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{{Short description|German noble family originating from the 11th century, prominent in Saxony and Brandenburg}}{{infobox royal house
| surname = House of Ascania
| coat of arms = [[File:Arms of the house of Ascania (ancient).svg|75px]] [[File:Arms of Heinrich I, Prince of Anhalt.svg|75px]] [[File:Arms of the house of Anhalt (13th century).svg|75px]]
| country = [[Germany]], [[Russia]]
| founding year = {{start date and age|1036}}
| founder = [[Esiko, Count of Ballenstedt]]
| current head = [[Eduard, Prince of Anhalt]]
| final ruler = [[Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt]]
| titles = *Count/Prince/Duke of [[Duchy of Anhalt|Anhalt]]
*[[Duke of Saxony]]
*[[List of margraves and electors of Brandenburg|Margrave of Brandenburg]]
*[[Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg]]
*[[Saxe-Wittenberg|Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg]]
*[[List of rulers of Saxony|Elector of Saxony]]
*[[List of princes of Lüneburg|Prince of Lüneburg]]
*[[Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias]]
*[[Empress consort of All the Russias]]
| deposition = 1918 ([[Duchy of Anhalt]])|
}}
[[File:Coat of Arms of the Duchy of Anhalt.svg|thumb|Coat of arms of the Duchy of Anhalt]]
The '''House of Ascania''' is an [[Old Saxony|Old Saxon]] [[Imperial, royal and noble ranks|high noble family]] historically documented since the 11th century. It is also known as the '''House of Anhalt''', which refers to its longest-held possession. Their ancestral seats, [[Ballenstedt]], [[Anhalt Castle|Anhalt]], [[Aschersleben]], and [[Bernburg]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Askanier |trans-title= |url=https://www.politische-bildung-brandenburg.de/taxonomy/term/1865 |access-date=July 24, 2025 |work=Brandenburg State Office for Political Education}}</ref> are located in the present-day [[Anhalt|Anhalt region]] in [[Saxony-Anhalt]]. The [[ruins]] of [[Anhalt Castle]] are situated in the [[Harz|Harz Mountains]] northeast of [[Harzgerode]]. The name "Askanier" derives from the [[Latinisation of names|Latinization]] of their seat at Aschersleben.<ref>{{LexMA|1|1109|1112|Askanier|Gerd Heinrich}}</ref> Since the late 17th century, only the Anhalt branch has survived. [[Albert the Bear]] became [[List of rulers of Saxony|Duke of Saxony]] in 1138 and, with the control of the [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]] in 1150, the first [[List of margraves and electors of Brandenburg|Margrave]] in the formerly [[Slavs|Slavic]] settlement area. In 1180, eastern parts of the [[Old Saxony|Stem Duchy of Saxony]] passed to the Askanier [[Bernhard, Count of Anhalt|Bernhard of Saxony]]. As Dukes of [[Saxe-Wittenberg]], the family received hereditary [[Prince-elector|electoral dignity]] in 1356. The family ruled [[Anhalt-Dessau]], [[Anhalt-Bernburg]], [[Anhalt-Köthen]], [[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]], [[Principality of Anhalt-Plötzkau|Anhalt-Plötzkau]], and [[Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Anhalt-Aschersleben]]. [[Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg|Alexius Friedrich Christian of Anhalt-Bernburg]] was the first of the Anhalt [[Prince|princes]] to gain the title of [[Duke]] in April 1806. The ducal title was adopted in Anhalt-Köthen and Anhalt-Dessau in 1807. Since 1863, only the Dessau line has existed, with [[Prince Aribert of Anhalt|Aribert of Anhalt]] abdicating in 1918 due to the [[German revolution of 1918–1919|November Revolution]] in the [[Duchy of Anhalt]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.zeit.de/news/2024-09/16/haus-anhalt-askanien-wunsch-zur-beisetzung-wird-erfuellt |title=Haus Anhalt-Askanien: Wunsch zur Beisetzung wird erfüllt |work=Die Zeit |date=16 September 2024 |trans-title=House of Anhalt-Askanien: Wish for Burial Fulfilled |access-date=July 24, 2025}}</ref> Since 1963, [[Eduard Prinz von Anhalt|Eduard, Prince of Anhalt]] has been the head of the family.

== History Overview ==
=== From the Beginnings to Before 1212 ===
[[File:Ballenstedt, Schloss Ballenstedt.jpg|thumb|Ballenstedt Castle]]

The Askanier are documented as Counts of [[Ballenstedt#History|Ballenstedt]], originating from an area now part of the [[Harz (district)|Harz district]] in [[Saxony-Anhalt]]. From the outset, the family held possessions in the present-day districts of [[Salzlandkreis]] and [[Anhalt-Bitterfeld]]. Ballenstedt, Aschersleben, and ultimately [[Anhalt Castle]] were the most significant ancestral seats, with Ballenstedt as the eponymous seat in the 11th and 12th centuries. These possessions, along with further holdings in present-day Anhalt, led to the emergence of several Anhalt principalities in the 13th century. Due to numerous [[Partition (politics)|land divisions]], concentrated ownership in a single hand was the exception over the centuries.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Feist |first=Peter H. |title=Burg Anhalt: der Ort, der dem Land den Namen gab: Harz/Sachsen-Anhalt: Burgbeschreibung, Grundriß, Sage, Reiseinfos |date=1997 |publisher=Kai Homilius Verlag |isbn=978-3-931121-34-1 |series=Der historische Ort Burgen |location=Berlin}}</ref>

The earliest known Askanier, [[Esico of Ballenstedt]], is reported in older literature to have built Anhalt Castle.<ref>Partenheimer, ''Albrecht der Bär'', p. 20; Assing, ''Die frühen Askanier'', pp. 6f.</ref> The ruins of Anhalt Castle are located on a spur of the Great Hausberg on the right bank of the [[Selke (river)|Selke]]. The origins and earlier history of the Ballenstedt family are unknown.

The family name, derived from Anhalt Castle, is still used by members of the house today. The term "Askanier"<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Assing |first=Helmut |title=Die frühen Askanier und ihre Frauen |date=2002 |publisher=Kulturstiftung Bernburg |isbn=978-3-9805532-9-2 |location=Bernburg}}</ref> became a common designation for the Counts of Aschersleben starting in the 14th century. The [[List of margraves and electors of Brandenburg|Margraves of Brandenburg]], [[History of Saxony#The Askanian Duchy of Saxony (1180–1422)|Dukes of Saxony]], and all other lines are also referred to as Askanier.

[[File:Stammesherzogtum Sachsen Östlicher Teil um 1000.png|thumb|upright=1.5|Schwabengau (Suavia) and Gau Serimunt. Eastern part of the [[Old Saxony|Stem Duchy of Saxony]] in brown.]]

Family history often begins in literature with an Askanier whose name is unknown. Traditionally, this figure is still referred to as [[Adalbert, Count of Ballenstedt|Adalbert]], though it is agreed that the name is merely speculative based on his grandson. He was married to Hidda, a daughter of [[Odo I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark|Hodo I]], Margrave of the [[Saxon Eastern March|Ostmark]]. Their children are typically listed as [[Esico of Ballenstedt|Esico]], Theoderich, Ludolf, [[Uta von Ballenstedt|Uta]], and [[Hazecha of Ballenstedt|Hazecha]].<ref name=":0" />

[[Esico of Ballenstedt]] is the first named ancestor and exercised comital rights. He is mentioned in contemporary documents, such as a diploma issued by Emperor [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor|Conrad II]] on October 26, 1036, at the Pfalz Tilleda (''comitatu Esiconis'', translated as "in the county of Esico").<ref>''[[Monumenta Germaniae Historica|Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH)]] DD'' K II, Nr. 234, p. 319.</ref> His clan was based in the eastern Saxon [[Schwabengau]], which is why they are classified in the [[Sachsenspiegel]] as part of the [[Swabians|Swabian ancient nobility]]. The Schwabengau (Suavia) was a [[Gau (territory)#History of the term|county]] located east of [[Quedlinburg]].

The primary source for the genealogy of the early Askanier is the chronicle of the [[Annalista Saxo]], written in the mid-12th century. According to it, Esico was maternally a grandson of Margrave [[Odo I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark|Hodo]] († 993) and inherited several [[Allodial title|allodial]] estates in the Schwabengau and Serimuntgau after the death of his uncle Siegfried († c. 1030).<ref>''Annalista Saxo'', ed. by Georg Heinrich Pertz in: ''MGH SS'' 6, 1844, p. 678.</ref> The name of Esico's father is unknown; only in much later genealogies was he assigned the name [[Adalbert, Count of Ballenstedt|Adalbert (I)]], as the Saxon annalist names the Count [[Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt|Adalbert (II)]], murdered around 1080, as Esico's son.<ref>''Annalista Saxo'', ed. by Georg Heinrich Pertz in: ''MGH SS'' 6, 1844, p. 676.</ref> On the present-day Schlossberg of [[Ballenstedt]], Esico established the [[collegiate church]] ''St. Pancratius und Abundus'', consecrated in 1046 in the presence of King [[Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry III]]. He was [[Advocatus#Ecclesiastical advocates|advocate]] of the monasteries [[Nienburg Abbey|Nienburg]] and Hagenrode.
[[File:Heinemann CDA1, Tafel II.jpg|thumb|[[Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt|Adalbert II of Ballenstedt]]]]
[[Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt|Adalbert II of Ballenstedt]], son of Esico and his wife [[Matilda of Swabia|Matilda]], was a count in the [[Nordthüringgau]] and is mentioned in connection with the Nizizi and Serimunt counties.{{sfn|Gehrlein|2017|p=5}} It is presumed that his mother was the daughter of Duke [[Herman II, Duke of Swabia|Herman of Swabia]]. He married [[Adelaide of Weimar-Orlamünde|Adelheid]], daughter and [[Heir presumptive|heiress presumptive]] of Count [[Otto I, Margrave of Meissen|Otto I]] of Weimar-Orlamünde, [[Margravate of Meissen|Margrave of Meissen]], and had two sons, [[Otto, Count of Ballenstedt|Otto the Rich]] and [[Siegfried of Ballenstedt|Siegfried]]. Adalbert was killed around 1080 by [[Egeno II of Konradsburg]]. While speculations about the motive exist, the reasons remain unclear. A seal depicting Adalbert exists,<ref>[https://www.phil.uni-passau.de/fileadmin/dokumente/fakultaeten/phil/lehrstuehle/frenz/Siegel/adel-a.pdf List of seal images from the University of Passau]</ref> representing the earliest known stylized depiction of an Askanier.

The Saxon annalist referred to Esico, Adalbert II, and [[Otto, Count of Ballenstedt|Otto the Rich]] as "Counts of Ballenstedt," but this title is historically verified only for Otto (''Ottoni comiti de Ballenstide'') in 1106.<ref>''Annalista Saxo'', ed. by Georg Heinrich Pertz in: ''MGH SS'' 6, 1844, p. 744.</ref> Thus, it is confirmed that he named himself after Ballenstedt Castle in the eastern Harz. Otto was briefly Duke of Saxony in 1112. He married [[Eilika of Saxony|Eilika]], daughter of Duke [[Magnus, Duke of Saxony|Magnus of Saxony]]. Through this, he acquired Billung allodial estates and later received the Duchy of Saxony from the emperor. The count died in 1123 and was buried in Ballenstedt. His widow Eilika lived in [[Halle (Saale)|Halle]] and Bernburg after his death. Otto the Rich and his son [[Albert the Bear]] converted the Ballenstedt collegiate church into a [[Benedictines|Benedictine monastery]] in 1123. His brother Siegfried was Count of Weimar-Orlamünde and [[List of counts palatine of the Rhine|Palatine of the Rhine]].

[[File:Albert I of Brandenburg.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Monument to [[Albert the Bear]] in the [[Spandau Citadel]], [[Berlin]]]]

[[Albert the Bear]] was the first significant family member and the most prominent Askanier in the Middle Ages. A contemporary and rival of [[Henry the Lion]] ([[House of Welf|Welfs]]) and [[Conrad, Margrave of Meissen|Conrad the Great]] ([[House of Wettin|Wettins]]), he significantly advanced the [[Ostsiedlung|German settlement]] of Slavic border marks and founded the [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]] on the territory of the former [[Northern March|Nordmark]]. He briefly served as [[List of rulers of Saxony|Duke of Saxony]] before becoming [[List of margraves and electors of Brandenburg|Margrave of Brandenburg]], establishing his family's power in the Saxon eastern marches. His extensive territorial possessions were divided among his sons [[Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg|Otto]], Herman, [[Bernhard, Count of Anhalt|Bernhard]], and Adalbert. This created the four main Askanier branches at the time: Brandenburg (until 1320), Weimar-Orlamünde (until 1486), Saxe-Wittenberg (until 1422), Saxe-Lauenburg (until 1689), and Anhalt (to the present). Albert is referred to as a Count of Aschersleben, indicating that the title "Counts of Aschersleben" emerged in the 12th century. He was first documented as ''comes Asscherslovensis'' on August 8, 1147, during a court session he presided over.<ref>{{Interlanguage link|Codex diplomaticus Anhaltinus|lt=Codex diplomaticus Anhaltinus (CDA)|de}}, Part I, No. 337.</ref> Whether Albert used this title himself is unclear, but he referred to himself as Margrave of Brandenburg in a document dated October 3, 1157 ("Adelbertus dei gratia marchio in Brandenborch").<ref>''CDA'', Part I, No. 436</ref> The epithet "the Bear" was used in contemporary sources.<ref>{{Citation |last=Hecht |first=Michael |title=Die anhaltischen Askanier. |work=Handbuch Landesgeschichte. |pages=271 |year=2018 |editor-last=Freitag |editor-first=Werner |trans-title=The Anhalt Ascanians |place=Berlin |language=de}}</ref> Albert the Bear died in November 1170 and was almost certainly buried in the Ballenstedt house monastery. The bear is the heraldic animal of Anhalt.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Heckmann |first=Hermann |title=Sachsen-Anhalt |publisher=Verlag Weidlich |location=Würzburg |year=1991 |isbn= |pages=45}}</ref> His son Bernhard used various Latin variants of Count of Aschersleben and later Duke of Saxony. The Gelnhausen Charter of 1180 included the division of the [[Old Saxony|Stem Duchy of Saxony]]. In this arrangement, Bernhard was enfeoffed with the eastern part, which continued to bear the name Saxony. He received the ducal title the following year after the Erfurt Reichstag.

=== From 1212 to before 1603 ===
[[File:Map of Lusatia and Saxony (134037781).jpg|thumb|County of Anhalt in the 13th century|327x327px]]

After the death of Bernhard III, Duke of Saxony, in February 1212 in Bernburg, his eldest son [[Henry I, Prince of Anhalt|Henry]] received the Anhalt house estates between the [[Harz#Divisions|Lower Harz]] and the lower [[Mulde|Mulde River]], while his brother [[Albert I, Duke of Saxony|Albert]] inherited the Duchy of Saxony. Their father Bernhard III inherited the County of Aschersleben from Adalbert, who had no male heirs. Although Albert held a higher title, Henry's possessions were securely in the family's hands. Part of the County of Anhalt was also [[Allodial title|allodial]] property. The division of 1212 marks the beginning of Anhalt's independent development, with Henry I as its first ruler. It is likely that he controlled a relatively cohesive area around Aschersleben, Ballenstedt, and Anhalt Castle, with a narrow connection to larger eastern complexes around Bernburg, Köthen, Wörbzig, Dessau, and Wörlitz, extending to the right bank of the Elbe around Coswig.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Assing |first=Helmut |title=Die frühen Askanier und ihre Frauen |publisher=Kulturstiftung Bernburg |location=Bernburg |year=2002 |isbn= |pages=25–27}}</ref> Henry I of Anhalt appeared as Count of Askanien (''comes Aschariae'') in a document issued on November 4, 1213.<ref>''CDA'', Volume 2, No. 9, pp. 8–9</ref> ''Ascharia'' is a term used by the document's issuer. Henry I was also the first to be called Prince in or of Anhalt (''comes Ascharie et princeps in Anahalt'') and was also Count of Aschersleben. The prince was considered cruel, as he mistreated Abbot Gernot at [[Nienburg Abbey|Nienburg]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.landeskirche-anhalts.de/projekte/anhalt-800/anhalt-schreiber-9 |title=Nienburg: Kloster mit Ostblick |trans-title=Nienburg: Monastery with an Eastern View |access-date=July 24, 2025}}</ref> In the early 14th century, family members used Anhalt as their designation, regardless of whether they held Anhalt Castle.<ref>{{Citation |last=Hecht |first=Michael |title=Die anhaltischen Askanier. |work=Handbuch Landesgeschichte. |pages=272 |year=2018 |editor-last=Freitag |editor-first=Werner |trans-title=The Anhalt Ascanians |place=Berlin |language=de}}</ref>

[[File:Map of Anhalt (1259).svg|thumb|Anhalt after the division among the sons of [[Henry I, Prince of Anhalt|Henry I]] in 1252|353x353px]]

In the 13th century, the Anhaltiner were among the elite in their region, i.e., the Anhalt area. However, their significance declined sharply in the 14th and 15th centuries, as evidenced by their reduced imperial political influence and marriage alliances. Like other imperial princes, the Askanier benefited from the ''[[Statutum in favorem principum]]'', enacted in 1231 at the [[Worms, Germany|Worms]] Hoftag, which regulated the sovereign rights of princes. The first formation of lines in the present-day Anhalt region occurred through the land division of 1252 among the sons of [[Henry I, Prince of Anhalt|Henry I of Anhalt]]. [[Henry II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Henry II]] founded the [[Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Aschersleben line]], [[Bernhard I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernhard I]] the [[Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernburg line]], and [[Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Siegfried I]] the [[Anhalt-Köthen|Köthen line]]. Alongside [[Köthen]], [[Dessau]] and [[Coswig, Saxony-Anhalt|Coswig]] were part of this [[Principality]]. Dessau later gained significance as a residence. Ballenstedt belonged to Anhalt-Aschersleben and gave the Askanier their name as Counts of Ballenstedt. The family ruled the Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben until 1315. The Askanier acquired the lordship of [[Zerbst#History|Zerbst]] in 1307 from the lords of [[Barby, Germany|Barby]], which was last administered by Anhalt-Köthen; the Principality of [[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]] was established in 1396.

