Anhalt-Dessau
Ruled by the House of Ascania, it was created in 1396 following the partition of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst, and finally merged into the re-united Duchy of Anhalt in 1863.The Principality of Anhalt arose in 1212 under its first ruler Henry I, son of the Saxon duke Bernhard III.Named after Anhalt Castle, the ancestral seat of the Ascanian dynasty near Harzgerode, the principality experienced a number of partitions throughout its centuries-long existence.The Anhalt territory was divided among the sons of Prince Henry I into the principalities of Anhalt-Aschersleben, Anhalt-Bernburg and Anhalt-Zerbst in 1252.In the course of the partition, Prince Siegfried I, the youngest son of Henry I, received the lands around Köthen, Dessau, and Zerbst.
German 19th century coat of arms of the Anhalt duchiesHoly Roman EmpireConfederation of the RhineGerman ConfederationDessauSigismund ILeopold IIIMiddle AgesAnhalt-ZerbstA-KöthenA-PlötzkauA-ZerbstAnhaltAnhalt-KöthenDuchy of AnhaltPrincipality of Anhalt-ZerbstGermanyprincipalityHouse of AscaniaSaxony-AnhaltDessau PalacePrincipality of AnhaltHenry IBernhard IIIAnhalt CastleHarzgerodeAnhalt-AscherslebenAnhalt-BernburgSiegfried IKöthenZerbstAlbert IKöthen CastleJohn II of Anhalt-ZerbstAlbert IVGeorge I of Anhalt-DessauAnhalt-PlötzkauSiebmachers WappenbuchGeorge IWaldemar IVSigismund IIAlbert VErnest IGeorge IISigismund IIIRudolph IVJoachim IJohn VGeorge IIIJohn George IJohn CasimirJohn George IILeopold ICountess Henriette Catherine of NassauLeopold IIPrince DietrichLeopold IVHertslet, EdwardChisholm, HughEncyclopædia BritannicaUpper Saxon CircleElectoratesBrandenburgSaxonyEcclesiasticalCamminSecularBernburgHatzfeld-GleichenPomeraniaFurtherHitherQuerfurtJuniorSaxe-AltenburgSaxe-CoburgSaxe-EisenachSaxe-GothaSaxe-WeimarSchwarzburgRudolstadtSondershausenPrelatesGernrodeQuedlinburg AbbeyWalkenried AbbeyCountsHohnsteinKlettenbergMansfeldSchönburg (Saale)StolbergWernigerodeRosslaBavarianSwabianUpper RhenishLower Rhenish–WestphalianFranconian(Lower) SaxonAustrianBurgundianElectoral RhenishUnencircled territoriesErnestine duchiesNapoleonBavariaWürttembergNassauWestphaliaFrankfurtWürzburgAschaffenburgRegensburgSaxon duchiesCoburg-SaalfeldGotha-AltenburgHildburghausenMeiningenWeimarEisenachWeimar-EisenachArenbergMecklenburg-SchwerinMecklenburg-Strelitz