Karl Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
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| Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg | |||||
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| Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg | |||||
| Reign | 14 February 1718–22 April 1721 | ||||
| Predecessor | Victor Amadeus | ||||
| Successor | Victor Frederick | ||||
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13 July 1668 Bernburg, Anhalt |
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| Died | 22 April 1721 (aged 52) Bernburg, Anhalt |
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| Spouse |
Sophie Albertine of Solms-Sonnenwalde Wilhelmine Charlotte Nüssler |
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| Issue | Elisabeth, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Prince Frederick William Charlotte Sophie, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Ebeleben Princess Auguste Wilhelmine Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg Fredericka Henriette, Princess of Anhalt-Köthen Prince Frederick of Bährenfeld Prince Charles Leopold of Bährenfeld |
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| House | House of Ascania | ||||
| Father | Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg | ||||
| Mother | Elisabeth of Zweibrücken | ||||
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| German: Karl Friedrich |
Karl Frederick of Anhalt-Bernburg (13 July 1668 in Bernburg – 22 April 1721 in Ballenstedt) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg.
He was the eldest son of Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, by his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.
After the death of his father in 1718, the fifty-year-old Karl Frederick inherited Anhalt-Bernburg. His reign, which lasted only two years until his death, was unremarkable.
In Bernburg on 25 June 1692 Karl Frederick married his cousin Sophie Albertine (b. Sonnenwalde, 2 October 1672 - d. Bernburg, 12 June 1708), daughter of George Frederick, Count of Solms-Sonnenwalde, by his wife Anna Sophia of Anhalt-Bernburg (sister of his father Victor Amadeus, and daughter of Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg). They had six children:
From 1711 Karl Frederick began to live with Wilhelmine Charlotte Nüssler (b. Harzgerode, 10 May 1683 - d. Gernrode, 30 May 1740), the daughter of a non-noble chancery counselor. They had two sons:
Karl Frederick and Wilhelmine Charlotte married secretly in Bernburg on 1 May 1715 and Karl Frederick immediately tried to have his wife raised to the rank of countess by the Emperor. When Prince Victor Amadeus learned of his son's actions, he wrote to the Emperor on 15 November 1715 to prevent the elevation, and added a codicil to his testament dated 13 July 1716 denying the children of the union any succession rights. The Emperor approved this codicil one year later, on 15 July 1717.
The Emperor also sent a rescript to Karl Frederick dated 20 August 1717 instructing him not to call his wife princess or their sons princes. Nevertheless, after his father died in 1718, Karl Frederick obtained from the Emperor a patent to elevate his wife to the title Countess of Ballenstedt (German: Gräfin von Ballenstedt) on 19 December 1719, and their two sons to the rank of Imperial Counts of Bährnfeld (German: Reichsgrafen von Bährnfeld) on 12 June 1723; this, however, without prejudice of the rights of the agnates. In 1722, the Reichshofrat forbade Karl Frederick's widow to use the princely title for herself or her sons.
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