Anhalt-Köthen was divided among the sons of John II, son of [[Albert II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Albert II of Anhalt-Zerbst]]. The brothers Sigmund I, Albert III, and Waldemar III initially ruled jointly. Waldemar III died soon after, and in 1396, the Sigmundian line (Zerbst) and Albertine line (Köthen) emerged. Sigmund I received the land on the right bank of the Elbe, while Albert III received the land on the left bank. Albert III's sons Waldemar IV, Adolf I, and Albert IV had significant disputes with their cousin [[George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George I of Anhalt-Zerbst]] regarding possessions. The possessions were later redistributed. The Sigmundian line eventually gained partial ownership of the Albertine line,<ref name="Köbler19">{{Cite book |last=Köbler |first=Gerhard |title=Historisches Lexikon der deutschen Länder. |publisher=Beck C. H. |year=2019 |location=München |pages=17 |language=de |trans-title=Historical Lexicon of the German Territories}}</ref> which ended at the beginning of the 16th century. The Bernburg branch expired in 1468, and its possessions passed to the Sigmundian line.

The Sigmundian line split again in 1474 into the older Dessau line (Anhalt-Dessau; Ernestine-Dessau branch) and the so-called older Köthen line (Anhalt-Köthen),<ref name="Köbler19" /> here used to refer to the Waldemarian-Köthen branch. The death date of George I is used, though some sources cite the earlier division by him in 1471.<ref>{{Citation |last=Freitag |first=Werner |title=Die Fürsten von Anhalt. Herrschaftssymbolik, dynastische Vernunft und politische Konzepte in Spätmittelalter und Früher Neuzeit. |year=2009 |editor-last=Hercht |editor-first=Michael |place= |isbn=978-3-89812-199-6}}</ref> The latter line expired with [[Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Wolfgang of Anhalt-Köthen]] in 1566, and the possessions had already passed to the older Dessau line in 1562. Wolfgang was the son of [[Waldemar VI, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Waldemar VI of Anhalt-Köthen]] and grandson of [[George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George I]]. The older Köthen line acquired part of the Zerbst lands in 1508, which also passed to the older Dessau line.<ref name="Köbler19" /> Around 1500, the Magdeburg Archbishop attempted to subordinate the principality to his own sphere of influence, which would have meant the loss of [[imperial immediacy]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Hecht |first=Michael |title=Die anhaltischen Askanier. |work=Handbuch Landesgeschichte. |pages=273 |year=2018 |editor-last=Freitag |editor-first=Werner |trans-title=The Anhalt Ascanians |place=Berlin |language=de}}</ref> Through the [[Imperial Reform]] starting in 1500, [[Imperial circle|imperial circles]] were created in the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. The principalities were part of the [[Upper Saxon Circle]]. Wolfgang of Anhalt-Köthen introduced the Reformation in 1525 and was a leading figure among Protestant princes. He signed the [[Augsburg Confession]] in 1530, was a co-founder of the [[Schmalkaldic League]] in 1531, and participated in the [[Schmalkaldic War]] in 1546.

In the mid-16th century, progressive legislation modernized administration. The older Dessau line split in 1546 into the Zerbst, Dessau, and Plötzkau branches.<ref name="Köbler19" /> [[John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John V]] received the Zerbst lands, [[Joachim I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Joachim]] Dessau, and [[George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George III]] Plötzkau.

Since Wolfgang of Anhalt-Köthen († 1566) from the older Köthen line died childless, his lands passed to [[Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt|Joachim Ernst of Anhalt]], son of John IV and part of the older Dessau line. Joachim Ernst unified all possessions in 1570 and moved his seat of government to Dessau.

=== From 1603 to the present ===
[[File:Kurfürstentum Sachsen um 1600 in Abgleich mit den heutigen Bundesländern.png|thumb|Anhalt (center, green) around 1600 (black lines: boundaries of present-day federal states)|375x375px]]

In 1603, another division created the younger lines of Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Köthen, and Anhalt-Zerbst.<ref name="Köbler19" /> [[John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|John George I]] became Prince of Anhalt-Dessau and received the town, office, and castle of Dessau with Schloss Lippene, the towns of [[Raguhn]] and [[Jeßnitz]], and the offices of Wörlitz, [[Sandersleben]], and [[Freckleben]]. [[Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Christian I]] ruled Anhalt-Bernburg with the town, office, and castle of Bernburg, [[Plötzkau]], [[Hoym]], Ballenstedt, Harzgerode, and [[Güntersberge]]. [[Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Rudolph]] founded the Anhalt-Zerbst line and held the town, office, and castle of Zerbst with Kermen, [[Lindau (Anhalt)|Lindau]], Roßlau, and Coswig. [[Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Louis I]] established the Anhalt-Köthen branch and received the town, office, and castle of Köthen with Brambach, [[Wulfen]], [[Nienburg, Saxony-Anhalt|Nienburg]], and the marks of Jeser, [[Baalberge]], Warmsdorf with Kolbigh, and the Vorwerk Diebzig.{{sfn|Gehrlein|2017|pp=17 f.}} [[Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau|August]] initially renounced land ownership for a settlement but, after renegotiations in 1611, received Plötzkau from the Bernburg share, though without [[Sovereignty|sovereign]] rights.

The division of possessions was significant only within the overall principality. Externally, the principality spoke with one voice, remaining undivided. [[Principality of Anhalt-Plötzkau|Anhalt-Plötzkau]] existed until the mid-17th century and then passed to Anhalt-Bernburg. Anhalt-Köthen expired in 1665. The Anhalt-Plötzkau line inherited this possession and renamed itself Anhalt-Köthen.<ref name="Köbler19" />

Emperor [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis II]] granted the Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg the right to be called "Duke" in 1806. In 1807, Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen were also elevated to duchies by [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]]. The Zerbst branch died out in 1793, the Köthen line in 1847, and the Bernburg line in 1863. Thus, in 1863, the Duchy of Anhalt (Anhalt-Dessau line) was formed with Dessau as its residence, remaining the sole ruling territory until the abdication in 1918.

Less significant lines included [[Duchy of Pless|Anhalt-Köthen-Pless]] (1755 to mid-19th century), Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg (1707–1812), and [[Anhalt-Harzgerode]] (1635–1709).

After the Askanier's abdication, Ballenstedt Castle remained the family's residence. [[Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt|Joachim Ernst]], the last duke, married Elisabeth Strickrodt in March 1927; the marriage was dissolved in 1929. In October 1929, he married Edda-Charlotte von Stephani-Marwitz, producing the children Marie Antoinette, Anna Luise, Leopold Friedrich, Edda, and [[Eduard Prinz von Anhalt|Eduard]]. Joachim Ernst was arrested by the [[Nazism|Nazis]] in January 1944 and held for three months in [[Dachau concentration camp|Dachau]] near Munich. In September 1945, he was arrested by [[Soviet Military Administration in Germany|Soviet occupation forces]] and taken to [[NKVD special camp Nr. 2]] near [[Weimar]], where he died in February 1947.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hoyer |first=Katja |title=Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 |date=2024 |publisher=Penguin Books Ltd |isbn=978-0-14-199934-0 |location=London}}</ref> His rehabilitation by the Russian state occurred in 1992. From 1947, his son Leopold Friedrich was head of the house, and since 1963, his son Eduard has been.

=== The House of Anhalt today ===
[[File:Eduard Prinz von Anhalt.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|Eduard, Prince of Anhalt (2023)]]

Since 1963, [[Eduard Prinz von Anhalt|Eduard]] has served as the head of the family. Born in 1941 in [[Ballenstedt]], he succeeded his older brother Leopold Friedrich, who died in a traffic accident.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mz.de/lokal/dessau-rosslau/eduard-prinz-von-anhalt-erleichtert-mutter-und-bruder-werden-in-ballenstedter-krypta-beigesetzt-3918900 |title=Eduard Prinz von Anhalt erleichtert: Mutter und Bruder werden in Ballenstedter Krypta beigesetzt |trans-title=Eduard, Prince of Anhalt Relieved: Mother and Brother to Be Buried in Ballenstedt Crypt |access-date=July 24, 2025}}</ref> Both are sons of [[Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt|Joachim Ernst]], who was the last duke, still a minor in 1918. The family uses the traditional [[nobiliary particle]] "[[Highness]]," applied to both the head and other family members. Eduard, Prince of Anhalt, is the last male Askanier; the family will become extinct in the [[Patrilineality|male line]] upon his death. The current head of the family and his three daughters are the only legitimate descendants of the Askanier in the [[Patrilineality|agnatic]] line. Two [[morganatic marriage|morganatic]] lines, the Counts of Westarp and of Waldersee, descend from non-[[house law|house-law-compliant]] marriages of two Anhalt princes. Eduard, Prince of Anhalt, is related to the British King [[Charles III]] and had initial contact with the [[House of Windsor|Windsors]] in 1947 when his mother was invited to [[Buckingham Palace]] in London. Familial ties exist through his great-uncle [[Prince Aribert of Anhalt|Aribert of Anhalt]], who was married to a granddaughter of [[Queen Victoria]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.zeit.de/news/2023-04/28/eduard-prinz-von-anhalt-berichtet-ueber-kroenung-von-charles |title=Eduard Prinz von Anhalt berichtet über Krönung von Charles |work=Die Zeit |date=28 April 2023 |trans-title=Eduard, Prince of Anhalt Reports on Charles' Coronation |access-date=July 24, 2025}}</ref>

In January 2010, the head of the house issued the "Dessau Declaration," amending the house law to introduce female succession. Thus, his eldest daughter, Julia Katharina, is designated as the future head of the House of Anhalt. This is a novelty within the German high nobility. Due to the unconventional nature of absolute [[primogeniture]] allowing a female successor, the non-noble marriage of the designated heiress, and questions about whether monarchical house laws can be amended after the monarchy's abolition, this decision is controversial among conservative representatives of so-called noble associations, and the daughters' descendants are not yet included in the Gotha Genealogical Handbook.<ref>Eduard Prinz von Anhalt: Aktualisierung des Hausgesetzes der Familie Anhalt-Askanien. Berlin, January 1, 2010. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816021917/http://www.anhalt-askanien.de/aktualisierung-des-hausgesetzes-der-familie-anhalt-askanien/|date=August 16, 2017}}</ref>

'''Heads of the House of Anhalt'''
* 1947–1963 Leopold Friedrich (* 1938; † 1963), son of [[Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt|Joachim Ernst]]
* Since 1963 [[Eduard Prinz von Anhalt|Eduard]] (* 1941), brother

== Territories of rule ==
=== General overview ===
[[File:TeilfürstentümerAnhalt1789.png|thumb|upright=1.5|Principalities in 1789: Anhalt-Bernburg (AB), Anhalt-Köthen (AK), Anhalt-Dessau (AD), and Anhalt-Zerbst (AZ); right on the map: [[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Electorate of Brandenburg]] (blue) and [[Electorate of Saxony]] (orange)]]
{| class="wikitable"
|style="width:50%;"|
'''In the Anhalt Region'''
* [[Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Anhalt-Aschersleben]] (1252–1315)
* [[Anhalt-Bernburg]] (1252–1468 and 1603–1863)
* [[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Anhalt-Köthen]] (from 1252, from 1603, and 1665–1847)
* [[Anhalt-Dessau]] (from 1474, from 1546, and 1603–1863)
* [[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anhalt-Zerbst]] (from 1396, from 1544(?), and 1603–1793)
* Duchy of Anhalt (1863–1918)
* [[Principality of Anhalt-Plötzkau|Anhalt-Plötzkau]] (from 1544 and 1611–1665)
* [[Anhalt-Harzgerode]] (c. 1635–1709)
* Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1707–1812)
* [[Duchy of Pless|Anhalt-Köthen-Pless]] (1755–c. 1840)
|
'''Outside Anhalt'''
* [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]] (until 1320)
* [[History of Saxony#The Askanian Duchy of Saxony (1180–1422)|Duchy of Saxony]] (later Wittenberg and Lauenburg)
* [[Principality of Lüneburg|Lüneburg]] (until 1388)
* [[Saxe-Wittenberg]] (until 1422)
* Weimar-Orlamünde (until 1486)
* [[Saxe-Lauenburg]] (until 1689)
|}

=== Overview of land divisions ===
[[File:Anhalt-Landesteilungen.JPG|center|upright=2]]
<small>Note: The Albertine line expired with [[Adolph II, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Adolph II of Anhalt-Köthen]] and [[Magnus, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Magnus of Anhalt]], who renounced governance in 1508.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905/A/Anhalt |title=Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Band 1. Leipzig 1905 |trans-title=Meyers Great Conversational Lexicon, Volume 1. Leipzig 1905 |access-date=July 24, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz56526.html#ndbcontent |title=Helbig, Herbert, "Adolf" in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 1 (1953) |trans-title=Helbig, Herbert, "Adolf" in: New German Biography 1 (1953) |access-date=July 24, 2025}}</ref></small>

== Rule in Anhalt ==

=== Anhalt-Aschersleben ===
{{Main|Anhalt-Aschersleben}}
[[File:Siegel Heinrich I und II (Anhalt).jpg|thumb|150px|Seal of Heinrich II.]]
The [[Allodial title|allodial]] estates of the Ascanians between the Harz and Elbe remained with the Anhalt line after the 1212 division. [[Henry II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Henry II.]] was the son of [[Henry I, Prince of Anhalt|Henry I. of Anhalt]] and founded the Anhalt-Aschersleben line in 1252. He received the territories of Aschersleben, [[Gernrode]], [[Hecklingen]], Ermsleben, and Wörbzig.{{sfn|Gehrlein|2017|p=11}} The Anhalt-Aschersleben region also included [[Ballenstedt]] and [[Anhalt Castle]]. The Ascanians originated from this area. The principality passed to the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Halberstadt|Diocese of Halberstadt]] in 1315, and with it, to the [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]] in 1648. The Bishop of Halberstadt enfeoffed [[Bernhard II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernhard II. of Anhalt-Bernburg]] in December 1316, transferring Anhalt-Aschersleben as a fief to Anhalt-Bernburg.

==== Rulers of Anhalt-Aschersleben ====
{{For|the rulers|House of Ascania #Rulers of the House of Ascania}}

=== Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg ===
{{Main|Anhalt-Bernburg}}
[[File:Bernburg Schloss 07-09-2008 043.jpg|thumb|Bernburg Castle]]
[[Bernhard I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernhard I.]] (* 1218; † 1287) was born as the son of [[Henry I, Prince of Anhalt|Henry I. of Anhalt]] and founded the old Bernburg line. Prince [[Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernhard III. of Anhalt]] was the first in 1320 to call himself ''comes Ascanie''.<ref>''CDA'', Part III, No. 406</ref> Nineteenth-century historiography then applied this term to all members of the family of the Counts of [[Ballenstedt]] and [[Aschersleben]] since the 11th century. After the death of Bernhard VI in 1468, [[George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George I. of Anhalt-Zerbst]] inherited the possessions. A castle complex in Bernburg is mentioned in 961 and 1138, though the former date is uncertain. Under [[Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Wolfgang of Anhalt-Köthen]], the Wolfgangsbau was constructed at Bernburg Castle in 1538/1539, located at the site of the former [[hillfort]].

[[Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Christian I. of Anhalt-Bernburg]] became the governor of the [[Upper Palatinate]] in 1595 in the service of Elector [[Frederick IV, Elector Palatine|Frederick IV.]] of the Palatinate and resided in [[Amberg]]. He represented Frederick IV at the founding of the [[Protestant Union]]. In 1619, he had significant influence in the election of his employer [[Frederick V of the Palatinate|Frederick V.]] of the Palatinate as [[List of Bohemian monarchs|King of Bohemia]].

Emperor [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis II.]] elevated Prince [[Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg|Alexius Frederick Christian]] to Duke in April 1806.<ref>{{cite book |last=Prasse |first=Matthias |title=Kurze illustrierte Geschichte des Landes Anhalt |date=2014 |publisher=Herrenhaus–Kultur–Verlag |isbn= |location=Dresden |pages=74 |language=de |trans-title=A Brief Illustrated History of the Land of Anhalt |access-date=}}</ref> Anhalt-Bernburg passed to [[Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt|Leopold IV of Anhalt-Dessau]] after the reign of [[Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg|Alexander Charles]] (* 1805; † 1863).

==== Rulers of Anhalt-Bernburg ====
{{For|the rulers|House of Ascania #Rulers of the House of Ascania}}

=== Principality of Anhalt-Köthen ===
{{Main|Anhalt-Köthen}}
[[File:KST Schloss Koethen Bollmann.jpg|thumb|Köthen Castle]]
[[Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Siegfried I.]] († 1298) was the son of [[Henry I, Prince of Anhalt|Henry I of Anhalt]] and received Köthen; his territory was to the right of the [[Saale]] and partly to the right of the [[Elbe]]. In 1272, he founded the [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] nunnery at Coswig,<ref>{{cite web |title=Klosterhof in Coswig (Anhalt) |trans-title=Monastery Courtyard in Coswig (Anhalt) |url=https://www.coswigonline.de/de/klosterhof-coswig-anhalt/der-klosterhof-in-coswig-anhalt.html |access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref> whose collegiate church was St. Nicolai. In older literature, the Anhalt-Köthen line is sometimes referred to as the old Zerbst line. Siegfried's sons were [[Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Albert I.]], Henry, Siegfried II, and Hermann.

