Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym
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Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym
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| Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym | |
| Reign | 1718 – 1727 |
| Predecessor | none |
| Successor | Victor I |
| Born |
28 June 1669 Bernburg |
| Died | 17 May 1727 (aged 57) Bad Ems |
| Spouse |
Charlotte of Nassau-Schaumburg Baroness Eberhardine of Weede Sophie Sibylla of Ingersleben |
| Issue |
Victor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym Prince Frederick William Princess Elisabeth Charlotte Prince Christian Princess Victoria Hedwig Princess Victoria Sophie Charlotte Wilhelmine, Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld Prince John George Prince Joseph Karl Sophie Christine Eberhardine, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Prince Victor Lebrecht |
| House | Ascania |
| Father | Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg |
| Mother | Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Zweibrücken |
Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym (Bernburg, 28 June 1669 – Bad Ems, 17 May 1727), was a German prince of the House of Ascania.
The second son of Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, he married Charlotte of Nassau-Schaumburg, heiress to the County of Holzappel and Lordship of Schaumburg and founded a cadet branch of the House of Anhalt-Bernburg later named Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.
Lebrecht was born on 28 June 1669 in Bernburg as the second son of Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg by his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.
Excluded from the government of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg after the introduction of primogeniture, Lebrecht acquired in 1707 the towns of Belleben, Hoym, Reinstedt, and Frose as compensation. When his father died in 1718, Lebrecht also inherited the town of Zeitz.
By a contract made on 1 September 1690 between his father and Elisabeth Charlotte Melander, Countess of Holzappel, Lebrecht was betrothed to Charlotte (b. Schaumburg, 28 September 1673 - d. Bernburg, 31 January 1700), the youngest of the three surviving daughters of the Countess with her late husband, Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg. Under the terms of that contract, Charlotte was declared the sole heiress of the County of Holzappel (which included the towns of Holzappel and Charlottenberg) and the Lordship of Schaumburg. The marriage was performed in Schaumburg on 12 April 1692. They had five children:
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