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Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Leopold II
Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
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Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Reign 1747–1751
Predecessor Leopold I
Successor Leopold III
Born (1700-12-25)25 December 1700
Dessau
Died 16 December 1751(1751-12-16) (aged 50)
Dessau
Spouse Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen
Issue Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
Louise
Agnes, Freifrau von Loën
Marie Leopoldine, Countess of Lippe-Detmold
John George
Casimire, Countess of Lippe-Detmold
Albert
Full name
Leopold Maximilian
House Ascania
Father Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Mother Anna Louise Föhse
Full name
Leopold Maximilian

Leopold II Maximilian, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (25 December 1700 – 16 December 1751), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau from 1747 to 1751; he also was a Prussian general.

Leopold was born at Dessau as the second son of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, by his morganatic wife Anna Louise Föhse.

At only nine years of age, he accompanied his father on his military duties for the Prussian army. In 1715 he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel-in-Chief of the Infantry Regiment No. 27 of Stendal. In 1733 he led the Prussian forces stationed in the city of Mühlhausen in Thuringia during the First Silesian War.

The death in 1737 of his elder brother, the Hereditary Prince William Gustav, made Leopold the new heir of Dessau. The late prince was already married and had nine children, but his wife was of non-noble birth; for this reason, the issue of the marriage was barred from succession. After the death of his father in 1747, Leopold inherited Anhalt-Dessau.

Leopold was one of the best subordinate generals who served under Frederick the Great of Prussia. He distinguished himself in the capture of Glogau in 1741 and at the battles of Mollwitz, Chotusitz (where he was made Generalfeldmarschall on the field of battle), Hohenfriedberg, and Soor.


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