Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (b. Köthen, 15 August 1730 - d. Semlin, 17 October 1789), was a German prince member of the House of Ascania and ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Köthen.

He was the second but eldest surviving son of Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen by his second wife Christine Johanna Emilie, daughter of Erdmann II, Count of Promnitz-Pless.

Life

As a young prince, Karl George Lebrecht served briefly (1750-1751) in the Danish army and, since November 1751 in the Prussian army.

In 1755, he inherited Anhalt-Köthen after the death of his father.

In 1780 Karl George Lebrecht was created a knight of the Order of the Black Eagle and seven years later (1787) was elevated to the rank of "Generalfeldmarschall".

During the Turks Wars he contracted a fever and died in Semlin (now Zemun) near Belgrade.

Marriage and Issue

In Glücksburg on 26 July 1763 Karl George Lebrecht married with Louise Charlotte (b. Glücksburg, 5 March 1749 - d. Köthen, 30 March 1812), daughter of Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and by birth Princess of Denmark as descendant in male line of King Christian III. They had six children:
#Karoline Louise (b. Köthen, 8 January 1767 - d. Köthen, 8 February 1768).
#Augustus Christian Frederick, Prince and since 1806 first Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (b. Köthen, 18 November 1769 - d. Schloss Geuz, 5 May 1812).
#Karl William (b. Köthen, 5 January 1771 - killed in action, Avesnes, 8 November 1793).
#Louise Friederike (b. Köthen, 30 August 1772 - d. Köthen, 28 December 1775).
#Louis (b. Köthen, 25 September 1778 - d. Köthen, 16 September 1802).
#Fredericka Wilhelmine (b. Köthen, 7 September 1780 - d. Köthen, 21 July 1781).


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