Anhalt, which before 1218 was called the county of Askanien, was ruled by
the house of Askanien throughout its history. The members of this dynasty
were also margraves of Brandenburg 1134-1320 and dukes of Saxony 1138-1142
and 1180-1689 (only
Sachsen-Lauenburg from 1422). The younger branch of this dynasty that
ruled Askanien from 1212 had that land elevated to a principality (Anhalt).
Like most German lands Anhalt was frequently partitioned. The three
remaining Anhalt states were 1807 elevated to duchies and from 1863 was Anhalt
united again.
Counts of
Askanien
c. 1030-1060
c. 1060-1080
c. 1080-1123
1123-1170
1170-1212
1212-1252
Esiko von Ballenstedt
Adalbert
Otto
Albrecht der Bär
(the Bear)
Bernhard
Heinrich I
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Askanien become the principality of
Anhalt 1218 and is then partitioned in Anhalt-Aschersleben,
Anhalt-Bernburg and Anhalt-Zerbst 1252
Sigismund I
Waldemar V
Sigismund II
Albrecht VI
Georg I
Parted in A-Dessau and
A-Köthen
Sigismund III
Georg
Rudolf IV
Ernst I
Johann V
Parted in Zerbst, Plötzkau and Dessau
Georg III (Anhalt-Plötzkau)
Joachim I
Johann Georg I
Johann Kasimir
Johann Georg II
Leopold der Alte Dessauer
Leopold Maximilian
Leopold Friedrich Franz
Leopold Friedrich
Friedrich I
Friedrich II
Eduard
Joachim
Republic
Incorporated with Sachsen-Anhalt
Anhalt was merged with the Prussian province of Saxony after World War
Two and thus formed the German part state of Sachsen-Anhalt. This part state
was already in 1952 divided into the East German districts of Halle and Magdeburg
but was restored when Germany was reunited 1990.
Christian I
Christian II
Friedrich
Victor Amadeus
Wilhelm
Leberecht
Karl Friedrich
Victor Friedrich
Victor Amadeus Adolf
Friedrich Albrecht
Karl Ludwig
Alexius Friedrich Christian
Friedrich
Victor Karl Friedrich
Alexander Karl
United with
A-Dessau
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