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Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Pless (b. Pless, 16 July 1783 - d. Pless, 5 November 1841), was a German prince member of the House of Ascania in the branch of Anhalt-Köthen and ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Pless.
He was the sixth but fifth surviving son of Frederick Erdmann, Prince of Anhalt-Pless by his wife Louise Ferdinande, daughter of Henry Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode.
Life
As the youngest child of his family, Louis had little chances to take part of the government over Pless; but for extinction of the main line of the Anhalt-Köthen in 1818 his older brother Frederick Ferdinand asumed the title of Duke of Anhalt-Köthen and left the government of Pless in the hands of the next brother, Henry.
In 1830 Frederick Ferdinand died childless and Henry succeeded him as Duke. Shortly after, he left the government of Pless in the hands of Louis. Because Henry was also childless, Louis became in the heir presumptive of the Duchy of Anhalt-Köthen until his death, unmarried and also childless. For this, Henry reasumed his government over Pless until his own death.