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Leopoldine Marie of Anhalt Dessau

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Noble family
  
House of Ascania

Name
  
Leopoldine of

Mother
  
Anna Louise Fohse

Leopoldine Marie of Anhalt-Dessau
Father
  
Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Born
  
12 December 1716 Dessau (
1716-12-12
)

Died
  
January 27, 1782, Kolobrzeg, Poland

Spouse
  
Frederick Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Children
  
Margravine Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Parents
  
Anna Louise Fohse, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Grandchildren
  
Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Grandparents
  
John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau, Rudolf Fohse

Leopoldine Marie, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau (12 December 1716 in Dessau – 27 January 1782 in Kolobrzeg) was the ninth child of Prince Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau and his wife, Anna Louise Fohse. She married on 13 February 1739 the last margrave Frederick Henry of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1709-1788). After 1788, her Schwedt Castle was used by the Prussian royal family as a summer residence.

Issue

She had two daughters:

  • Louise (10 August 1750 – 20 December 1811), who married her cousin Prince Leopold III of Anhalt-Dessau (10 August 1740 – 9 August 1817).
  • Friederike Charlotte (18 August 1745 – 23 January 1808), the last Abbess of Herford Abbey

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