The Anhalt-Köthen line adopted the ducal title from 1807.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anhalt-Köthen (1820-1853), p. 1 f. |trans-title=Anhalt-Köthen (1820-1853), p. 1 f. |url=https://www.hgisg-ekompendium.ieg-mainz.de/Dokumentation_Datensaetze/Multimedia/Staaten/Anhalt-Koethen.pdf |access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref> [[Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen|Henry]] (* 1778; † 1847) was the last Duke of [[Anhalt-Köthen]]. The land passed to the lines of Anhalt-Bernburg (administered by Anhalt-Dessau) and Anhalt-Dessau. No division occurred due to the anticipated extinction of the Bernburg line and the subsequent inheritance by Anhalt-Dessau.

==== Rulers of Anhalt-Köthen ====
{{For|the rulers|House of Ascania #Rulers of the House of Ascania}}

=== Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst ===
{{Main|Anhalt-Zerbst}}
The possessions were administered jointly with Köthen and Dessau before 1396. [[John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John VI.]] publicly introduced the Lutheran confession in 1644, and Calvinist preachers were subsequently replaced. In May 1681, the foundation stone was laid for the main part of [[Zerbst Castle]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hermann |first=Dick |title=Schloss Zerbst in Anhalt |publisher=Verlag Schnell & Steiner |year=2005 |language=de |trans-title=Zerbst Castle in Anhalt}}</ref> The Zerbst line ceased in 1793, and the possessions passed to the other brothers in 1797. The Köthen line ended in 1847, and Köthen was unified with Dessau in 1853. After the Bernburg line also became extinct in 1863, the Duchy of Anhalt was formed under [[Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt|Leopold IV]]  († 1871). Anhalt-Zerbst acquired the [[Lordship of Jever]] through inheritance in 1667.

Until 1797, [[Roßlau]] was a [[Quedlinburg Abbey|Quedlinburg]] fief held by the Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, then passed to Anhalt-Köthen, where it formed the "New Köthen" part, and finally to Anhalt-Dessau in 1847.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chronik der Stadt Rosslau, p. 5 |trans-title=Chronicle of the City of Rosslau, p. 5 |url=https://www.dessau-buch.de/media/blfa_files/Rosslau-_Leseprobe.pdf |access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref>
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File:Zerbst Schloss vor Zerstörung.JPG|Zerbst Castle (historical photograph)
File:Joachim ernst von anhalt 2a.jpg|Joachim Ernest ruled all of Anhalt from 1570.
File:Coswig(Anhalt),Schloss.jpg|[[Coswig, Saxony-Anhalt|Coswig Castle]], built 1667–1677 as a widow's residence
File:Schloss Dornburg Hofseite.jpg|Dornburg Castle, built from 1750 as a widow's residence for the dowager princess [[Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp|Joanna Elisabeth]], mother of Catherine the Great
</gallery>

==== Rulers of Anhalt-Zerbst ====
{{For|the rulers|House of Ascania #Rulers of the House of Ascania}}

=== Principality of Anhalt-Dessau ===
{{Main|Anhalt-Dessau}}
[[File:Map of Anhalt (1747-1793).svg|300px|thumb|right|Anhalt in the 18th century with Bernburg, Köthen, Zerbst, and Dessau]]
A separate cadet line of the princely house in Dessau emerged in 1474.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schwineköper |first=Berent |title=Handbuch der historischen Stätten Deutschlands Teil: Bd. 11., Provinz Sachsen Anhalt |date=1987 |publisher=Kröner |isbn= |location=Stuttgart |pages=78 |language=de |trans-title=Handbook of Historical Sites in Germany, Part: Vol. 11, Province of Saxony Anhalt |access-date=}}</ref> [[Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Ernest]] († 1516) was born as the son of [[George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George I. of Anhalt-Zerbst]] and founded the Ernestine-Dessau line (Anhalt-Dessau). His brother [[Sigismund III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Sigismund III.]] died in 1487 and was also a Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. The construction of the [[Dessau Palace]] is generally believed to have begun around 1530.

In 1660, [[John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|John George II.]] succeeded his father John Casimir as regent. Under his rule, Großalsleben was added to the possessions.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Limmer |first1=Carl August |last2=Limmer |first2=Karl August |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9FljAAAAcAAJ&dq=gro%C3%9F+alsleben+1666&pg=PA198 |title=Entwurf einer urkundlich-pragmatischen Geschichte des Herzog- und Kuhrfürstenthums Neu-Sachsen als des sogenannten Kuhr- oder Wittenberger Kreises; mit den Herzogthümern Anhalt … vom Pastor, Karl Limmer, 1838 |date=1838 |language=de |trans-title=Draft of a Documented-Pragmatic History of the Duchy and Electorate of New Saxony, the so-called Electoral or Wittenberg District; with the Duchies of Anhalt … by Pastor Karl Limmer, 1838 |access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref> For his wife [[Countess Henriette Catharina of Nassau|Henriette Catherine]] from the [[House of Orange-Nassau]], Oranienbaum Palace was built east of Dessau from 1681. John George II was a brother-in-law of Elector [[Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick William of Brandenburg]].

[[Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau|Leopold III]] created the [[Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm|Wörlitz Park]], an [[English landscape garden]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/534 |access-date=August 1, 2025 |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre.}}</ref>
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File:Dessau Schloss 1900.jpg|Dessau Palace, photograph c. 1900
File:Schloss Oranienbaum2.JPG|Oranienbaum Palace, from 1683 summer residence of [[Countess Henriette Catharina of Nassau|Henriette Catherine]] of [[House of Orange-Nassau|Orange-Nassau]], wife of Prince [[John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|John George II]]
File:Wörlitz Schloss.jpg|Wörlitz Palace in the [[Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm|Wörlitz Park]], built from 1769 to 1773 by [[Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau|Leopold III Frederick Franz]]
File:Schloss Mosigkau.JPG|Mosigkau Palace, built 1752–57 for Princess [[Anna Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Dessau|Anna Wilhelmine]]
</gallery>
==== Rulers of Anhalt-Dessau ====
{{For|the rulers|House of Ascania #Rulers of the House of Ascania}}

=== Anhalt-Plötzkau ===
{{Main|Anhalt-Plötzkau}}
[[File:Plötzkau 01.jpg|thumb|Plötzkau Castle]]
{{For|the rulers|House of Ascania #Rulers of the House of Ascania}}

=== Anhalt-Harzgerode ===
{{Main|Anhalt-Harzgerode}}
{{For|the rulers|House of Ascania #Rulers of the House of Ascania}}
[[Anhalt-Harzgerode]] emerged in 1635 from the division of Anhalt-Bernburg and reverted to it in 1709.

=== Duchy of Anhalt ===
[[File:Herzogtum anhalt 1863-1918.svg|thumb|The Duchy of Anhalt, adjacent to [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] and [[Duchy of Brunswick|Brunswick]]|316x316px]]
The Zerbst line ceased in 1793, and its possessions passed to the other brothers in 1797. The Köthen line ended in 1847, and Köthen was unified with Dessau in 1853. When the Bernburg line became extinct in 1863, the Duchy of Anhalt was established under Duke [[Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt|Leopold IV Frederick]] († 1871). From this year, he held the title Duke of Anhalt, no longer Duke of Anhalt-Dessau.<ref>''Almanach de Gotha''. 1867. p. 3.</ref>

In the federal resolution of June 14, 1866, the Duchy of Anhalt sided with [[Prussia]], joined the [[North German Confederation]] in 1867, and the [[German Empire]] in 1871. The state parliament consisted of 36 deputies. The Duke appointed 2 deputies, 8 represented the highest-taxed landowners, 2 the highest-taxed merchants and industrialists, 14 represented the cities, and 10 represented rural areas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Herzogtum Anhalt |date=17 August 2021 |trans-title=Duchy of Anhalt |url=https://deutsche-schutzgebiete.de/wordpress/projekte/kaiserreich/herzogtum-anhalt/ |access-date=July 27, 2025 |language=de}}</ref>

The Duchy existed until the [[German revolution of 1918–1919|November Revolution]] in 1918, when workers and soldiers in Anhalt demonstrated and demanded change, which occurred peacefully. The Social Democrats called for the abdication of the ducal family.<ref>{{cite book |last=Prasse |first=Matthias |title=Kurze illustrierte Geschichte des Landes Anhalt |date=2014 |publisher=Herrenhaus–Kultur–Verlag |isbn= |location=Dresden |pages=87–88 |language=de |trans-title=A Brief Illustrated History of the Land of Anhalt |access-date=}}</ref> [[Prince regent|Prince Regent]] [[Prince Aribert of Anhalt|Aribert of Anhalt]] declared the abdication of the Ascanians on November 12, 1918, on behalf of the minor Duke [[Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt|Joachim Ernst]].

On December 30, 1918, Aribert of Anhalt established the Joachim-Ernst Foundation, renamed the [[Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm|Dessau-Wörlitz Cultural Foundation]] in 1947.<ref>{{cite web |title=90 Jahre Joachim-Ernst-Stiftung – Kulturstiftung DessauWörlitz |trans-title=90 Years of the Joachim-Ernst Foundation – Dessau-Wörlitz Cultural Foundation |url=http://www.gartenreich.com/de/besuchen/veranstaltungen/90Geburtstag.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211032211/http://www.gartenreich.com/de/besuchen/veranstaltungen/90Geburtstag.html |archive-date=December 11, 2011 |access-date=July 27, 2025 |publisher=Dessau-Wörlitz Cultural Foundation |trans-quote=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz |trans-title=Dessau-Wörlitz Cultural Foundation |url=https://www.gartenreich.de/de/satzung |access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref> The foundation manages most of the [[Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm]] with several [[English landscape garden|landscape parks]].

==== Heads of State and Dukes ====
{{For|the rulers|House of Ascania #Rulers of the House of Ascania}}

==== State Ministers or Chairmen of the State Ministry ====

* 1863–1868 Karl Friedrich Ferdinand Sintenis (* 1804; † 1868)
* 1868–1875 Alfred von Larisch (* 1819; † 1897)
* 1875–1892 Anton von Krosigk (* 1820; † 1892)
* 1892–1903 Kurt von Koseritz (* 1838; † 1916)
* 1903–1909 [[Johann von Dallwitz|Johann (Hans) Nikolaus Michael Louis von Dallwitz]] (* 1855; † 1919)
* 1910–1918 Eduard Hermann Ernst von Laue (* 1855; † 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Eduard Hermann Ernst Laue |trans-title= |url=https://gedenkkultur-dessau-rosslau.de/chronik/biografien/laue-eduard-hermann-ernst-von1 |access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref>
* 1918 Max Gutknecht (* 1876; † 1935)

== Rule Outside of Anhalt ==
The Anhalters also ruled outside their ancestral lands. At the beginning of the family history, the Ascanians were significant in the [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]] and the [[Duchy of Saxony]].

=== Margraviate of Brandenburg ===
{{Main|Margraviate of Brandenburg}}
[[File:Karte Mark Brandenburg 1320.png|thumb|Brandenburg around 1320|367x367px]][[File:Adalbertus Siegel.JPG|thumb|upright=0.7|Albrecht the Bear on a seal with the inscription ''Adelbertus D(e)i gr(ati)a marchio (in Brandenborch)''|alt=A seal depicting Albrecht the Bear with the Latin inscription indicating his title as Margrave of Brandenburg]]
The noble family shaped the history of [[Brandenburg]], as it is credited with the Formation of the Margraviate of Brandenburg. When the Slavic prince [[Pribislav-Henry|Pribislav]] died in 1150, his widow Petrissa handed over the land of the [[Hevelli]] around [[Brandenburg an der Havel#History|Brandenburg Castle]] to [[Albert the Bear|Albrecht the Bear]], Count of Ballenstedt. In 1157, Albrecht definitively took possession of [[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Brandenburg]]. He participated in [[Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor|Lothair of Supplinburg]]'s Italian campaign in 1132/1133, where Lothair was crowned emperor by Pope [[Pope Innocent II|Innocent II]]. In gratitude, Albrecht received the [[Northern March|Nordmark]], which later gave him power over the Margraviate of Brandenburg.{{sfn|Gehrlein|2017|p=7}} Despite Albrecht's rule over the Margraviate of Brandenburg, only three visits by the margrave (1150, 1157, and 1170) have been documented in the mark.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Albrecht der Bär |trans-title=Albrecht the Bear |url=https://www.diegeschichteberlins.de/geschichteberlins/persoenlichkeiten/persoenlichkeiteag/876-albrecht-der-baer.html |access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref> [[Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg|Otto I.]] († 1184) became the new [[List of margraves and electors of Brandenburg|Margrave of Brandenburg]] in 1170, and his descendants expanded the territory through an expansionist eastern policy. In connection with the Ascanians, a founding myth also emerged.

At the beginning of the 14th century, the mark extended to the later Prussian [[Province of Brandenburg]] and even into [[Pomerania]]. With [[Henry II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal|Henry II the Child]], the Brandenburg line became extinct in 1320. Emperor [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV]] of the House of Wittelsbach, an uncle of Henry II, reclaimed Brandenburg as a lapsed fief and granted it to his son [[Louis V, Duke of Bavaria|Louis V]] in 1323,{{sfn|Gehrlein|2017|pp=7–8}} concluding the Brandenburg Interregnum. In 1348, a pretender known as the [[False Waldemar]] was enfeoffed with the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

==== Rulers of Brandenburg ====
{{For|the rulers|House of Ascania #Rulers of the House of Ascania}}

=== Duchy of Saxony ===
{{See also|Duchy of Saxony}}
The old [[Duchy of Saxony]] was transferred to [[Henry the Lion]] of the [[House of Welf]] in 1143. It was divided into the three provinces of [[Westphalia]], [[Angria]], and [[Eastphalia]] and lay mostly in the area of present-day [[Lower Saxony]], [[Westphalia]], and the western part of [[Saxony-Anhalt]]. The Ascanians briefly held the title of Duke of Saxony with [[Otto, Count of Ballenstedt|Otto the Rich]] in 1112 and [[Albert the Bear|Albrecht the Bear]] from 1138 to 1142. Albrecht's mother, [[Eilika of Saxony]], was the daughter of the Saxon Duke [[Magnus, Duke of Saxony|Magnus Billung of Saxony]]. This fact supported a claim to Saxony, just as the Welfs could present their own arguments. Thus, the family can also be considered a Saxon noble house.

The title of Duke of Saxony passed in 1180, after the deposition of Henry the Lion at the Diet of Gelnhausen, documented in the [[Gelnhausen Charter]] of April 13, 1180, to [[Bernhard, Count of Anhalt|Bernhard III. of Saxony]], the youngest son of Albrecht the Bear. However, he received only the [[History of Saxony#The Ascanian Duchy of Saxony (1180–1422)|eastern part]], excluding Westphalia and Angria, which went to the Archbishop of Cologne [[Philip I (archbishop of Cologne)|Philipp I. von Heinsberg]]. Bernhard also held the counties of [[Aschersleben]] and [[Ballenstedt]] as well as [[Anhalt Castle]], the ancestral lands. In the retained eastern part of the Duchy, he could only exercise actual power in parts of it. Bernhard divided his territories among his sons: the elder son [[Albert I, Duke of Saxony|Albert I.]] († 1261) received the Saxon Duchy, while the younger son [[Henry I, Prince of Anhalt|Henry I.]] († 1252) received the Anhalt ancestral lands.

[[Albert II, Duke of Saxony|Albert II.]], son of Albert I, and the sons of his brother [[John I, Duke of Saxony|John I.]] conducted a division of the Ascanian Duchy of Saxony in 1296. [[Saxe-Wittenberg|Saxony-Wittenberg]] went to Albrecht II, and [[John II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|John II.]], Albrecht III, and [[Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric I.]] received [[Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxony-Lauenburg]].{{sfn|Gehrlein|2017|p=9}} The Saxony-Wittenberg line was significant, receiving the hereditary [[Prince-elector|electoral dignity]] in 1356 through the [[Golden Bull of 1356|Golden Bull]]. However, it became extinct in 1422, and Saxony-Wittenberg ("[[Electorate of Saxony|Electoral Saxony]]") was granted to the [[House of Wettin|Wettins]], causing the Ascanians to lose their status as [[Prince-elector|electors]].
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File:Karte Stammesherzogtum Sachsen um 1000.png|The Duchy of Saxony around the year 1000.
File:The Saxon duchies circa 1235.jpg|Territory of the Ascanian Duchy of Saxony around 1235 (highlighted in green), consisting of parts of the former Duchy of Saxony around [[Wittenberg]] and at [[Lauenburg]] and the [[Hadeln|Hadeln area]]
File:Saxe-Lauenburg around 1400 (134037786).jpg|The Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg around 1400.
</gallery>

==== Rulers of the Duchy of Saxony ====
{{For|the rulers|House of Ascania #Rulers of the House of Ascania}}

==== Saxe-Wittenberg ====
{{Main|Electorate of Saxony}}

==== Saxony-Lauenburg ====
{{Main|Saxe-Lauenburg}}
The branch of [[John II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|John II.]], [[Saxe-Lauenburg|Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg]] in [[Bergedorf]], now near Hamburg, and [[Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein|Mölln]], ended in 1401 with his grandson [[Eric III, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric III.]]. [[Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric IV.]] received his lands, being Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg in [[Lauenburg]] and [[Ratzeburg]]. He thus held all the possessions and was a descendant of [[Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric I.]], who was Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg in Lauenburg and, after his brother Albrecht III's death in 1308, also in Ratzeburg.{{sfn|Gehrlein|2017|pp=9–10}} The Saxe-Lauenburg line ended with [[Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Julius Francis]] in 1689. The [[House of Welf|Welfs]] (from the neighboring [[Principality of Lüneburg]] line) succeeded them.

