Anhalt-Dessau

Anhalt-Dessau was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and later a duchy of the German Confederation. Ruled by the House of Ascania, it was created in 1396 following the partition of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst, and finally merged into the re-united Duchy of Anhalt in 1863. The capital of the state was Dessau in present-day Saxony-Anhalt.

Key facts

Country.conventional_long_name: Principality (Duchy) of Anhalt-Dessau
Country.common_name: Anhalt-Dessau
Country.image_flag: Flag of the Anhalt Duchies.svg
Country.flag_type: 19th century flag of the Anhalt duchies
Country.image_coat: File: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: Map of Anhalt (1747-1793).svg
Country.image_map_caption: The Anhalt principalities, with Anhalt-Dessau in green
Country.era: Middle Ages
Country.status: Principality
Country.empire

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Contents

History
Rulers of Anhalt-Dessau
Princes (1396–1561)
Princes (1603–1807)
Dukes (1807–1863)
Notes
References

==History== thumb|left|Johannbau, preserved west wing of Dessau Palace The Principality of Anhalt arose in 1212 under its first ruler Henry I, son of the Saxon duke Bernhard III. Named after Anhalt Castle, the ancestral seat of the Ascanian dynasty near Harzgerode, the principality experienced a number of partitions throughout its centuries-long existence.