Princess Frederica of Prussia, Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau

Princess Frederica of Prussia (30 September 1796 – 1 January 1850) was a daughter of Prince Louis Charles of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She was a member of the House of Hohenzollern. By her marriage to Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, she would become Duchess consort of Anhalt-Dessau.

Family

Frederica was the youngest child and only daughter of Prince Louis Charles of Prussia and his wife Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Her father was a younger son of Frederick William II of Prussia. Due to her mother's later marriages, Frederica would have many half-siblings, including George V of Hanover.

Marriage and children

On 18 April 1818, Frederica married Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau in Berlin. They had been engaged since 17 May 1816, as the connection had already been arranged by the Prussian court. This dynastic connection was an expression of Leopold's pro-Prussian policies.

They had six children:

Frederica died on 1 January 1850 in Dessau. Leopold would die 21 years later, on 22 May 1871.

Honours

• Dame of the Order of Louise. (Kingdom of Prussia)

Ancestry

References

Sources

• Martin, Frederick (1866). The Statesman's Year Book, 1866. London: Macmillan and Co.

1. Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt
2. Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia
3. Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau
4. Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia
5. Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia
6. Princess Marie of Prussia (1855–1888)
7. Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
8. Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau
9. Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau
10. Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg
11. Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
12. Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
13. Eduard, Duke of Anhalt
14. Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt
15. Princess Cecilie of Prussia
16. Descendants of Queen Victoria
17. Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt
18. Princess Charlotte of Denmark
19. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia
20. Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt