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His uncle [[Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Louis of Anhalt-Köthen]] made him a member of the [[Fruitbearing Society]]. |
His uncle [[Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Louis of Anhalt-Köthen]] made him a member of the [[Fruitbearing Society]]. |
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After the death of his father in [[1630]] Christian succeeded him in Anhalt-Bernburg, who at that time was devastated by the wars. During the first year of his reign, Bernburg suffered the plundering of the danish General [[Heinrich van Holk]] and a epidemic fever who kill |
After the death of his father in [[1630]] Christian succeeded him in Anhalt-Bernburg, who at that time was devastated by the wars. During the first year of his reign, Bernburg suffered the plundering of the danish General [[Heinrich van Holk]] and a epidemic fever who kill almost 1,700 Bernburg habitants. In [[1636]] the Schloss Bernburg was almost taken by the danish troops, but the great courage of the seventy-years-old ''Hofmarschall'' [[Burkhard von Erlach]] prevented this. |
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His 14 volumes of diaries were preserved and provides a valuable source of the history of the Thirty Years' War. |
His 14 volumes of diaries were preserved and provides a valuable source of the history of the Thirty Years' War. |
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==Marriage and Issue== |
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In [[Ahrensbök]] on [[28 February]] [[1625]] Christian married with his cousin Eleonore Sophie (b. Sonderburg, [[14 February]] [[1603]] - d. Ballenstedt, [[5 January]] [[1675]]), daughter of [[John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön]] by his second wife Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt (sister of his father Christian I) and also by birth Princess of [[Denmark]], as a grandaughter in male line of [[Christian III of Denmark.|King Christian III]]. They had fifteen children: |
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Beringer (b. Schüttorf, [[21 April]] [[1626]] - d. Bernburg, [[17 October]] [[1627]]). |
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Joachim Ernest (b. Ballenstedt, [[13 June]] [[1629]] - d. Ballenstedt, [[23 December]] [[1629]]). |
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Christian (b. Bernburg, [[2 January]] [[1631]] - d. Bernburg, [[20 June]] [[1631]]). |
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Erdmann Gideon (b. Harzgerode, [[21 January]] [[1632]] - d. Bernburg, [[4 April]] [[1649]]). |
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Bogislaw (b. Harzgerode, [[7 October]] [[1633]] - d. Harzgerode, [[7 February]] [[1634]]). |
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[[Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg]] (b. Harzgerode, [[6 October]] [[1634]] - d. Bernburg, [[14 February]] [[1718]]). |
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Karl Ursinus (b. Bernburg, [[18 April]] [[1642]] - d. Parma, [[4 January]] [[1660]]). |
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Ferdinand Christian (b. Bernburg, [[23 October]] [[1643]] - d. Ballenstedt, [[14 March]] [[1645]]). |
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Sophie (b. Bernburg, 11.9.1627 - d. Bernburg, 12.9.1627 |
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Eleonore Hedwig (b. Bernburg, 28.10.1635 - d. Gandersheim, 10.9.1685 |
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Ernestine Auguste (b. Plön, 23.12.1636 - d. Bernburg, 5.10.1659 |
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Angelika (b. Bernburg, 6.6.1639 - d. Quedlinburg, 13.10.1688 |
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Anna Sophia (b. Bernburg, 13.9.1640 - d. Sonnewalde, 25.4.1704; m.Ballenstedt 20.9.1664 Gf Georg Friedrich zu Solms-Sonnenwalde (*IX.1626 +26.7.1688) |
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Marie (b. Ballenstedt, 25.1.1645 - d. 5.1.1655 |
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Anna Elisabeth (b. Bernburg, 19.3.1647 - d. Bernstadt, 3.9.1680; m.Bernburg 13.3.1672 Duke Christian Ulrich von Württemberg-Bernstadt (*19.4.1652 +5.4.1704) |
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Revision as of 04:53, 10 September 2008
Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (b. Amberg, 11 August 1599 - d. Bernburg, 22 September 1656), was a German prince member of the House of Ascania and ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg.
He was the second but eldest surviving son of Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg by his wife Anna, daughter of Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg.
Life
Christian received an excellent education since his first years and a fluent speaker of French and Italian. During 1608-1609 he study in Geneva with his cousin John Casimir of Anhalt-Dessau accompanied by two tutors, Markus Friedrick Howell and Peter von Sebottendorf. Shortly after, he began his Grand Tour to France, Italy and England.
In 1618, with nineteen years, Christian spend all his time watch all the horror of the Thirty Years' War; in his diary, he wrote his duty of fight as "ma fatal destinée". To him, the war was began in the Battle of the White Mountains (1620), when his father was defeated and banished from the Empire. Christian, with the two regiments who commanded were in captivity. Nevertless, he soon obtain the favor of the Emperor Ferdinand II, who let him return to Bernburg in 1621.
His uncle Louis of Anhalt-Köthen made him a member of the Fruitbearing Society.
After the death of his father in 1630 Christian succeeded him in Anhalt-Bernburg, who at that time was devastated by the wars. During the first year of his reign, Bernburg suffered the plundering of the danish General Heinrich van Holk and a epidemic fever who kill almost 1,700 Bernburg habitants. In 1636 the Schloss Bernburg was almost taken by the danish troops, but the great courage of the seventy-years-old Hofmarschall Burkhard von Erlach prevented this.
His 14 volumes of diaries were preserved and provides a valuable source of the history of the Thirty Years' War.
Marriage and Issue
In Ahrensbök on 28 February 1625 Christian married with his cousin Eleonore Sophie (b. Sonderburg, 14 February 1603 - d. Ballenstedt, 5 January 1675), daughter of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön by his second wife Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt (sister of his father Christian I) and also by birth Princess of Denmark, as a grandaughter in male line of King Christian III. They had fifteen children:
Beringer (b. Schüttorf, 21 April 1626 - d. Bernburg, 17 October 1627).
Joachim Ernest (b. Ballenstedt, 13 June 1629 - d. Ballenstedt, 23 December 1629).
Christian (b. Bernburg, 2 January 1631 - d. Bernburg, 20 June 1631).
Erdmann Gideon (b. Harzgerode, 21 January 1632 - d. Bernburg, 4 April 1649).
Bogislaw (b. Harzgerode, 7 October 1633 - d. Harzgerode, 7 February 1634).
Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (b. Harzgerode, 6 October 1634 - d. Bernburg, 14 February 1718).
Karl Ursinus (b. Bernburg, 18 April 1642 - d. Parma, 4 January 1660).
Ferdinand Christian (b. Bernburg, 23 October 1643 - d. Ballenstedt, 14 March 1645).
Sophie (b. Bernburg, 11.9.1627 - d. Bernburg, 12.9.1627
Eleonore Hedwig (b. Bernburg, 28.10.1635 - d. Gandersheim, 10.9.1685
Ernestine Auguste (b. Plön, 23.12.1636 - d. Bernburg, 5.10.1659
Angelika (b. Bernburg, 6.6.1639 - d. Quedlinburg, 13.10.1688
Anna Sophia (b. Bernburg, 13.9.1640 - d. Sonnewalde, 25.4.1704; m.Ballenstedt 20.9.1664 Gf Georg Friedrich zu Solms-Sonnenwalde (*IX.1626 +26.7.1688)
Marie (b. Ballenstedt, 25.1.1645 - d. 5.1.1655
Anna Elisabeth (b. Bernburg, 19.3.1647 - d. Bernstadt, 3.9.1680; m.Bernburg 13.3.1672 Duke Christian Ulrich von Württemberg-Bernstadt (*19.4.1652 +5.4.1704)