Frederick Henry Eugen of Anhalt-Dessau

Frederick Henry Eugen of Anhalt-Dessau

Frederick Henry Eugen of Anhalt-Dessau (b. Dessau, 27 December 1705 - d. Dessau, 2 March 1781), was a German Prince member of the House of Ascania in the branch of Anhalt-Dessau.

He was the fourth son of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau called the "Old Dessauer" (der alte Dessauer) by his morganatic wife Anna Louise Föse, created Imperial Princess of Anhalt in 1701.

Life

In 1717 with only twelve years, Frederick Henry Eugen joined to the Prussian army. Since 1733 until 1735 he was at the top of a Dragoon's regiment with his brothers on the Rhine and since 1736 until 1739 he was a Chief of the Corps of the Prussian Hussar's regiment No 1 (regiment of Pferde). In 1743 he left the Prussian service and joined to the Austrian army under the orders of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine on the Rhine as a volunteer. In 1746 he joined to the Saxon Electorate army, where he became a Governor of Wittenberg and later "Generalfeldmarschall".

He never married or had children and never took part in the government of Anhalt-Dessau.


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