Name Frederica of House House of Ascania | Died April 4, 1723 | |
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Born 24 January 1702
Bernburg, Anhalt, Holy Roman Empire ( 1702-01-24 ) Issue Gisela Agnes, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau Father Charles Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg Mother Sophie Albertine of Solms-Sonnenwalde Spouse Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Kothen Children Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Kothen Parents Karl Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Sophie Albertine of Solms-Sonnenwalde Grandchildren Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau | ||
Frederica Henriette of Anhalt-Bernburg (24 January 1702–4 April 1723), was a member of the House of Ascania and Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg by birth and a Princess of Anhalt-Kothen by marriage.
Life
Frederica Henriette was born in Bernburg, Anhalt, Holy Roman Empire as the fourth daughter and the youngest child of Charles Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1668-1721) by his first wife Sophie Albertine of Solms-Sonnenwalde (1672-1708).
In Bernburg on 11 December 1721 she married Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Kothen and they had one daughter:
- Gisela Agnes (b. Kothen, 21 September 1722 - d. Dessau, 20 April 1751), married on 25 May 1737 to Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau.
Unlike her husband, Frederica Henrietta had no interest in music, and even managed to convince her husband to abandon his hobby. The consequence of this was the departure of Johann Sebastian Bach to Leipzig.
Frederica Henrietta suffered from "pulmonary weakness", and died in Kothen aged 21 and was buried there in St. Jakob, Kothen.