Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
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Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (died 20 August 1348) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg
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He was the eldest son of Bernhard II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
, by his wife Helene, daughter of Wizlaw II, Prince of Rügen.
was a daughter of Rudolph I, King of the Romans
. The spouses were third cousins: Agnes's great-grandfather Albert I, Duke of Saxony
, was a brother of Henry I, Count of Anhalt
, Bernhard's great-grandfather. They had five children:
In 1339 Bernhard married for a second time to Matilda (died ca. 1342), daughter of Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
. Bernhard was more closely related to his bride: Matilda's grandfather was Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
, younger brother of Bernhard I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
, Bernhard's grandfather. The marriage was childless.
In ca. 1343, Bernhard married for a third time to another Matilda (died aft. 28 June 1354), daughter of Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen. Through her mother Sophie of Brandenburg, Matilda was a great-great-great-granddaughter of Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg
, older brother of Bernhard, Count of Anhalt
, Bernhard's great-great-great-grandfather. They had two children:
Anhalt-Bernburg
Anhalt-Bernburg was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and a duchy of the German Confederation ruled by the House of Ascania with its residence at Bernburg in present-day Saxony-Anhalt...
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He was the eldest son of Bernhard II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Bernhard II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Bernhard II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg , was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg....
, by his wife Helene, daughter of Wizlaw II, Prince of Rügen.
Life
Bernhard succeeded his father as ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg after his death in 1323. His two younger brothers renounced their rights in order to become priests, which left Bernhard as sole ruler of Bernburg. Along with his princely title, he also used the styles "Count of Askanien" and "Lord of Bernburg".Marriages and Issue
In 1328 Bernhard married Agnes (ca. 1310 – 4 January 1338), daughter of Rudolf I, Elector of Saxony and Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg. Her paternal grandmother and namesake Agnes of HabsburgAgnes of Habsburg
Agnes of Habsburg was a daughter of Emperor Rudolph I of Germany and his first wife Countess Gertrude of Hohenberg. She was a member of the House of Habsburg.- Marriage :In 1273 she was married to Elector Albert II of Saxony...
was a daughter of Rudolph I, King of the Romans
Rudolph I of Germany
Rudolph I was King of the Romans from 1273 until his death. He played a vital role in raising the Habsburg dynasty to a leading position among the Imperial feudal dynasties...
. The spouses were third cousins: Agnes's great-grandfather Albert I, Duke of Saxony
Albert I, Duke of Saxony
Albert I was a Duke of Saxony, Angria, and Westphalia; Lord of Nordalbingia; Count of Anhalt; and Prince-elector and Archmarshal of the Holy Roman Empire...
, was a brother of Henry I, Count of Anhalt
Henry I, Count of Anhalt
Henry I, Count of Anhalt was a German prince of the House of Ascania and Count of Anhalt.He was the oldest son of Bernhard III, Duke of Saxony and Count of Anhalt, by his wife Brigitte a daughter of Canute V of Denmark....
, Bernhard's great-grandfather. They had five children:
- Bernhard IV, Prince of Anhalt-BernburgBernhard IV, Prince of Anhalt-BernburgBernhard IV, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg....
(died 28 June 1354). - Katharina (ca. 1330 – 30 January 1390), first married on 6 October 1356 to Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-LüneburgMagnus II, Duke of Brunswick-LüneburgMagnus , called Magnus with the Necklace or Magnus II, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruling the Brunswick-Lüneburg principalities of Wolfenbüttel and, temporarily, Lüneburg....
, then secondly on 11 May 1374 to Albert of Saxe-Wittenberg, Duke of LüneburgAlbert of Saxe-Wittenberg, Duke of LüneburgAlbert of Saxe-Wittenberg was born as the son of Otto , a younger son of the prince-elector Rudolph I of Saxe-Wittenberg, and his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Duke William II of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
. - Henry IV, Prince of Anhalt-BernburgHenry IV, Prince of Anhalt-BernburgHenry IV, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg....
(died 7 July 1374). - Albert (died 1 August 1336).
- Sophie (died 18 December 1362), married on 12 March 1346 to William II, Duke of Brunswick-LüneburgWilliam II, Duke of Brunswick-LüneburgWilliam II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the Prince of Lüneburg from 1330 to 1369.- Life :William was born around the year 1300 as the fourth child of Otto the Strict and his wife, Matilda of Bavaria....
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In 1339 Bernhard married for a second time to Matilda (died ca. 1342), daughter of Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst....
. Bernhard was more closely related to his bride: Matilda's grandfather was Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst , was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst....
, younger brother of Bernhard I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Bernhard I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Bernhard I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg....
, Bernhard's grandfather. The marriage was childless.
In ca. 1343, Bernhard married for a third time to another Matilda (died aft. 28 June 1354), daughter of Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen. Through her mother Sophie of Brandenburg, Matilda was a great-great-great-granddaughter of Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg
Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg
Otto I was the second Margrave of Brandenburg, from 1170 until his death.-Life:Otto I was born into the House of Ascania as the eldest son of Albert I , who founded the Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1157, and his wife Sophie von Winzenburg...
, older brother of Bernhard, Count of Anhalt
Bernhard, Count of Anhalt
Bernhard, Count of Anhalt was a German prince of the House of Ascania, Count of Anhalt and Ballenstedt, and Lord of Bernburg through his paternal inheritance...
, Bernhard's great-great-great-grandfather. They had two children:
- Otto III, Prince of Anhalt-BernburgOtto III, Prince of Anhalt-BernburgOtto III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg....
(died 27 February 1404). - Gertrude, married bef. 12 August 1371 to Günther XII, Count of Schwarzburg.