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Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (b. Schaumburg, 29 November 1741 - d. Homburg vor der Höhe, 24 December 1812), was a German prince member of the House of Ascania in the branch of Anhalt-Bernburg and the last ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.
He was the fifth but fourth surviving son of Victor I Amadeus Adolph, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym but the first-born by his second wife, Countess Hedwig Sophie Henckel of Donnersmarck.
Life
After the death of his father in 1772, Frederick and his brothers were excluded from the government of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym by his older surviving brother and new ruler, Prince Karl Louis until his death in 1806.
By the time of Karl Louis's death, Frederick was his only surviving brother and reclamed the government to his nephew and new ruler, Prince Victor II. Frederick claimed that the Primogenitur was never formally instaled in Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym and, according to the old Laws of the House of Ascania, he had the right to share the government with Victor II. The dispute ended with the death of Victor II without male after on 22 April 1812, who led Frederick as the only living agnate of the branch and, in consecuence, he could inherited the principality.
Frederick's rule lasted only eight months until his death. Because he never married or had children, with him the line of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym became extinct.
His kinsman Duke Alexius of Anhalt-Bernburg inherited Hoym and the other lands obtained from the main branch of Anhalt-Bernburg in 1718 when the line was created; but the Counties of Holzappel and Schaumburg were inherited by his eldest grandniece, Hermine, by marriage Archduchess of Austria as the senior heir of Elisabeth Charlotte Melander, who by treaty in 1690 gave her counties as a dowry to her youngest daughter, Princess Charlotte of Nassau-Dillenburg, then betrothed with Prince Lebrecht of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym. Hermine's son Joseph eventually inherited the Counties.