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Frederick Augustus | |
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Prince of Anhalt-Dessau | |
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Born | Dessau, Anhalt | 23 September 1799
Died | 4 December 1864 Dessau, Anhalt | (aged 65)
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House | Ascania |
Father | Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau |
Mother | Amalie of Hesse-Homburg |
Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau ( German: Friedrich August von Anhalt-Dessau) (23 September 1799 – 4 December 1864), was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Dessau branch.
Frederick was born in Dessau on 23 September 1799 as the fourth (but third surviving son) of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, by his wife Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg, daughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.
In Rumpenheim Castle in Offenbach am Main on 11 September 1832, Frederick Augustus married Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (b. Copenhagen, 9 May 1814 – d. Schloss Hohenburg, 28 July 1895). She was a daughter of Prince William of Hesse-Kassel by his wife Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark, a sister of King Christian VIII of Denmark. Marie was an older sister of the later Queen Louise, wife of King Christian IX of Denmark.
Frederick and Marie had three daughters: [1] [2][ better source needed]
Prince Frederick died on 4 December 1864 in Dessau. Princess Marie survived him by 30 years and died on 28 July 1895 in Schloss Hohenburg in Lenggries in Bavaria.