=== Weimar-Orlamünde ===
[[File:Weimar-Orlamünde (Askanier).jpg|thumb|County of Orlamünde (approximate borders)|343x343px]]

[[Siegfried of Ballenstedt|Siegfried I]] became the first Ascanian Count of Weimar-Orlamünde in 1112{{sfn|Gehrlein|2017|p=8}} after [[Ulric II, Margrave of Carniola|Ulrich II, Margrave of Carniola]] from the Weimar-Orlamünde house. He was the son of [[Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt|Adalbert II of Ballenstedt]] and his wife [[Adelaide of Weimar-Orlamünde|Adelaide]], a daughter of [[Otto I, Margrave of Meissen]] . [[Albert the Bear|Albert I the Bear]] received the County of Weimar-Orlamünde in 1140. Hermann I († 1176) continued the Weimar-Orlamünde line. Following the inheritance division of 1264/65, [[Hermann III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Hermann III]] received the area around [[Orlamünde]], and [[Otto III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Otto III]] received the area around [[Weimar]].{{sfn|Gehrlein|2017|p=8}}

Orlamünde was sold to the [[House of Wettin|Wettins]] on April 25, 1344.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Askanier |trans-title=Ascanians |url=https://www.manfred.de/genealogie-mittelalter/partenheimer_lutz/dessau_katalog.html |access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref> By 1467, the Ascanians no longer held any possessions, as the Wettins took over everything.

==== Rulers of Weimar-Orlamünde ====
{{For|the rulers|House of Ascania #Rulers of the House of Ascania}}

=== Principality of Lüneburg ===
After the older House of Lüneburg died out with [[William II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg|William II of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] in 1369, the [[War of the Lüneburg Succession|Lüneburg War of Succession]] began in 1370. In the same year, the [[Principality of Lüneburg]] was granted to [[Albert of Saxe-Wittenberg, Duke of Lüneburg|Albrecht]] and [[Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg|Wenceslaus I]] of the Saxony-Wittemberg line by decree of Emperor [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles IV]]. Albrecht was the maternal grandson of William II of Brunswick-Lüneburg, while Wenceslaus I was Albrecht's uncle. The Ascanians were replaced in 1388 by Albrecht's stepsons from the House of Welf.

The rulers of the Principality of Lüneburg
* 1370–1385: [[Albert of Saxe-Wittenberg, Duke of Lüneburg|Albrecht]] († 1385), son of Otto of Saxony-Wittenberg, ruled together with Wenzel I.
* 1370–1388: [[Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg|Wenceslaus I]] (* 1337; † 1388), son of Rudolf I of Saxony-Wittenberg, also Elector

==Rulers of the House of Ascania==
===House of Ascania===

{{hidden begin
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{|align="center" style="border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;"
|+ 
|- 
| colspan=23 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Ballenstedt--->
|- 
| colspan=4 rowspan="2" style="background: #aee;" |[[File:Blason Comtes d'Orlamünde.svg|50px]]<br>'''County of Weimar-Orlamunde'''<br/>(1113–1247)
| colspan=19 style="background: #fff;" |[[File:Arms of the house of Ascania (ancient).svg|50px]]<br>'''County of Ballenstedt'''<br/>(1030–1170)
|- 
| colspan=4 rowspan="3" style="background: #fea;" |[[File:Armoiries Saxe2.svg|50px]]<br>'''Duchy of Saxony'''<br/>(1180–1296)
| colspan=2 rowspan="2" style="background: #ceb;" |[[File:DEU Brandenburg COA.svg|50px]]<br>'''Margraviate of Brandenburg'''<br>(1157-1266/67)
| colspan=7 style="background: #fde;" |'''County of Anhalt'''<br>(1123–1212)<br><small>Raised to:</small><br>[[File:Wappen Anhalt.svg|50px]]<br>'''Principality of Anhalt'''<br>(1212–1252)
|- 
| colspan=3 rowspan="2" style="background: #adf;" |'''County of Weimar'''<br/>(1247–1372)
| colspan=1 rowspan="7" style="background: #aee;" |'''County of Orlamunde'''<br><small>(from 1354 in Schauenforst and Droyssig)</small><br/>(1247–1420)
| colspan=4 rowspan="6" style="background: #ecd;" |'''Principality of Zerbst'''<br><small>(1st creation)</small><br>(1252–1396)
| colspan=1 rowspan="7" style="background: #ecf;" |'''Principality of Bernburg'''<br><small>(1st creation)</small><br>(1252–1468)
| colspan=1 rowspan="4" style="background: #fde;" |'''Principality of Aschersleben'''<br>(1252–1315)
|- 
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #cfc;" |'''Margraviate of Stendal'''<ref>From Stendal split off:
*<span style="background-color:#acc;">'''Krossen'''</span> (1266–1308)
*<span style="background-color:#aca;">'''Neumark'''</span> (1266–1318)</ref><br>(1266–1318)
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #ada;" |'''Margraviate of Salzwedel'''<ref><span style="background-color:#ace;">'''Stargard'''</span> split off from Salzwedel (1267-1316) and was then annexed to the [[Duchy of Mecklenburg]].</ref><br>(1267–1317)
|- 
| colspan=1 rowspan="3" style="background: #adf;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Weimar--->
| colspan=1 rowspan="3" style="background: #bee;" |'''County of Plassenburg'''<br/>(1285–1340)
| colspan=1 style="background: #adf;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Weimar--->
| colspan=1 rowspan="5" style="background: #fea;" |'''Duchy of Wittenberg'''<br/>(1296–1356)<br><br><small>Raised to:</small><br>[[File:Arms of the house of Saxe-Wittenberg (1356-1423).svg|50px]]<br>'''Electorate of Saxe-Wittenberg'''<br/>(1356–1422) 
| colspan=3 style="background: #fedf;" |[[File:COA family de Sachsen-Lauenburg.svg|50px]]<br>'''Duchy of Lauenburg'''<br/>(1296–1303)
|- 
| colspan=1 rowspan="4" style="background: #cef;" |'''County of Lauenstein'''<br/>(1319–1460)
| colspan=1 rowspan="3" style="background: #ec6;" |'''Duchy of Mölln'''<br/>(1303–1401)
| colspan=1 style="background: #fc9;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Bergdorf--->
| colspan=1 style="background: #ffc;" |'''Duchy of Ratzeburg'''<br/>(1303–15) 
| colspan=2 style="background: #ceb;" |[[File:DEU Brandenburg COA.svg|50px]]<br>'''Margraviate of Brandenburg'''<br><small>(<span style="background-color:#cfc;">'''Stendal'''</span> line)</small><br>(1318–20)
|- 
| colspan=2 rowspan="2" style="background: #fc9;" | '''Duchy of Bergdorf'''<br/>(1303–15)<br><small>Renamed as</small><br>'''Duchy of Ratzeburg'''<br/>(1315–1401)
| colspan=2 rowspan="13" style="background: #eee;" |<small>''Annexed to the<br> [[House of Wittelsbach]]''</small>
| colspan=1 rowspan="13" style="background: #eee;" |<small>''Annexed to <br>[[Bishopric of Halberstadt]]''</small>
|- 
| colspan=2 rowspan="12" style="background: #eee;" |<small>''Annexed to the <br>[[House of Wettin]]''</small>
|- 
| colspan=3 rowspan="7" style="background: #fedf;" |[[File:COA family de Sachsen-Lauenburg.svg|50px]]<br>'''Duchy of Lauenburg'''<br><small>''(<span style="background:#fc9;">'''Ratzeburg'''</span> line'')</small><br>(1401–1689) 
| colspan=3 rowspan="5" style="background: #ccf;" |'''Principality of Köthen'''<br><small>(1st creation)</small><br>(1396–1562)
| colspan=1 style="background: #fde;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Dessau---> 
|- 
| colspan=3 rowspan="10" style="background: #eee;" |<small>''Annexed to the<br> [[House of Wettin]]''</small>
| colspan=2 style="background: #fde;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Dessau---> 
|- 
| colspan=1 style="background: #fde;" |'''Principality of Dessau'''<ref>The color chosen for Dessau was the same as the Principality of Anhalt as a whole, because, when united, the principality had this town as capital.</ref><br><small>(1st creation)</small><br>(1396–1561)
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #ecd;" |'''Principality of Zerbst'''<br><small>(2nd creation)</small><br>(1544–1562)
|- 
| colspan=1 style="background: #fde;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Dessau---> 
|- 
| colspan=2 style="background: #ecd;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Zerbst---> 
|- 
| colspan=5 style="background: #fde;" |[[File:Blason Principautés d'Anhalt (XVIIe siècle).svg|50px]]<br>'''Principality of Anhalt'''<br><small>''(<span style="background-color:#ecd;">'''Zerbst'''</span> line)''</small><br>(1562–1603)
|- 
| colspan=1 style="background: #fbd;" |'''Principality of Plötzkau'''<br>(1603–1665)
| colspan=1 style="background: #ccf;" |[[File:Blason Principauté d'Anhalt-Köthen (XVIIIe siècle).svg|50px]]<br>'''Principality of Köthen'''<br><small>(2nd creation)</small><br>(1603–1847)
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #fde;" |'''Principality of Dessau'''<br><small>(2nd creation)</small><br>(1603–1863)
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #ecd;" |[[File:Blason Principauté d'Anhalt-Zerbst (XVIIIe siècle).svg|50px]]<br>'''Principality of Zerbst'''<br><small>(3rd creation)</small><br>(1603–1793)
| colspan=1 rowspan="4" style="background: #ecf;" |'''Principality of Bernburg'''<br><small>(2nd creation)</small><br>(1603–1863)
|- 
| colspan=3 rowspan="4" style="background: #eee;" |<small>''Annexed to the<br> [[House of Welf]]''</small>
| colspan=2 rowspan="2" style="background: #ccf;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Kothen---> 
|- 
| colspan=2 style="background: #fde;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Dessau---> 
|- 
| colspan=4 style="background: #fde;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Dessau---> 
|- 
| colspan=5 style="background: #fde;" |[[File:Coat of Arms of the Duchy of Anhalt.svg|50px]]<br>'''Duchy of Anhalt'''<br><small>''('''Dessau''' line)''</small><br>(1863–1918)
|}
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|- style="background:#cccccc"
! colspan=2 | Ruler!!Born!!Reign!!Ruling part!!Consort!!Death!!Notes
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Adalbert, Count of Ballenstedt|Adalbert I]]<ref>Even his name is uncertain; sources name him Adalbert assuming that his grandson, Count Adalbert (II) (d.1080) was named after him.</ref>||
|align="center"|c.970<br><small>?</small>
|align="center"|c.1000–1036||County of [[Ballenstedt]]||Hidda<br>four children
|align="center"|1036<br><small>aged 65–66</small>||First documented member of the family.
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Esico of Ballenstedt|Esico]]||
|align="center"|c.1000<br><small>Son of [[Adalbert, Count of Ballenstedt|Adalbert I]] and Hidda</small>
|align="center"|1036–1060||County of [[Ballenstedt]]||[[Matilda of Swabia]]<br>1026<br>three children
|align="center"|1060<br><small>aged 59–60</small>||
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt|Adalbert II]]||[[File:Heinemann CDA1, Tafel II.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|c.1030<br>[[Ballenstedt]]<br><small>Son of [[Esico of Ballenstedt|Esico]] and [[Matilda of Swabia]]</small>
|align="center"|1060–1080||County of [[Ballenstedt]]||[[Adelaide of Weimar-Orlamünde]]<br>c.1070<br>two children
|align="center"|c.1080<br>[[Westdorf]]<br><small>aged c.49-50</small>||
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Otto, Count of Ballenstedt|Otto I ''the Rich'']]||
|align="center"|c.1065<br><small>First son of [[Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt|Adalbert II]] and [[Adelaide of Weimar-Orlamünde]]</small>
|align="center"|1080 – 9 February 1123||County of [[Ballenstedt]]||[[Eilika of Saxony]]<br>c.1095<br>two children
|align="center"|9 February 1123<br><small>aged 57–58?</small>
|rowspan="2"|Children of Adalbert II, divided their inheritance.
|- style="background:#aee"
|[[Siegfried of Ballenstedt|Siegfried I]]||
|align="center"|c.1070<br><small>Second son of [[Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt|Adalbert II]] and [[Adelaide of Weimar-Orlamünde]]</small>
|align="center"|1080 – 9 March 1113||{{ill|County of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Grafschaft Weimar-Orlamünde}}||[[Gertrude of Northeim]]<br>1026<br>three children
|align="center"|9 March 1113<br><small>aged 42–43?</small>
|- style="background:#aee"
|colspan=7 style="text-align:center"|<small>''Regencies of [[Gertrude of Northeim]] (1113–1115) and [[Otto I, Count of Salm]] (1115–1121)''</small>
|rowspan=2|Left no descendants. The county went to his brother.
|- style="background:#aee"
|{{ill|Siegfried II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Siegfried II. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Siegfried II}}||[[File:Epiorlamuende1.JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|1107<br><small>First son of [[Siegfried of Ballenstedt|Siegfried I]] and [[Gertrude of Northeim]]</small>
|align="center"|9 March 1113 – 19 March 1124||{{ill|County of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Grafschaft Weimar-Orlamünde}}||[[Irmgard of Henneberg]]<br>no children
|align="center"|19 March 1124<br><small>aged 16–17</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|| [[Albert I, Margrave of Brandenburg|Albert I ''the Bear'']] ||[[File:Albrecht der Bär.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|c.1100<br><small>Son of [[Otto, Count of Ballenstedt|Otto I]] and [[Eilika of Saxony]]</small>
|align="center"|9 February 1123 – 18 November 1170||County of [[Ballenstedt]]<br><small>(with [[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Brandenburg]] from 1157)</small>||[[Sophie of Winzenburg]]<br/>1124<br/>thirteen children
|align="center"|18 November 1170<br>[[Stendal]] (possibly)<br><small>aged 69–70</small>||Besides count of Ballenstedt, he was also the first Margrave of Brandenburg (1157). Ruler of the [[Northern March]] from 1134, and the county of Weimar-Orlamünde since 1140.
|- style="background:#aee"
|colspan=7 style="text-align:center"|<small>''Regency of [[Otto I, Count of Salm]] (1124-1126)''</small>
|rowspan=2|Also ascended as a minor Left no descendants. The county went to his cousin, Albert the ''Bear'', from Ballenstedt.
|- style="background:#aee"
|[[Wilhelm von Ballenstedt|William]]||
|align="center"|1112<br>[[Worms, Germany|Worms]]<br><small>Second son of [[Siegfried of Ballenstedt|Siegfried I]] and [[Gertrude of Northeim]]</small>
|align="center"|19 March 1124 – 13 February 1140||{{ill|County of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Grafschaft Weimar-Orlamünde}}||Adelaide<br>no children
|align="center"|13 February 1140<br>[[Cochem]]<br><small>aged 27–28</small>
|- style="background:#aee"
|align="center" colspan="8"|''Weimar-Orlamünde briefly annexed to Ballenstedt (1140-70)''
|- style="background:#ceb"
| [[Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg|Otto I]] ||[[File:OttoI.JPG|100px]] 
|align="center"|1128<br><small>First son of [[Albert I, Margrave of Brandenburg|Albert I]] and [[Sophie of Winzenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|18 November 1170 – 8 July 1184||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg]]||[[Judith of Poland]]<br/>1148<br/>two children<br/><br/>[[Ada of Holland, Margravine of Brandenburg|Ada of Holland]]<br/>1175<br/>one child
|align="center"|8 July 1184<br><small>aged 55–56</small>
|rowspan="5" style="background:#fff"| Children of Albert I, divided their inheritance. After Adalbert and Dietrich's childless deaths, their possessions were inherited by the younger brother, Bernard.
|- style="background:#aee"
|{{ill|Herman I, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Hermann I. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Herman I}}||
|align="center"|1130<br><small>Second son of [[Albert I, Margrave of Brandenburg|Albert I]] and [[Sophie of Winzenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|18 November 1170 – 19 October 1176||{{ill|County of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Grafschaft Weimar-Orlamünde}}||Irmgard<br>two children
|align="center"|19 October 1176<br><small>aged 45–46</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|{{ill|Adalbert III, Count of Ballenstedt|de|Adalbert von Aschersleben|lt=Adalbert (III)}}||
|align="center"|1136<br><small>Fourth son of [[Albert I, Margrave of Brandenburg|Albert I]] and [[Sophie of Winzenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|18 November 1170 – 1171||County of [[Ballenstedt]]<br><small>(at [[Aschersleben]])</small>
|rowspan="2"|''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1171<br><small>aged 34–35</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|{{ill|Theodoric, Count of Ballenstedt|de|Dietrich von Werben|lt=Theodoric}}||
|align="center"|1137<br><small>Fifth son of [[Albert I, Margrave of Brandenburg|Albert I]] and [[Sophie of Winzenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|18 November 1170 – 1183||County of [[Ballenstedt]]<br><small>(at [[Burgwerben]])</small>
|align="center"|1183<br><small>aged 45–46</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Bernhard, Count of Anhalt|Bernard (I)]]<ref>Numbered ''Bernard III'' as Duke of Saxony, but, as an ancestor of the Anhalt branch, he is not counted in Anhalt, as the next prince Bernard, reigning in Bernburg, is usually styled ''Bernard I''. This is probably derived of a different status between this Bernard, a count in Anhalt, and the following Bernards, who were already princes.</ref>||[[File:Bernhard Herzog von Sachsen.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1140<br><small>Sixth son of [[Albert I, Margrave of Brandenburg|Albert I]] and [[Sophie of Winzenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|18 November 1170 – 2 February 1212||[[County of Anhalt]]<br><small>(with [[Ballenstedt]] and [[Saxony]])</small> || Brigitte of Denmark<br>one child<br><br>{{ill|Judith of Greater Poland, Countess of Anhalt|pl|Judyta Mieszkówna|lt=Judith of Greater Poland}}<br>c.1173<br>five children<br><br>Sophia of Thuringia<br>one child
|align="center"|2 February 1212<br>[[Bernburg]]<br><small>aged 71–72</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|align="center" colspan="8"|''Aschersleben and Burgwerben annexed to Anhalt''
|- style="background:#aee"
|[[Siegfried III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Siegfried III]]||
|align="center"|1155<br><small>Son of {{ill|Herman I, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Hermann I. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Herman I}} and Irmgard</small>
|align="center"|19 October 1176 – 1206||{{ill|County of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Grafschaft Weimar-Orlamünde}}||{{ill|Sophia of Denmark, Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde|da|Sophia af Danmark|lt=Sophia of Denmark}}<br>c.1180<br>three children
|align="center"|1206<br><small>aged 50–51</small>||
|- style="background:#ceb"
| [[Otto II, Margrave of Brandenburg|Otto II ''the Generous'']] ||[[File:Otto II. (Brandenburg) Siegesallee Zitadelle.JPG|100px]] 
|align="center"|c.1150<br><small>First son of [[Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg|Otto I]] and [[Judith of Poland]]</small>
|align="center"|8 July 1184 – 4 July 1205||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg]]||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|4 July 1205<br><small>aged 54–55</small>
|rowspan="2"|Elder children of Otto I, both left no descendants. The patrimony was inherited by their half-brother, Albert II.
|- style="background:#ceb"
| {{ill|Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Gardelegen|de|Heinrich von Gardelegen|lt=Henry}} ||
|align="center"|c.1150?<br><small>Second son of [[Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg|Otto I]] and [[Judith of Poland]]</small>
|align="center"|8 July 1184 – 1192||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg]]<br><small>(at [[Gardelegen]])</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1192<br><small>aged 41–42?</small>
|- style="background:#ceb"
| [[Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg|Albert II]] ||[[File:AlbrechtII Siegesallee.JPG|100px]] 
|align="center"|1177<br><small>Son of [[Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg|Otto I]] and [[Ada of Holland, Margravine of Brandenburg|Ada of Holland]]</small>
|align="center"|4 July 1205 – 25 February 1220||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg]]||{{ill|Matilda of Lusatia|uk|Матильда з Гройча}}<br>1205<br>four children
|align="center"|25 February 1220<br><small>aged 42–43</small>||
|- style="background:#aee"
|{{ill|Albert II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Albrecht II. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Albert II}}||
|align="center"|1182<br><small>First son of [[Siegfried III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Siegfried III]] and {{ill|Sophia of Denmark, Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde|da|Sophia af Danmark|lt=Sophia of Denmark}}</small>
|align="center"|1206 – 22 October 1245||{{ill|County of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Grafschaft Weimar-Orlamünde}}<br><small>(at [[Nordhalben]])</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|22 October 1245<br><small>aged 62–63</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of Siegfried III, divided their inheritance, which was soon reunited by Herman II.
|- style="background:#aee"
|[[Herman II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Herman II]]||[[File:Grafschaft Orlamünde, Hermann II. (1206-1248), Brakteat, mcsearch (2).JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|1184<br><small>Second son of [[Siegfried III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Siegfried III]] and {{ill|Sophia of Denmark, Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde|da|Sophia af Danmark|lt=Sophia of Denmark}}</small>
|align="center"|1206 – 27 December 1247||{{ill|County of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Grafschaft Weimar-Orlamünde}}<br><small>(at [[Orlamünde]])</small>||[[Beatrix of Andechs-Merania]]<br>c.1230<br>six children
|align="center"|27 December 1247<br><small>aged 62–63</small>
|- style="background:#aee"
|[[Otto II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Otto II]]||
|align="center"|c.1185<br><small>Third son of [[Siegfried III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Siegfried III]] and {{ill|Sophia of Denmark, Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde|da|Sophia af Danmark|lt=Sophia of Denmark}}</small>
|align="center"|1206–1211||{{ill|County of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Grafschaft Weimar-Orlamünde}}<br><small>(at [[Weimar]])</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1211<br><small>aged 25–26</small>
|- style="background:#aee"
|align="center" colspan="8"|''Nordhalben and Weimar rejoined Orlamünde''
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Henry I, Count of Anhalt|Henry I]]||[[File:Heinrich von Anhalt (1170 - 1252).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|c.1173<br><small>First son of [[Bernhard, Count of Anhalt|Bernard (I)]] and {{ill|Judith of Greater Poland, Countess of Anhalt|pl|Judyta Mieszkówna|lt=Judith of Greater Poland}}</small>
|align="center"|2 February 1212 – 1252||[[County of Anhalt]]<br><small>(until 1218)</small><br><br>[[Principality of Anhalt]]<br><small>(from 1218)</small> ||[[Irmgard of Thuringia]]<br>1211<br>eleven children
|align="center"|1252<br><small>aged 78–79</small>
|rowspan="2" style="background:#fff"| Children of Bernard, divided their inheritance. In 1218 Henry becomes Prince of Anhalt, which after his death is divided by his sons.
|- style="background:#fea;"
|[[Albert I, Duke of Saxony|Albert I]]||[[File:Albrecht I Herzog von Sachsen.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|c.1175<br><small>Second son of [[Bernhard, Count of Anhalt|Bernard (I)]] and {{ill|Judith of Greater Poland, Countess of Anhalt|pl|Judyta Mieszkówna|lt=Judith of Greater Poland}}</small>
|align="center"|2 February 1212 – 7 October 1260||[[Duchy of Saxony]] || {{ill|Agnes of Austria, Duchess of Saxony|cs|Anežka Babenberská († 1226)|lt=Agnes of Austria}}<br/>1222<br/>five children<br/><br/>{{ill|Agnes of Thuringia, Duchess of Saxony|cs|Anežka Durynská|lt=Agnes of Thuringia}}<br/>1238<br/>three children<br/><br/>{{ill|Helene of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Saxony|it|Elena di Brunswick-Lüneburg|lt=Helene of Brunswick-Lüneburg}}<br/>1247<br/>five children
|align="center"|7 October 1260<br><small>aged 84–85</small>
|- style="background:#ceb"
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center"|<small>''Regencies of [[Henry I, Count of Anhalt]] (1220–1225), [[Albert I of Käfernburg|Albert I, Archbishop of Magdeburg]] (1220–1221) and {{ill|Matilda of Lusatia|uk|Матильда з Гройча}} (1221–1225)''</small> 
|rowspan="3"|Children of Albert II, ruled jointly, but their children divided the margraviate.
|- style="background:#ceb"
| [[John I, Margrave of Brandenburg|John I]] 
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Johann Otto Siegesallee3.JPG|100px]] 
|align="center"|1213<br><small>First son of [[Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg|Albert II]] and {{ill|Matilda of Lusatia|uk|Матильда з Гройча}}</small>
|align="center"|25 February 1220 – 4 April 1266
|rowspan="2"|[[Margraviate of Brandenburg]]||{{ill|Sophia of Denmark, Margravine of Brandenburg|fr|Sophie de Danemark|lt=Sophia of Denmark}}<br>1230<br>six children<br><br>{{ill|Judith of Saxony, Margravine of Brandenburg|cs|Juta Saská (1240)|lt=Judith of Saxony}}<br>1255<br>four children
|align="center"|4 April 1266<br>[[Stendal]]<br><small>aged 52–53</small>
|- style="background:#ceb"
| [[Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg|Otto III ''the Pious'']] 
|align="center"|1215<br><small>Second son of [[Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg|Albert II]] and {{ill|Matilda of Lusatia|uk|Матильда з Гройча}}</small>
|align="center"|25 February 1220 – 9 October 1267||[[Beatrice of Bohemia]]<br>1243<br>six children
|align="center"|9 October 1267<br>[[Brandenburg an der Havel]]<br><small>aged 51–52</small>
|- style="background:#aee"
|[[Hermann III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Herman III ''the Popular'']]||
|align="center"|c.1230<br><small>Second son of [[Herman II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Herman II]] and [[Beatrix of Andechs-Merania]]</small>
|align="center"|27 December 1247 – 1283||County of [[Orlamünde]]||''Unknown''<br>four children
|align="center"|1283<br><small>aged 52–23</small>
|rowspan="4" style="background:#aee"| Children of Herman II, divided their inheritance.
|- style="background:#adf"
|[[Otto III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Otto III ''the Magnificent'']]||[[File:Epiorlamuende2.JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|1236<br><small>Third son of [[Herman II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Herman II]] and [[Beatrix of Andechs-Merania]]</small>
|align="center"|27 December 1247 – 13 May 1285||County of [[Weimar]]||[[Agnes of Leiningen, Countess of Weimar|Agnes of Leiningen]]<br><small>(c. 1230/40-13 May 1285)</small><br>1266<br>four children
|align="center"|13 May 1285<br><small>aged 48–49</small>
|- style="background:#adf"
|{{ill|Albert III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Albrecht III. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Albert III}}||
|align="center"|c.1240<br><small>Fourth son of [[Herman II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Herman II]] and [[Beatrix of Andechs-Merania]]</small>
|align="center"|27 December 1247 – 1283||County of [[Weimar]]||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1283<br><small>aged 42–43</small>
|- style="background:#aee"
|{{ill|Sophia of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Sophie von Weimar-Orlamünde|lt=Sophia}}||
|align="center"|c.1240<br><small>Daughter of [[Herman II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Herman II]] and [[Beatrix of Andechs-Merania]]</small>
|align="center"|27 December 1247 – 1270||{{ill|County of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Grafschaft Weimar-Orlamünde}}<br><small>(at {{ill|Regnitzland|de}})</small>||{{ill|Henry VIII Reuss, Lord of Weida|bg|Хайнрих VIII фон Вайда}}<br>19 July 1258<br>three children
|align="center"|c.1270<br><small>aged 29–30</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Henry II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Henry II ''the Fat'']]||[[File:Siegel Heinrich I und II (Anhalt).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1215<br><small>First son of [[Henry I, Count of Anhalt|Henry I]] and [[Irmgard of Thuringia]]</small>
|align="center"|1252 – 12 June 1266||[[Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Principality of Aschersleben]]||{{ill|Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Princess of Anhalt-Aschersleben|bg|Матилда фон Брауншвайг-Люнебург|lt=Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg}}<br>1245<br>two children
|align="center"|12 June 1266<br><small>aged 50–51</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of Henry I, divided their inheritance.
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Bernhard I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard I]]||[[File:Siegel Bernhard I (Anhalt).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1218<br><small>Second son of [[Henry I, Count of Anhalt|Henry I]] and [[Irmgard of Thuringia]]</small>
|align="center"|1252–1287||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]||[[Sophia of Denmark, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|Sophia of Denmark]]<br>3 February 1258<br>[[Hamburg]]<br>six children
|align="center"|1287<br><small>aged 68–69</small>
|-style="background:#ecd"
|[[Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Siegfried I]]||
|align="center"|1230<br><small>Seventh son of [[Henry I, Count of Anhalt|Henry I]] and [[Irmgard of Thuringia]]</small>
|align="center"|1252 – 25 March 1298||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Principality of Zerbst]] ||[[Catherine Birgersdotter of Bjelbo|Catherine of Sweden]]<br>17 October 1259<br>ten children
|align="center"|25 March 1298<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>aged 67–68</small>
|- style="background:#fea;"
|[[John I, Duke of Saxony|John I]]||
|align="center"|1249<br>[[Wittenberg]]<br><small>First son of [[Albert I, Duke of Saxony|Albert I]] and {{ill|Helene of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Saxony|it|Elena di Brunswick-Lüneburg|lt=Helene of Brunswick-Lüneburg}}</small>
|align="center"|7 October 1260 – 1282 
|rowspan="2"|[[Duchy of Saxony]]<br><small>(Since 1296 in [[Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg|Saxe-Wittenberg]])</small>|| [[Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Bjelbo|Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Sweden]]<br/>1270<br/>eight children
|align="center"|30 July 1285<br>[[Wittenberg]]<br><small>aged 35–36</small>
|rowspan="2"| Ruled jointly; and associated his nephews to the joint rulership after his brothers death. However, these three nephews divided the land with him. Albert II retained Saxe-Wittenberg, and became the head of the Elder Saxon Line; Albert III, Eric I and John II ruled together in Saxe-Lauenburg, becoming the founders of the Younger Saxon Line.
|- style="background:#fea;"
||[[Albert II, Duke of Saxony|Albert II]]||[[File:Albrecht II. von Sachsen.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1250<br>[[Wittenberg]]<br><small>Second son of [[Albert I, Duke of Saxony|Albert I]] and {{ill|Helene of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Saxony|it|Elena di Brunswick-Lüneburg|lt=Helene of Brunswick-Lüneburg}}</small>
|align="center"|7 October 1260 – 25 August 1298|| {{ill|Agnes-Gertrude of Austria|de|Agnes Gertrud von Habsburg}}<br/>1282<br/>six children
|align="center"|25 August 1298<br>[[Aken (Elbe)|Aken]]<br><small>aged 35–36</small>
|- style="background:#fea;"
| style="text-align:center" colspan=8 | In 1296 Albert II and his nephews (Albert III, Eric I, and John II) ended their joint rule and divided Saxony into the Lauenburg line, where Albert III, Eric I, and John II continued to rule jointly until 1303, and the Wittenberg line, where Albert II continued as sole ruler until 1298. Since the Duke of Saxony was considered one of the [[prince-elector]]s electing a new [[Holy Roman Emperor]], conflict arose between the lines of Lauenburg and Wittenberg over the issue of who should cast Saxony's vote. In 1314 both lines found themselves on different sides in a double election. Eventually, the Dukes of Saxe-Wittenberg succeeded in 1356 after the promulgation of the [[Golden Bull of 1356|Golden Bull]]. To distinguish him from other rulers bearing the title Duke of Saxony, he was commonly called ''[[Electorate of Saxony|Elector of Saxony]]''. 
|- style="background:#fde"
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center"| <small>''Regency of {{ill|Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Princess of Anhalt-Aschersleben|bg|Матилда фон Брауншвайг-Люнебург|lt=Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg}} (1266–1270)''</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of Henry II, ruled jointly, first under their mother, who was elected Abbess of [[Gernrode]] in 1275. In 1283, Henry renounced his rights in Otto's favor, and later became [[Archbishop of Magdeburg]].
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Otto I, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Otto I]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Gemeinschaftliches Siegel Otto I und Heinrich III (Anhalt).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|c.1245<br><small>First son of [[Henry II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Henry II]] and {{ill|Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Princess of Anhalt-Aschersleben|bg|Матилда фон Брауншвайг-Люнебург|lt=Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg}}</small>
|align="center"|12 June 1266 – 25 June 1304
|rowspan="2"|[[Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Principality of Aschersleben]] ||[[Hedwig of Wrocław]]<br>1283<br>three children
|align="center"|25 June 1304<br><small>aged 58–59</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Henry III, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Henry III]]
|align="center"|c.1245<br><small>Second son of [[Henry II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Henry II]] and {{ill|Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Princess of Anhalt-Aschersleben|bg|Матилда фон Брауншвайг-Люнебург|lt=Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg}}</small>
|align="center"|12 June 1266 – 1283||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|9 November 1307<br><small>aged 61–62</small>
|- style="background:#cfc"
| [[John II, Margrave of Brandenburg|John II]] ||[[File:Gedenktafel Mariendorfer Damm 30 (Mariendl) Johann II.JPG|100px]] 
|align="center"|1237<br><small>First son of [[John I, Margrave of Brandenburg|John I]] and {{ill|Sophia of Denmark, Margravine of Brandenburg|fr|Sophie de Danemark|lt=Sophia of Denmark}}</small>
|align="center"|9 October 1267 – 10 September 1281||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margraviate of Stendal]]<br><small>(at [[Krossen]])</small>||Hedwig of Werle<br><small>(1243–1287)</small><br>1249<br>two children
|align="center"|10 September 1281<br><small>aged 43–44</small>
|rowspan="4" style="background:#ceb"|Children of John I. Despite co-rulership between them, they received different parts in the Margraviate to rule (alone or in co-rulership):
* John II received seat at Krossen;
* Otto IV received seat at Stendal;
* Conrad received seat at Neumark, and associated his sons in 1291.
|- style="background:#cfc"
| [[Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg|Otto IV ''of the Arrow'']] ||[[File:Meister der Manessischen Liederhandschrift 004.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|1238<br><small>Second son of [[John I, Margrave of Brandenburg|John I]] and {{ill|Sophia of Denmark, Margravine of Brandenburg|fr|Sophie de Danemark|lt=Sophia of Denmark}}</small>
|align="center"|9 October 1267 – 27 November 1308||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margraviate of Stendal]]<br><small>(at [[Stendal]])</small>||Heilwig of Holstein-Kiel<br><small>(d.1305)</small><br>1279<br>no children<br><br>Judith of Henneberg-Schleusingen<br><small>(d.1315)</small><br>1308<br>no children
|align="center"|27 November 1308<br><small>aged 69–70</small>
|- style="background:#cfc"
| [[Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal|Conrad I]] ||[[File:Konrád Braniborský a choť.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|1240<br><small>Third son of [[John I, Margrave of Brandenburg|John I]] and {{ill|Sophia of Denmark, Margravine of Brandenburg|fr|Sophie de Danemark|lt=Sophia of Denmark}}</small>
|align="center"|9 October 1267 – 1304
|rowspan="2"|[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margraviate of Stendal]]<br><small>(at [[Neumark]])</small>||[[Constance of Greater Poland]]<br>1260<br>[[Santok]]<br>three children
|align="center"|1304<br>[[Chorin]]<br><small>aged 63–64</small>
|- style="background:#cfc"
| {{ill|Otto VII, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal|fr|Othon VII de Brandebourg|lt=Otto VII}}<ref>Otto VII is listed before Otto V and VI here, as his rule, as it was never independent (unlike his brother John IV, who survived their father), is considered ''within'' the rule of his father, which began in 1267.</ref> ||[[File:Ota VII. Braniborský.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|c.1265<br><small>Second son of [[Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal|Conrad I]] and [[Constance of Greater Poland]]</small>
|align="center"|1291–1297||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1297<br><small>aged 31–32</small>
|- style="background:#ada"
| [[John III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|John III ''of Prague'']] ||[[File:Johann IIIder Prager.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|6 April 1244<br>[[Prague]]<br><small>First son of [[Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg|Otto III]] and [[Beatrice of Bohemia]]</small>
|align="center"|9 October 1267 – 8 April 1268
|rowspan="3"|[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margraviate of Salzwedel]]<br><small>(at [[Salzwedel]])</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|8 April 1268<br>[[Merseburg]]<br><small>aged 24</small>
|rowspan="4" style="background:#ceb"|Children of Otto III. Despite co-rulership between them, they received different parts in the Margraviate to rule (alone or in co-rulership):
* John III (and then Otto V with Otto VI) received the seat at Salzwedel, from which Otto VI abdicated in 1286;
* Albert III received a seat in Stargard (which he ruled alone at least from 1284.
|- style="background:#ada"
| [[Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|Otto V ''the Tall'']] || 
|align="center"|1246<br>[[Prague]]<br><small>Second son of [[Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg|Otto III]] and [[Beatrice of Bohemia]]</small>
|align="center"|9 October 1267 – July 1299||{{ill|Judith of Henneberg-Coburg|bg|Юдит фон Хенеберг-Кобург}}<br>22 October 1268<br>[[Freiburg]]<br>four children
|align="center"|July 1299<br><small>aged 52–53</small>
|- style="background:#ada"
| [[Otto VI, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|Otto VI ''the Short'']] ||[[File:Otto VI.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|3/17 November 1264<br><small>Fourth son of [[Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg|Otto III]] and [[Beatrice of Bohemia]]</small>
|align="center"|9 October 1267 – 1286||[[Hedwig of Habsburg|Hedwig of Austria]]<br>February 1279<br>[[Vienna]]<br>no children
|align="center"|6 July 1303<br>[[Lehnin]]<br><small>aged 38</small>
|- style="background:#ada"
| [[Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|Albert III]] ||[[File:Albrecht III. (Brandenburg).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|c.1250<br><small>Third son of [[Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg|Otto III]] and [[Beatrice of Bohemia]]</small>
|align="center"|9 October 1267 – 1300||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margraviate of Salzwedel]]<br><small>(at [[Stargard]])</small>||{{ill|Matilda of Denmark, Margravine of Brandenburg|cs|Matylda Dánská|lt=Matilda of Denmark}}<br>1268<br>four children
|align="center"|1300<br><small>aged 49–50</small>
|- style="background:#cfc"
| [[Conrad II, Margrave of Brandenburg|Conrad II]] || 
|align="center"|1261<br><small>Son of [[John II, Margrave of Brandenburg|John II]] and Hedwig of Werle</small>
|align="center"|10 September 1281 – 1308||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margraviate of Stendal]]<br><small>(at [[Krossen]])</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1308<br><small>aged 46–47</small>||With his childless death his land reverted to Stendal.
|- style="background:#cfc"
|colspan="8" align="center"|''Krossen re-annexed to Stendal''
|- style="background:#aee"
|{{ill|Henry I, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|bg|Хайнрих III (Орламюнде)|lt=Henry I}}||
|align="center"|{{Circa|1270}}<br><small>First son of [[Hermann III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Herman III]]</small>
|align="center"|1283 – 26 March 1354
|rowspan="2"|County of [[Orlamünde]]||{{ill|Irmgard of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg|bg|Ирмгард фон Шварцбург-Бланкенбург}}<br>26 July 1313<br>two children
|align="center"|26 March 1354<br><small>aged 83–84?</small>
|rowspan="3"|Children of Herman III, divided their inheritance.
|- style="background:#aee"
|[[Herman V, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Herman V]]<ref name="RefNumb1">Herman V was possibly younger than his cousin Herman IV, but he ascended two years earlier then him.</ref>||
|align="center"|{{Circa|1270}}<br><small>Second son of [[Hermann III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Herman III]]</small>
|align="center"|1283–1312||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1312<br><small>aged 41–42?</small>
|- style="background:#aee"
|{{ill|Elisabeth of Weimar-Orlamünde, Countess of Lobdeburg|de|Elisabeth von Orlamünde|lt=Elisabeth (I) ''the Elder''}}||
|align="center"|1265<br><small>Daughter of [[Hermann III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Herman III]]</small>
|align="center"|1283–1327||County of [[Orlamünde]]<br><small>(at [[Nordhalben]])</small>||Hartmann XI, Count of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk<br>one child<br><br>[[Albert II, Margrave of Meissen]]<br>1 October 1290<br>no children
|align="center"|1327<br><small>aged 56–57</small>
|- style="background:#adf"
|{{ill|Herman IV, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Hermann IV. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Herman IV}}<ref name="RefNumb1"/>||[[File:Epiorlamuende5.JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|{{Circa|1270}}<br><small>First son of [[Otto III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Otto III]] and [[Agnes of Leiningen, Countess of Weimar|Agnes of Leiningen]]</small>
|align="center"|13 May 1285 – 1319||County of [[Weimar]]||[[Matilda of Rabenswald]]<br><small>(d.1339)</small><br>24 November 1290<br>four children
|align="center"|1319<br><small>aged 48–49</small>
|rowspan="2"|Children of Otto III, divided their inheritance.
|- style="background:#bee"
|{{ill|Otto IV, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Otto IV. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Otto IV ''the Younger''}}||[[File:HimmelkronUnbekannt008.JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|1279<br><small>Second son of [[Otto III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Otto III]] and [[Agnes of Leiningen, Countess of Weimar|Agnes of Leiningen]]</small>
|align="center"|13 May 1285 – 1318||County of [[Plassenburg]]||[[Adelaide of Kafernburg]]<br><small>(d.c.1305)</small><br>14 December 1296<br>one child<br><br>[[Catherine of Hesse]]<br><small>(1286–1322)</small><br>1308<br>one child
|align="center"|1318<br><small>aged 38–39</small>
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[John I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|John I]]||
|align="center"|1258<br><small>First son of [[Bernhard I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard I]] and [[Sophia of Denmark, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|Sophia of Denmark]]</small>
|align="center"|1287 – 5 June 1291
|rowspan="2"|[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]] ||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|5 June 1291<br><small>aged 32–33</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Bernard I, ruled jointly.
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Bernhard II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard II]]||[[File:Siegel Bernhard II (Anhalt).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1260<br><small>Third son of [[Bernhard I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard I]] and [[Sophia of Denmark, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|Sophia of Denmark]]</small>
|align="center"|1287 – 1323||[[Helena of Rügen, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|Helena of Rügen]]<br>27 December 1302<br>three children
|align="center"|1323<br><small>aged 62–63</small>
|- style="background:#ec6;"
||[[John II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|John II]]||
|align="center"|1275<br><small>First son of [[John I, Duke of Saxony|John I]] and [[Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Bjelbo|Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Sweden]]</small>
|align="center"|20 September 1296 – 22 April 1322|| [[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Mölln]]<br><small>(in co-rulership in <span style="background-color:#fedf;">'''[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Lauenburg]]'''</span> until 1303)</small>|| [[Elizabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg]]<br/>1315<br/>one child
|align="center"|22 April 1322<br>[[Mölln]]<br><small>aged 46–47</small>
|rowspan="4" style="background:#fedf|Children of John I, co-ruled first with their uncle Albert II since 1282 (since the death of their father), and in 1296 split the land with him. They retained Lauenburg, which they divided once more. Albert passed the land to his widow, and after her death, in 1315, the territory was realigned: Eric divided Bergdorf with his surviving brother and held all of his brother Albert's inheritance. However, he ended up abdicating to his son, and survived for most of his reign.
|- style="background:#fc9;"
||[[Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric I]]||[[File:POSSE.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1280<br><small>Second son of [[John I, Duke of Saxony|John I]] and [[Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Bjelbo|Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Sweden]]</small>
|align="center"|20 September 1296 – 1338||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Bergedorf]]<br><small>(in co-rulership in <span style="background-color:#fedf;">'''[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Lauenburg]]'''</span> until 1303; in Bergedorf 1303–1315)</small><br><br>[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Ratzeburg]]<br><small>(from 1315)</small>|| {{ill|Elisabeth of Pomerania, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg|pl|Elżbieta Bogusławówna|lt=Elisabeth of Pomerania}}<br/>1316 or 1318<br/>four children
|align="center"|1360<br>[[Nienburg, Lower Saxony|Nienburg]]<br><small>aged 79–80</small>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
||[[Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Albert III]]||
|align="center"|1281<br><small>Third son of [[John I, Duke of Saxony|John I]] and [[Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Bjelbo|Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Sweden]]</small>
|align="center"|20 September 1296 – 1308||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Ratzeburg]] <br><small>(in co-rulership in <span style="background-color:#fedf;">'''[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Lauenburg]]'''</span> until 1303)</small>|| [[Margaret of Brandenburg|Margaret of Brandenburg-Salzwedel]]<br/>1302<br/>two children
|align="center"|1308<br><small>aged 26–27</small>
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|[[Margaret of Brandenburg|Margaret of Brandenburg-Salzwedel]]||
|align="center"|1270<br><small>Second daughter of <span style="background-color:#ada;">[[Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel]]</span> and {{ill|Matilda of Denmark, Margravine of Brandenburg|cs|Matylda Dánská|lt=Matilda of Denmark}}</small>
|align="center"|1308 – 1 May 1315||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Ratzeburg]] || [[Przemysł II|Przemysł II, King of Poland]]<br/>1302<br/>two children<br/><br/>[[Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Albert III]]<br/>1302<br/>two children
|align="center"|1 May 1315<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>aged 44–45</small>
|- style="background:#fedf;"
| colspan=8 style="text-align:center"| In 1315, after the death of Margaret of Brandenburg, the remaining brothers Eric and John redesigned the political division in Saxe-Lauenburg; Eric retained all of Margaret's part, but had to give part of his original domains to his brother. 
|-style="background:#ecd"
|[[Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Albert I]]||
|align="center"|c.1260<br><small>Son of [[Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Siegfried I]] and [[Catherine Birgersdotter of Bjelbo|Catherine of Sweden]]</small>
|align="center"|25 March 1298 – 17 August 1316||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Principality of Zerbst]] ||[[Liutgard of Holstein|Liutgard of Holstein-Itzehoe]]<br/>after 1277<br/>two children<br><br>[[Agnes of Brandenburg-Stendal]]<br/>1300<br/>five children
|align="center"|17 August 1316<br><small>aged 55–56</small>|| 
|- style="background:#fea;"
||'''[[Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg|Rudolph I]]'''||[[File:Rudolf I Herzog von Sachsen.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1284<br>[[Wittenberg]]<br><small>Son of [[Albert II, Duke of Saxony|Albert II]] and {{ill|Agnes-Gertrude of Austria|de|Agnes Gertrud von Habsburg}}</small>
|align="center"|25 August 1298 – 10 January 1356<br><br>10 January 1356 – 12 March 1356||[[Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg|Duchy of Wittenberg]]<br><small>(until 1356)</small><br><br>'''[[Electorate of Saxony]]'''<br><small>(from 1356)</small>|| [[Judith of Brandenburg-Salzwedel]]<br/>1298<br/>eight children<br/><br/>[[Kunigunde of Poland]]<br/>28 August 1328<br/>one child<br/><br/>{{ill|Agnes of Lindow-Ruppin, Duchess of Saxe-Wittenberg|it|Agnese di Lindow-Ruppin|lt=Agnes of Lindow-Ruppin}}<br/>1333<br/>three children
|align="center"|12 March 1356<br>[[Wittenberg]]<br><small>aged 71–72</small>|| In January 1356 the [[Golden Bull of 1356|Golden Bull]] confirmed Rudolf I as the legitimate Saxon Prince-Elector, thus the rulers of Saxe-Wittenberg are conceived as Electors of Saxony.
|- style="background:#fea;"
|colspan=8 style="text-align:center"|The [[Golden Bull of 1356]] confirmed the right to participate in the election of a [[Holy Roman Emperor]] to the Duke of Saxony in the Saxe-Wittenberg line.
|- style="background:#ada"
| [[Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|Herman ''the Tall'']] ||[[File:Herman, margrave of Brandenburg.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|1275<br><small>Son of [[Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|Otto V]] and {{ill|Judith of Henneberg-Coburg|bg|Юдит фон Хенеберг-Кобург}}</small>
|align="center"|July 1299 – 1 February 1308||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margraviate of Salzwedel]]<br><small>(at [[Salzwedel]])</small>||[[Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg|Anne of Austria]]<br>1295<br>[[Graz]]<br>four children
|align="center"|1 February 1308<br>[[Lübz]]<br><small>aged 32–33</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Otto V, divided the land. Beatrice's part was then annexed to the [[Duchy of Świdnica-Jawor]].
|- style="background:#ada"
| [[Beatrice of Brandenburg|Beatrice (I)]] || 
|align="center"|1270<br><small>Daughter of [[Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|Otto V]] and {{ill|Judith of Henneberg-Coburg|bg|Юдит фон Хенеберг-Кобург}}</small>
|align="center"|July 1299 – 1316||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margraviate of Salzwedel]]<br><small>(at [[Upper Lusatia]])</small>||[[Bolko I the Strict|Bolko I, Duke of Świdnica]]<br>4 October 1284<br>[[Berlin]]<br>ten children<br><br>[[Władysław of Bytom|Władysław, Duke of Bytom]]<br>21 September 1308<br>two children
|align="center"|1316<br><small>aged 45–46</small>
|- style="background:#ada"
|colspan="8" align="center"|''Upper Lusatia annexed to the Duchy of Świdnica-Jawor''
|- style="background:#ada"
| [[Beatrix of Brandenburg|Beatrice (II)]] ||
|align="center"|{{Circa|1270}}<br><small>First daughter of [[Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|Albert III]] and {{ill|Matilda of Denmark, Margravine of Brandenburg|cs|Matylda Dánská|lt=Matilda of Denmark}}</small>
|align="center"|1300 – 22 September 1314||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margraviate of Salzwedel]]<br><small>(at [[Stargard]])</small>||[[Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg]]<br>1292<br>[[Stargard Castle]]<br>four children
|align="center"|22 September 1314<br><small>aged 43–44</small>|| Daughter and heiress of Albert III. Her marriage transferred the Stargard region into the [[Duchy of Mecklenburg]].
|- style="background:#ada"
|colspan="8" align="center"|''Stargard annexed to the Duchy of Mecklenburg''
|- style="background:#cfc"
| {{ill|John IV, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal|fr|Jean IV de Brandebourg|lt=John IV}} ||[[File:Jan IV. Braniborský.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|1261<br><small>First son of [[Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal|Conrad I]] and [[Constance of Greater Poland]]</small>
|align="center"|1304–1305||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margraviate of Stendal]]<br><small>(at [[Neumark]])</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1305<br><small>aged 43–44</small>||Co-ruler of his father since 1291. His childless death reverted his lands to his younger brother Valdemar.
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Otto II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Otto II]]||[[File:Siegel Otto I (Anhalt) - drittes Reitersiegel und Otto II (Anhalt) - Reitersiegel.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|c.1260<br><small>Son of [[Otto I, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Otto I]] and [[Hedwig of Wrocław]]</small>
|align="center"|25 June 1304 – 24 July 1315||[[Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Principality of Aschersleben]] ||[[Elisabeth of Meissen, Princess of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Elisabeth of Meissen]]<br>24 August 1309<br>two children
|align="center"|24 July 1315<br><small>aged 54–55</small>|| After his death in 1315 without male heirs opened a succession crisis in the Principality.
|- style="background:#cfc"
| [[Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg|Henry I ''Lackland'']] || 
|align="center"|21 March 1256<br><small>Son of [[John I, Margrave of Brandenburg|John I]] and {{ill|Judith of Saxony, Margravine of Brandenburg|cs|Juta Saská (1240)|lt=Judith of Saxony}}</small>
|align="center"|27 November 1308 – 14 February 1318||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margraviate of Stendal]]<br><small>(at [[Delitzsch]] since 1297; at [[Stendal]] since 1308)</small>||[[Agnes of Bavaria, Margravine of Brandenburg|Agnes of Bavaria]]<br>1303<br>three children
|align="center"|14 February 1318<br><small>aged 61</small>||Younger brother of John II, Otto IV and Conrad I. Started his co-rulership in 1297, receiving seat at [[Delitzsch]]; he ended up as successor of his childless elder brother Otto IV. 
|- style="background:#ada"
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center"|<small>''Regency of [[Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal|Valdemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal]] (1308–1316)''</small> 
|rowspan="5"|Children of Herman, divided the land:
* John V received the core of Salzwedel;
* Matilda received a seat at Lower Lusatia;
* Agnes received a seat at Altmark;
* Jutta received a seat at Coburg.

John's and Agnes' childless deaths left the main core of Salzwedel and the important seat of the Altmark to be reunited in Brandenburg. The remaining possessions were annexed by the respective marriages.
|- style="background:#ada"
| [[John V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|John V ''the Illustrious'']] ||
|align="center"|August 1302<br><small>Son of [[Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|Herman]] and [[Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg|Anne of Austria]]</small>
|align="center"|1 February 1308 – 26 March 1317||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margraviate of Salzwedel]]<br><small>(at [[Salzwedel]])</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|26 March 1317<br>[[Spandau]]<br><small>aged 14</small>
|- style="background:#ada"
| {{ill|Matilda of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, Duchess of Żagań|uk|Матильда Бранденбург-Зальцведеля|lt=Matilda}} ||
|align="center"|1296<br><small>First daughter of [[Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|Herman]] and [[Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg|Anne of Austria]]</small>
|align="center"|1 February 1308 – 31 March 1329||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margraviate of Salzwedel]]<br><small>(at [[Lower Lusatia]])</small>||[[Henry IV the Faithful|Henry IV, Duke of Żagań]]<br>5 January 1310<br>four children
|align="center"|31 March 1329<br><small>aged 32–33</small>
|- style="background:#ada"
| {{ill|Agnes of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|de|Agnes von Brandenburg (1298–1334)|lt=Agnes}}||[[File:Agnes of Branderburg (1334).JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|1297<br><small>Second daughter of [[Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|Herman]] and [[Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg|Anne of Austria]]</small>
|align="center"|1 February 1308 – 27 November 1334||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margraviate of Salzwedel]]<br><small>(at [[Altmark]])</small>||[[Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal|Valdemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal]]<br>1309<br>no children<br><br>[[Otto the Mild|Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]<br>1319<br>no children
|align="center"|27 November 1334<br>[[Braunschweig]]<br><small>aged 36–37</small>
|- style="background:#ada"
| [[Judith of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|Judith]] ||[[File:Jutta Branderburg.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1301<br><small>Third daughter of [[Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|Herman]] and [[Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg|Anne of Austria]]</small>
|align="center"|1 February 1308 – 1353||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margraviate of Salzwedel]]<br><small>(at [[Coburg]])</small>||[[Henry VIII, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen|Henry VI, Count of Henneberg-Coburg]]<br>1 January 1317 or 1 February 1319<br>five children
|align="center"|1353<br><small>aged 51–52</small>
|- style="background:#ada"
|colspan="8" align="center"|''Salzwedel and Altmark reunited with Stendal; Coburg returned to the [[House of Henneberg]], and Lower Lusatia was inherited by the [[Duchy of Żagań]]''
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Elisabeth of Meissen, Princess of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Elisabeth of Meissen]]||
|align="center"|c.1280?<br><small>Daughter of {{ill|Frederick of Meissen, Margrave of Dresden|de|Friedrich der Kleine}} and [[Judith of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|24 July 1315 – 1332||[[Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Principality of Aschersleben]]<br><small>(in [[Aschersleben]])</small> ||[[Otto II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Otto II]]<br>24 August 1309<br>two children
|align="center"|1332<br><small>aged 51–52?</small>
|rowspan="4"| Succession crisis in Aschersleben: [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor]], supported [[Bernard II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg]] as successor, but Bernard ended up giving his rights to Aschersleben to the [[Bishopric of Halberstadt]]. However, it is known that Otto II's widow inherited Aschersleben as a seat, and that she had to obtain consent of her daughters ("heiresses of the Allodial") and approval of Bernard II of Bernburg for making her donations. This may possibly imply that, at least between Otto II's death (1315) and the definite delivery of Aschersleben to Halberstadt (December 1316), both Otto's minor daughters may have inherited the principality, under regency of the Prince of Bernburg, with Elisabeth receiving its main town as a widow's seat. 
|- style="background:#fde"
|colspan=7 style="text-align:center"|<small>''Regency of [[Bernard II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg]] (1315-1316)''</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Catharina of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Catharina]]||
|align="center"|c.1310<br><small>First daughter of [[Otto II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Otto II]] and [[Elisabeth of Meissen, Princess of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Elisabeth of Meissen]]</small>
|align="center" rowspan="2"|24 July 1315 – December 1316
|rowspan="2"|[[Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Principality of Aschersleben]]<br><small>(in the remaining principality)</small> ||{{ill|Herman VI, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Hermann VI. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Herman VI, Count of Weimar}}<br>1328<br>two children
|align="center"|1369<br><small>aged 58–59</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Elisabeth of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Elisabeth]]||
|align="center"|c.1310<br><small>Second daughter of [[Otto II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Otto II]] and [[Elisabeth of Meissen, Princess of Anhalt-Aschersleben|Elisabeth of Meissen]]</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1319<br><small>aged 8–9</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
|colspan=8 style="text-align:center"|''The whole Principality was definitively annexed by the [[Bishopric of Halberstadt]]''
|- style="background:#ecd"
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center"|<small>''Regency of [[Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal|Valdemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal]] (1316-1319)''</small> 
|rowspan="4"|Albert III and Valdemar I ruled jointly, as sons of Albert II. In 1359 Albert II associated his eldest son, Albert III, but he predeceased him. 
|-style="background:#ecd"
|[[Albert II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Albert II]]||
|align="center"|c.1305<br><small>First son of [[Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Albert I]] and [[Agnes of Brandenburg-Stendal]]</small>
|align="center"|17 August 1316 – 17 July 1362
|rowspan="3"|[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Principality of Zerbst]] ||[[Agnes of Rügen, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|Agnes of Rügen]]<br/>2 September 1324<br/>no children<br><br>{{ill|Beatrice of Saxe-Wittenberg|bg|Беатрикс фон Саксония-Витенберг}}<br/>c.1337<br/>five children
|align="center"|17 July 1362<br><small>aged 56–57</small>
|-style="background:#ecd"
|[[Waldemar I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Valdemar I]]||
|align="center"|c.1305<br><small>Second son of [[Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Albert I]] and [[Agnes of Brandenburg-Stendal]]</small>
|align="center"|17 August 1316 – 7 January 1368||{{ill|Elisabeth of Saxe-Wittenberg, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst|bg|Елизабет фон Саксония-Витенберг|lt=Elisabeth of Saxe-Wittenberg}}<br/>22 June 1344<br/>six children<br><br>[[Beatrice d'Este, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst|Beatrice d'Este]]<br/>1365<br/>no children 
|align="center"|7 January 1368<br><small>aged 62–63</small>
|-style="background:#ecd"
|[[Albert III, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Albert III]]||
|align="center"|c.1337<br><small>First son of [[Albert II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Albert II]] and {{ill|Beatrice of Saxe-Wittenberg|bg|Беатрикс фон Саксония-Витенберг}}</small>
|align="center"|1359 – 1 August 1359||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1 August 1359<br><small>aged 21–22</small>
|- style="background:#ceb"
|rowspan="2"| [[Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal|Valdemar ''the Great'']] 
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Waldemar Markgraf Unger.JPG|100px]] 
|align="center" rowspan="2"|1280<br><small>Third son of [[Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal|Conrad I]] and [[Constance of Greater Poland]]</small>
|align="center"style="background:#cfc"|1305 – 14 February 1318
|style="background:#cfc"|[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margraviate of Stendal]]<br><small>(at [[Neumark]])</small>
|rowspan="2"|{{ill|Agnes of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|de|Agnes von Brandenburg (1298–1334)}}<br>1309<br>no children
|align="center" rowspan="2"|14 August 1319<br>[[Mieszkowice]]<br><small>aged 38–39</small>
|rowspan="2"| Son of Conrad, co-ruled with his uncles since 1308. Left no descendants, and the margraviate went to his underage cousin.
|- style="background:#ceb"
|align="center"|14 February 1318 – 14 August 1319||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg]]
|- style="background:#bee"
|{{ill|Otto VI, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Otto VI. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Otto VI}}<ref name="RefNumb2">Otto VI was possibly younger than his cousin Otto V, but he ascended one year earlier then him.</ref>||[[File:HimmelkronOrlamuende.JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|1297<br><small>Son of {{ill|Otto IV, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Otto IV. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Otto IV}} and [[Adelaide of Kafernburg]]</small>
|align="center"|1318 – 28 July 1340||County of [[Plassenburg]]||[[Kunigunde von Orlamünde|Kunigunde of Leuchtenberg]]<br>1321<br>no children
|align="center"|28 July 1340<br><small>aged 42–43</small>||Left no descendants. After his death his possessions were annexed by the [[House of Hohenzollern]].
|-style="background:#bee"
|colspan=8 style="text-align:center"|''Plassenburg annexed to the [[House of Hohenzollern]]''
|- style="background:#adf"
|{{ill|Frederick I, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|nl|Frederik I van Weimar-Orlamünde|lt=Frederick I ''the Elder''}}||[[File:Epiorlamuende7.JPG|100px]] 
|align="center"|c.1290<br><small>First son of {{ill|Herman IV, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Hermann IV. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Herman IV}} and [[Matilda of Rabenswald]]</small>
|align="center"|1319 – 25 July 1365||County of [[Weimar]]||[[Elisabeth of Meissen, Countess of Weimar|Elisabeth of Meissen]]<br><small>(d. 2 May 1347)</small><br>1322<br>three children
|align="center"|25 July 1365<br><small>aged 74–75</small>
|rowspan="2"|Children of Herman IV, divided their inheritance.
|- style="background:#cef"
|{{ill|Otto V, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|bg|Ото VIII (Ваймар-Орламюнде)|lt=Otto V}}<ref name="RefNumb2"/>||
|align="center"|c.1290<br><small>Third son of {{ill|Herman IV, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Hermann IV. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Herman IV}} and [[Matilda of Rabenswald]]</small>
|align="center"|1319 – 12 March 1335||County of {{ill|Lauenstein (Ludwigsstadt)|lt=Lauenstein|de|Lauenstein (Ludwigsstadt)}}||{{ill|Helena of Nuremberg, Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde|bg|Хелена фон Нюрнберг|lt=Helena of Nuremberg}}<br>1321<br>three children
|align="center"|12 March 1335<br><small>aged 44–45</small>
|- style="background:#ceb"
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center"|<small>''Regency of [[Wartislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania]] (1319–1320)''</small> 
|rowspan="3"|Children of Henry I, divided their inheritance. Henry died as a minor, and the Brandenburg Ascanians were extinct in the male line. Their lands came under the control of the Emperor [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV]] of the [[House of Wittelsbach]], who granted Brandenburg to his eldest son, Louis V of Bavaria.
For Sophia, she inherited the Margraviate of Landsberg, which was inherited by her sons.
|- style="background:#ceb"
| [[Henry II, Margrave of Brandenburg|Henry II ''the Child'']] ||[[File:Heinrich II Siegesallee.JPG|100px]] 
|align="center"|1302<br><small>Son of [[Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg|Henry I]] and [[Agnes of Bavaria, Margravine of Brandenburg|Agnes of Bavaria]]</small>
|align="center"|14 August 1319 – July 1320||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg]]||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|July 1320<br>[[Mieszkowice]]<br><small>aged 17–18</small>
|- style="background:#ceb"
| [[Sophia of Brandenburg|Sophia]] || 
|align="center"|1300<br><small>Daughter of [[Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg|Henry I]] and [[Agnes of Bavaria, Margravine of Brandenburg|Agnes of Bavaria]]</small>
|align="center"|14 August 1319 – 1356||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg]]<br><small>(at [[Margraviate of Landsberg|Landsberg]])</small>||[[Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]<br>1327<br>eight children
|align="center"|1356<br><small>aged 55–56</small>
|-style="background:#ceb"
|colspan=8 style="text-align:center"|''Brandenburg definitively annexed to the [[House of Wittelsbach]]; Landsberg definitely annexed to the [[House of Welf]]''
|- style="background:#ec6;"
|style="text-align:center"colspan="7"| <small>''Regency of [[Elizabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg]] (1322–1330)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|
|- style="background:#ec6;"
|[[Albert IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Albert IV]]||
|align="center"|1315<br><small>Son of [[John II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|John II]] and [[Elizabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg]]</small>
|align="center"|1322–1343||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Mölln]] || [[Beata of Schwerin]]<br/>1334<br/>three child<br/><br/>[[Sophia of Werle-Güstrow]]<br/>1341<br/>no children
|align="center"|1343<br><small>aged 27–28</small>
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard III]]||[[File:Siegel Bernhard III (Anhalt) - großes Reitersiegel.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1300<br><small>Son of [[Bernhard II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard II]] and [[Helena of Rügen]]</small>
|align="center"|1323 – 20 August 1348||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]] ||{{ill|Agnes of Saxe-Wittenberg, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|bg|Агнес фон Саксония-Витенберг|lt=Agnes of Saxe-Wittenberg}}<br>1328<br>five children<br><br>[[Matilda of Anhalt-Zerbst, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|Matilda of Anhalt-Zerbst]]<br>1339<br>no children<br><br>[[Matilda of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|Matilda of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]<br>1343<br>two children
|align="center"|20 August 1348<br><small>aged 47–48</small>|| 
|- style="background:#cef"
|{{ill|Frederick II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|bg|Фридрих II фон Орламюнде|lt=Frederick II}}||
|align="center"|c.1321<br><small>Son of {{ill|Otto V, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|bg|Ото VIII (Ваймар-Орламюнде)|lt=Otto V}} and {{ill|Helena of Nuremberg, Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde|bg|Хелена фон Нюрнберг|lt=Helena of Nuremberg}}</small>
|align="center"|12 March 1335 – 14 October 1368||County of {{ill|Lauenstein (Ludwigsstadt)|lt=Lauenstein|de|Lauenstein (Ludwigsstadt)}}||[[Sophia of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]]<br><small>(d.1392)</small><br>18 November 1357<br>two children
|align="center"|14 October 1368<br><small>aged 46–47</small>||
|- style="background:#fc9;"
|[[Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric II]]||
|align="center"|1318<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>Son of [[Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric I]] and [[Elżbieta Bogusławówna|Elisabeth of Pomerania]]</small>
|align="center"|1338–1368||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Ratzeburg]] || [[Agnes of Holstein|Agnes of Holstein-Plön]]<br/>between 1342 and 1349<br/>four children
|align="center"|1368<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>aged 49–50</small>||
|- style="background:#ec6;"
|style="text-align:center"colspan="7"| <small>''Regency of [[Sophia of Werle-Güstrow]] (1343-1349)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother, Albert.
|- style="background:#ec6;"
|[[John III, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|John III]]||
|align="center"|c.1335<br><small>First son of [[Albert IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Albert IV]] and [[Beata of Schwerin]]</small>
|align="center"|1343–1356||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Mölln]] || ''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1356<br><small>aged 20–21</small>
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Bernhard IV, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard IV]]||[[File:Siegel Bernhard IV (Anhalt) - Secret.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|c.1330<br><small>First son of [[Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard III]] and {{ill|Agnes of Saxe-Wittenberg, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|bg|Агнес фон Саксония-Витенберг|lt=Agnes of Saxe-Wittenberg}}</small>
|align="center"|20 August 1348 – 28 June 1354||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]] ||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|28 June 1354<br><small>aged 23–24</small>|| 
|- style="background:#aee"
|{{ill|Frederick III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|bg|Фридрих III (Орламюнде)|lt=Frederick III}}||
|align="center"|c.1320<br><small>First son of {{ill|Henry I, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|bg|Хайнрих III (Орламюнде)|lt=Henry I}} and {{ill|Irmgard of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg|bg|Ирмгард фон Шварцбург-Бланкенбург}}</small>
|align="center"|26 March 1354 – 1379||County of [[Orlamünde]]<br><small>(at [[Schauenforst]])</small>||''Unknown''<br>two children
|align="center"|1379<br><small>aged 58–59</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Henry I, ruled jointly. In 1354, Orlamunde was annexed to the [[House of Wettin]], and the family changed seat to [[Schauenforst]], while Frederick's brother Henry II ruled from [[Droyssig]]. After Henry's death, Frederick reunited Orlamunde.
|- style="background:#aee"
|{{ill|Henry II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|bg|Хайнрих IV (Орламюнде)|lt=Henry II}}||
|align="center"|c.1320<br><small>Second son of {{ill|Henry I, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|bg|Хайнрих III (Орламюнде)|lt=Henry I}} and {{ill|Irmgard of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg|bg|Ирмгард фон Шварцбург-Бланкенбург}}</small>
|align="center"|26 March 1354 – 1357||County of [[Orlamünde]]<br><small>(at [[Droyssig]])</small>||[[Richeza of Henneberg]]<br><small>(d.1379)</small><br>1357<br>one child
|align="center"|1357<br><small>aged 36–37</small>
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Henry IV, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Henry IV]]||
|align="center"|c.1330<br><small>Second son of [[Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard III]] and {{ill|Agnes of Saxe-Wittenberg, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|bg|Агнес фон Саксония-Витенберг|lt=Agnes of Saxe-Wittenberg}}</small>
|align="center"|28 June 1354 – 7 July 1374||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]] ||[[Sophia of Stolberg]]<br>c.1345<br>three children
|align="center"|7 July 1374<br><small>aged 43–44</small>||Unlike usual co-rulerships seen in the family, Henry was bypassed by his older brother Bernard, who ruled alone. He only assumed rule of the principality when Bernard died in 1354. 
