Sigismund II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
- Sigismund II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Sigismund II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (d. aft. 22 May 1452), was a German prince member of the House of Ascania and ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau.
He was the fourth son of Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau by his wife Judith, daughter of Gebhard XI, Count of Querfurt.
Life
After the death of his father in 1405, Sigismund, with his older brothers (Waldemar IV and George I) and his younger brother (Albert V) inherited the principality of Anhalt-Dessau as a co-rulers, by virtue of the House of Ascania Family Law, but without any division of their states.
Sigismund married with Matilda (d. 1443), daughter of Bernhard VI, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg. Both spouses were direct descendants of Henry I, Count of Anhalt through his sons Bernhard I -ancestor of Matilda- and Siegfried I -ancestor of Sigismund-. The marriage was childless.
Without direct heirs, Sigismund was succeded by his surviving brothers and co-rulers.
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