Name Eleanor Anhalt-Zerbst | ||
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Born 10 November 1608Zerbst ( 1608-11-10 ) Parents Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Grandparents Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Dorothea of Saxony Great-grandparents Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg People also search for Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel | ||
Eleonore of Anhalt-Zerbst (10 November 1608, in Zerbst – 2 November 1681, in Østerholm Castle, Als) was a member of the House of Ascania and a princess of Anhalt-Zerbst by birth and by marriage Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg.
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Life
Eleanor was a daughter of Prince Rudolph of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576-1621) from his first marriage to Dorothea Hedwig (1587-1609), daughter of Duke Heinrich Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
She married on 15 February 1632 in Norburg with Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg (1581-1658). She was his second wife. The ducal court in Nordborg had meager financial resources and Eleanor's children had to seek a career elsewhere. The theologian Christoph Wilhelm Megander acted as her confessor from 1653 onwards. During the reign of her step-son John Bogislaw, the duchy experienced a bankruptcy and the fief was terminated by Denmark.
Eleanor died in 1681 on her widow's seat Østerholm Castle on Als and was buried beside her husband.
Issue
From her marriage Eleanor had the following children: