George Bernhard | |
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Prince of Anhalt-Dessau | |
Born |
Dessau, Anhalt |
21 February 1796
Died | 16 October 1865 Dresden, Saxony |
(aged 69)
Spouse |
Karoline of Scharzburg-Rudolstadt Theresa Emma von Erdmannsdorf |
Issue | Princess Louise Prince Frederick Count Franz of Raina Countess Mathilde of Raina Countess Helene of Raina Countess Emma of Raina Countess Maria of Raina Count Rudolf of Raina Count Karl of Raina |
House | Ascania |
Father | Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau |
Mother | Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg |
George Bernhard of Anhalt-Dessau (Dessau, 21 February 1796 – Dresden, 16 October 1865), was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Dessau branch.
He was the second son of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, by his wife Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg, daughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.
In Rudolstadt on 6 August 1825 George Bernhard married Karoline Auguste Louise Amalie (b. Rudolstadt, 4 April 1804 - d. Rudolstadt, 14 January 1829), daughter of Prince Karl Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, himself a son of Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. They had two children:
In Dresden on 4 October 1831 George Bernhard married morganatically for a second time to Therese Emma von Erdmannsdorf (b. Dresden, 12 September 1807 - d. Mannheim, 28 February 1848), of lesser nobility. She was created Countess of Raina (incorrectly spelled Reina by the Almanach of Gotha) shortly after their marriage. They had seven children: