Albert II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

Albert II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

Albert II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (died 17 July 1362), was a German Prince member of the House of Wettin and ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst.

He was the third son of Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, but the eldest born from his second marriage with Agnes, daughter of Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal.

Life

Still a minor when his father died in 1316, Albert and his younger brother and co-ruler Waldemar I were put under the custody of their maternal uncle, Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal. When both brothers were proclamed adults, they decided co-ruled without a material division of their state, but with separated residences: Waldemar I decided to live in Dessau and Albert in Zerbst or Köthen.

Together, the brothers acquired the full sovereignty over Zerbst, the Margraviate of Landsberg and the Palatine County of Saxony after the extinction of the Ascanian line of Brandenburg (Frankfurt-am-Main, 27 September 1320); but the Margraviate of Brandenburg was taken by the Emperor Louis IV on behalf of his son. Three years later, in 1323, Albert was granted with the title of "Princeps Ascaniae".

Marriages and Issue

In 2 September 1324 Albert married firstly with Agnes (d. bef. 25 January 1337), daughter of Wizlaw III, Duke of Rügen. The union was childless.

In ca. 1337 Albert married secondly with Beatrix (d. aft. 26 February 1345), daughter of Rudolf I, Elector of Saxony and Duke of Saxe-Wittemberg. Her paternal grandmother Agnes of Habsburg was a daughter of Rudolph I, Holy Roman Emperor. In addition, both spouses are distant related: Beatrix's great-grandfather Albert I, Duke of Saxony was a brother of Henry I, Count of Anhalt, Albert's great-great-grandfather. They had five children:
#A daughter (d. ca. 1353), married with Albert VII, Count of Barby-Mühlingen.
#Judith (d. 23 February 1381), married on 11 March 1358 to Burkhard XII, Burggrave of Magdeburg, Count of Retz and Lord of Kaya.
#Albert III, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. ca. 1 August 1359).
#Rudolph (II) (d. 3 September 1365), Bishop of Schwerin (1365).
#John II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. 11 April 1382).


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