Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
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Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
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| Duke of Anhalt | |||||
| Reign | 22 May 1871 – 24 January 1904 | ||||
| Predecessor | Leopold IV | ||||
| Successor | Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt | ||||
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April 29, 1831 Dessau, Anhalt |
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| Died | January 24, 1904 (aged 72) Ballenstedt, Anhalt |
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| Spouse | Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg | ||||
| Issue |
Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt Elisabeth, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Eduard, Duke of Anhalt Prince Aribert Alexandra, Princess of Schwarzburg |
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| House | Ascania | ||||
| Father | Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt | ||||
| Mother | Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia | ||||
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| German: Leopold Friedrich Franz Nikolaus |
Frederick I (German: Herzog Friedrich I von Anhalt) (29 April 1831 – 24 January 1904) was a German prince of the house of Ascania who ruled the Duchy of Anhalt from 1871 to 1904.
Frederick was born in Dessau in 1831 as the third child and only son of Duke Leopold IV of Anhalt-Dessau and his wife Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia, the daughter of Prince Louis Charles of Prussia.
He studied in Bonn and Geneva, and in 1851 entered the Prussian military at Potsdam.
In 1863 he became heir to the united Duchy of Anhalt, when his father Leopold IV had inherited all the Anhalt territories following the death of the last Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg.
In 1864, he participated in the Second Schleswig War in the staff of his brother-in-law, Prince Frederic Charles of Prussia, and in 1870-71 in the Franco-Prussian War as Lieutenant General. He was present at the proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at the Versailles Palace on 18 January 1871.
Frederick succeeded his father as Duke of Anhalt on 22 May 1871.
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