Bernburg in present-day Saxony-Anhalt. It emerged as a subdivision from the Principality of Anhalt from 1252 until 1468, when it fell to the Ascanian principality of Anhalt-Dessau. Recreated in 1603, Anhalt-Bernburg finally merged into the re-unified Duchy of Anhalt upon the extinction of the line in 1863.
==History== thumb|left|Bernburg Castle It was created in 1252, when the Principality of Anhalt of the Holy Roman Empire was partitioned among the sons of Henry I into Anhalt-Aschersleben, Anhalt-Bernburg and Anhalt-Zerbst. Bernburg was allotted to Henry's second son Bernhard I. When the line of Anhalt-Aschersleben became extinct in 1315, Prince Bernhard II of Anhalt-Bernburg claimed their territory, he could however not prevail against his cousin Albert, Bishop of Halberstadt.
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