|- style="background:#ec6;"
|[[Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Albert V]]||
|align="center"|c.1335<br><small>Second son of [[Albert IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Albert IV]] and [[Beata of Schwerin]]</small>
|align="center"|1356–1370||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Mölln]] || [[Catherine of Werle-Güstrow]]<br/>25 January 1366<br/>no children
|align="center"|1370<br><small>aged 34–35</small>|| Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother, Eric.
|- style="background:#fea;"
|'''[[Rudolf II, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg|Rudolph II ''the Blind'']]'''||[[File:Herzog Rudolf II von Sachsen-Wittenberg.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1307<br>[[Wittenberg]]<br><small>Son of [[Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg|Rudolph I]] and [[Judith of Brandenburg-Salzwedel]]</small>
|align="center"|12 March 1356 – 6 December 1370||'''[[Electorate of Saxony]]'''|| [[Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress of Saxony|Elisabeth of Hesse]]<br><small>(d.1354)</small><br/>1336<br/>three children<br><br>'''[[Elisabeth of Lindow-Ruppin, Electress of Saxony|Elisabeth of Lindow-Ruppin]]'''<br/>c.1355?<br/>no children
|align="center"|6 December 1370<br>[[Wittenberg]]<br><small>aged 62–63</small>|| Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his half-brother.
|- style="background:#adf"
|{{ill|Herman VI, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Hermann VI. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Herman VI}}||
|align="center"|c.1290?<br><small>Second son of {{ill|Herman IV, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Hermann IV. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Herman IV}} and [[Matilda of Rabenswald]]</small>
|align="center" rowspan="2"|25 July 1365 – 1372
|rowspan="2"|County of [[Weimar]]||[[Catherine of Anhalt]]<br><small>(d. 15 April 1369)</small><br>1328<br>two children
|align="center"|1372<br><small>aged 81–82?</small>
|rowspan="2"| Uncle and nephew possibly ruled jointly. After Herman's death Weimar was annexed to the [[House of Wettin]].
|- style="background:#adf"
|[[Frederick IV, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Frederick IV ''the Younger'']]||
|align="center"|c.1325<br><small>Son of {{ill|Frederick I, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|nl|Frederik I van Weimar-Orlamünde|lt=Frederick I}} and [[Elisabeth of Meissen, Countess of Weimar|Elisabeth of Meissen]]</small>||Irmgard<br>no children
|align="center"|1381<br><small>aged 55–56</small>
|-style="background:#adf"
|colspan=8 style="text-align:center"|''Definitively annexed to the [[House of Wettin]]''
|- style="background:#cef"
|{{ill|Otto VII, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Otto X. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Otto VII}}||[[File:Epiorlamuende6.JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|c.1360<br><small>Son of {{ill|Frederick II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|bg|Фридрих II фон Орламюнде|lt=Frederick II}} and [[Sophia of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|14 October 1368 – 1405||County of {{ill|Lauenstein (Ludwigsstadt)|lt=Lauenstein|de|Lauenstein (Ludwigsstadt)}}||[[Liutgard Reuss of Gera]]<br><small>(d.c.1410)</small><br>c.1390<br>six children
|align="center"|1405<br>[[Ludwigsstadt]]<br><small>aged 44–45</small>||
|-style="background:#ecd"
|[[John II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John II]]||
|align="center"|c.1340<br><small>Second son of [[Albert II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Albert II]] and {{ill|Beatrice of Saxe-Wittenberg|bg|Беатрикс фон Саксония-Витенберг}}</small>
|align="center"|7 January 1368 – 11 April 1382
|rowspan="2"|[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Principality of Zerbst]] ||[[Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen]]<br/>1366<br/>four children
|align="center"|11 April 1382<br><small>aged 41–42</small>
|rowspan="2"|Double cousins, ruled jointly.
|-style="background:#ecd"
|[[Waldemar II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Valdemar II]]||
|align="center"|c.1345<br><small>Son of [[Waldemar I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Valdemar I]] and {{ill|Elisabeth of Saxe-Wittenberg, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst|bg|Елизабет фон Саксония-Витенберг|lt=Elisabeth of Saxe-Wittenberg}}</small>
|align="center"|7 January 1368 – 1371||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1371<br><small>aged 25–26</small>
|- style="background:#fea;"
|'''[[Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg|Wenceslaus]]'''||[[File:Wenzel Herzog von Sachsen.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1337<br>[[Wittenberg]]<br><small>Son of [[Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg|Rudolph I]] and {{ill|Agnes of Lindow-Ruppin, Duchess of Saxe-Wittenberg|it|Agnese di Lindow-Ruppin|lt=Agnes of Lindow-Ruppin}}</small>
|align="center"|6 December 1370 – 15 May 1388|| '''[[Electorate of Saxony]]''' ||'''{{ill|Cecilia da Carrara|it}}'''<br/>23 January 1376<br/>six children
|align="center"|15 May 1388<br>[[Celle]]<br><small>aged 50–51</small>|| Brother of his predecessor. In 1370, jointly with his nephew [[Albert of Saxe-Wittenberg, Duke of Lüneburg|Albert]], he managed to acquire the [[Principality of Lüneburg]]. This conquer was lost after his death.
|- style="background:#ec6;"
|[[Eric III, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric III]]||[[File:EricusDuxRatzeburg.JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|c.1335<br><small>Third son of [[Albert IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Albert IV]] and [[Beata of Schwerin]]</small>
|align="center"|1370 – 25 May 1401||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Mölln]] || ''Unmarried''
|align="center"|25 May 1401<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>aged 65–66?</small>|| Determined to enter to clergy, has to resign to succeed his brothers. He also left no descendants, which allowed the Ratzeburg line to reunite the Duchy of Lauenburg.
|- style="background:#ec6;"
|align="center" colspan="8"|''Mölln was annexed to Ratzeburg; Reunion of Lauenburg''
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Otto III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Otto III]]||
|align="center"|c.1345<br><small>Son of [[Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard III]] and [[Matilda of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]</small>
|align="center"|7 July 1374 – 27 February 1404||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]] ||''Unknown''<br>two children<br><br>Lutrudis<br>before 1391<br>one child
|align="center"|27 February 1404<br><small>aged 58–59</small>||
|- style="background:#aee"
|{{ill|Frederick V, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|bg|Фридрих IV фон Орламюнде|lt=Frederick V}}||
|align="center"|c.1360?<br><small>Son of {{ill|Frederick III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|bg|Фридрих III (Орламюнде)|lt=Frederick III}}</small>
|align="center"|1379–1405||County of [[Orlamünde]]<br><small>(at [[Droyssig]])</small>||{{ill|Catherine of Gleichen|bg|Катарина фон Глайхен}}<br>c.1380?<br>two children
|align="center"|c.1405<br><small>aged 44–45</small>|| Changed seat once more to [[Droyssig]].
|-style="background:#fde"
||[[Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Sigismund I]]||
|align="center"|c.1370<br><small>First son of [[John II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John II]] and [[Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen]]</small>
|align="center"|11 April 1382 – 19 January 1405||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Principality of Dessau]]<br><small>(in co-rulership in <span style="background-color:#ecd;">'''[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Zerbst]]'''</span> until 1396)</small>||[[Judith of Querfurt]]<br/>1386<br/>eleven children
|align="center"|19 January 1405<br>[[Coswig, Anhalt|Coswig]]<br><small>aged 34–35</small>
|rowspan="3" style="background:#ecd"| Sons of John II. Ruled jointly until 1396, when they divided their inheritance. 
|-style="background:#ccf"
||[[Albert IV, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Albert IV]]||
|align="center"|c.1370<br><small>Second son of [[John II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John II]] and [[Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen]]</small>
|align="center"|11 April 1382 – 24 November 1423||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Principality of Köthen]]<br><small>(in co-rulership in <span style="background-color:#ecd;">'''[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Zerbst]]'''</span> until 1396)</small>||[[Elisabeth of Mansfeld (1403)|Elisabeth of Mansfeld (I)]]<br/>before 1398<br/>six children<br><br>[[Elisabeth of Querfurt]]<br/>before 4 January 1419<br/>three children
|align="center"|24 November 1423<br>[[Coswig, Anhalt|Coswig]]<br><small>aged 52–53</small>
|-style="background:#ecd"
|[[Waldemar III, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Valdemar III]]||
|align="center"|c.1370<br><small>Third son of [[John II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John II]] and [[Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen]]</small>
|align="center"|11 April 1382 – 1391||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Principality of Zerbst]] ||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1391<br><small>aged 20–21?</small>
|-style="background:#ecd"
|align="center" colspan="8"|''Zerbst divided between Kothen and Dessau''
|- style="background:#fea;"
|'''[[Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg|Rudolph III]]'''||[[File:Rudolf III Kurfürst von Sachsen (AT KHM GG4790).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1378<br>[[Wittenberg]]<br><small>First son of [[Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg|Wenceslaus]] and {{ill|Cecilia da Carrara|it}}</small>
|align="center"|15 May 1388 – 11 June 1419|| '''[[Electorate of Saxony]]''' ||'''{{ill|Anna of Meissen, Electress of Saxony|it|Anna di Meißen|lt=Anna of Meissen}}'''<br/>1387/89<br/>three children<br/><br/>'''{{ill|Barbara of Legnica|it|Barbara di Legnica}}'''<br/>March 1396<br/>two children
|align="center"|11 June 1419<br>in [[Bohemia]] ([[Prague]] (?))<br><small>aged 40–41</small>|| Left no male descendants. he was succeeded by his brother, Albert.
|- style="background:#fedf;"
|rowspan="2"|[[Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric IV]]
|rowspan="2"|
|align="center" rowspan="2"|1354<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>Son of [[Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric II]] and [[Agnes of Holstein|Agnes of Holstein-Plön]]</small>
|align="center" style="background:#fc9;"|1368 – 25 May 1401
|style="background:#fc9;"|[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Ratzeburg]] 
|rowspan="2"| {{ill|Sophia of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg|sv|Sophia av Braunschweig-Lüneburg|lt=Sophia of Brunswick-Lüneburg}}<br/>8 April 1373<br/>ten children
|align="center" rowspan="2"|21 June 1412<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>aged 57–58</small>
|rowspan="2"| In 1401 reunited Saxe-Lauenburg.
|- style="background:#fedf;"
|align="center"|25 May 1401 – 21 June 1412||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Lauenburg]]
|- style="background:#fedf;"
|colspan=8 style="text-align:center"| In 1401 the Ratzeburg line inherited the duchy of Mölln and reunited the Duchy of Lauenburg. 
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Bernhard V, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard V]]||
|align="center"|c.1350<br><small>Son of [[Henry IV, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Henry IV]] and [[Sophia of Stolberg]]</small>
|align="center"|27 February 1404 – 24 June 1420
|rowspan="2"|[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]] ||[[Elisabeth of Hohnstein-Kelbra]]<br>8 September 1396<br>one child
|align="center"|24 June 1420<br><small>aged 69–70?</small>
|rowspan="2"|Cousins, ruled jointly. As neither of them left male heirs, the land was inherited by his other cousin, Bernard.
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Otto IV, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Otto IV]]||
|align="center"|c.1380?<br><small>First son of [[Otto III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Otto III]]</small>
|align="center"|27 February 1404 – 1 May 1415||''Unmarried'' 
|align="center"|1 May 1415<br><small>aged 34–35?</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Waldemar IV, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Valdemar IV]]||
|align="center"|c.1386<br><small>First son of [[Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Sigismund I]] and [[Judith of Querfurt]]</small>
|align="center"|19 January 1405 – 1417
|rowspan="4"|[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Principality of Dessau]]||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1417<br><small>aged 30–31</small>
|rowspan="4"|Sons of Sigismund I, ruled jointly. In 1468 inherited Anhalt-Bernburg.
|-style="background:#fde"
||[[George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George I ''the Elder'']]||
|align="center"|1390<br><small>Second son of [[Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Sigismund I]] and [[Judith of Querfurt]]</small>
|align="center"|19 January 1405 – 22 September 1474||[[Matilda of Anhalt-Bernburg, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau|Matilda of Anhalt-Bernburg I]]<br/>after 1413<br/>no children<br><br>{{ill|Euphemia of Oleśnica|de|Euphemia von Oels}}<br/>1432<br/>six children<br><br>[[Sophia of Hohnstein]]<br/>after 1442<br/>three children<br><br>[[Anna of Lindow-Ruppin]]<br/>7 September 1453<br/>nine children
|align="center"|21 September 1474<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>aged 83–84?</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Sigismund II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Sigismund II]]||
|align="center"|c.1390<br><small>Fourth son of [[Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Sigismund I]] and [[Judith of Querfurt]]</small>
|align="center"|19 January 1405 – 1452||[[Matilda of Anhalt-Bernburg (1443)|Matilda of Anhalt-Bernburg II]]<br/>no children
|align="center"|1452<br><small>aged 61–62</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
||[[Albert V, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Albert V]]||
|align="center"|c.1390<br><small>Fifth son of [[Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Sigismund I]] and [[Judith of Querfurt]]</small>
|align="center"|19 January 1405 – 1469||[[Sophie of Hadmersleben]]<br/>no children
|align="center"|1469<br><small>aged 78–79</small>
|- style="background:#cef"
|{{ill|William, Count of Lauenstein|bg|Вилхелм I фон Орламюнде|lt=William}}||
|align="center"|c.1395<br><small>First son of {{ill|Otto VII, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Otto X. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Otto VII}} and [[Liutgard Reuss of Gera]]</small>
|align="center"|1405 – 3 March 1460
|rowspan="2"|County of {{ill|Lauenstein (Ludwigsstadt)|lt=Lauenstein|de|Lauenstein (Ludwigsstadt)}}||[[Catherine of Blankenhain]]<br>1427<br>two children
|align="center"|3 March 1460<br><small>aged 64–65?</small>
|rowspan="4"| Children of Otto VII, divided their inheritance, which was progressively annexed to the [[House of Wettin]]. Elisabeth's part of Lauenstein went to the [[House of Schwarzburg]].
|- style="background:#cef"
|[[Elisabeth of Weimar-Orlamünde, Countess of Lauenstein|Elisabeth (II)]]||
|align="center"|c.1395<br><small>Daughter of {{ill|Otto VII, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Otto X. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Otto VII}} and [[Liutgard Reuss of Gera]]</small>
|align="center"|1405–1450||{{ill|Henry XVIII, Count of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg|bg|Хайнрих XXIII (Шварцбург)}}<br>no children
|align="center"|c.1450<br><small>aged 54–55?</small>
|- style="background:#cef"
|{{ill|Otto VIII, Count of Lauenstein|bg|Ото VIII фон Орламюнде|lt=Otto VIII}}||
|align="center"|c.1395<br><small>Second son of {{ill|Otto VII, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Otto X. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Otto VII}} and [[Liutgard Reuss of Gera]]</small>
|align="center"|1405 – 30 March 1460||County of {{ill|Lauenstein (Ludwigsstadt)|lt=Lauenstein|de|Lauenstein (Ludwigsstadt)}}<br><small>(at [[Grafenthal]])</small>||[[Agnes of Beichlingen]]<br><small>(d. 2 May 1347)</small><br>1322<br>three children
|align="center"|30 March 1460<br><small>aged 64–65?</small>
|- style="background:#cef"
|{{ill|Sigismund, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Sigismund von Weimar-Orlamünde|lt=Sigismund}}||
|align="center"|c.1395<br><small>Third son of {{ill|Otto VII, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|de|Otto X. (Weimar-Orlamünde)|lt=Otto VII}} and [[Liutgard Reuss of Gera]]</small>
|align="center"|1405 – 2 July 1447||County of {{ill|Lauenstein (Ludwigsstadt)|lt=Lauenstein|de|Lauenstein (Ludwigsstadt)}}<br><small>(at [[Lichtenberg, Berlin|Lichtenberg]])</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|2 July 1447<br><small>aged 51–52?</small>
|-style="background:#cef"
|colspan=8 style="text-align:center"|''Definitively annexed to the [[House of Wettin]]''
|- style="background:#aee"
|[[Henry III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Henry III]]||
|align="center"|c.1390?<br><small>First son of {{ill|Frederick V, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|bg|Фридрих IV фон Орламюнде|lt=Frederick V}} and {{ill|Catherine of Gleichen|bg|Катарина фон Глайхен}}</small>
|align="center"|1405–1423
|rowspan="2"|County of [[Orlamünde]]<br><small>(at [[Droyssig]])</small>
|rowspan="2"|''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1423<br><small>aged 32–33?</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Frederick V, ruled jointly. After their childless deaths their possessions were annexed by the [[House of Wettin]].
|- style="background:#aee"
|[[Martin, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|Martin]]||
|align="center"|c.1390?<br><small>Second son of {{ill|Frederick V, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde|bg|Фридрих IV фон Орламюнде|lt=Frederick V}} and {{ill|Catherine of Gleichen|bg|Катарина фон Глайхен}}</small>
|align="center"|1405
|align="center"|1405<br><small>aged 14–15?</small>
|-style="background:#aee"
|colspan=8 style="text-align:center"|''Definitively annexed to the [[House of Wettin]]''
|- style="background:#fedf;"
|[[Eric V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric V]]||
|align="center"|c.1375<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>First son of [[Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric IV]] and {{ill|Sophia of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg|sv|Sophia av Braunschweig-Lüneburg|lt=Sophia of Brunswick-Lüneburg}}</small>
|align="center"|21 June 1412 – 1436
|rowspan="2"|[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Lauenburg]]|| {{ill|Elisabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg|sv|Elisabeth av Holstein (död 1416)|lt=Elisabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg}}<br/>1404<br/>no children<br/><br/>[[Elisabeth of Weinsberg]]<br/>before 1422<br/>one child
|align="center"|1436<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>aged 60–61</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Eric IV, ruled jointly.
|- style="background:#fedf;"
|[[John IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|John IV]]<ref>The numberings here lead to some confusion, as not all genealogists of the House of Ascania count John IV in the list of dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg, numbering John V (John IV's nephew) as ''John IV''.</ref>||
|align="center"|c.1375<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>Second son of [[Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric IV]] and {{ill|Sophia of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg|sv|Sophia av Braunschweig-Lüneburg|lt=Sophia of Brunswick-Lüneburg}}</small>
|align="center"|21 June 1412 – 1414||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1414<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>aged 38–39</small>
|- style="background:#fea;"
|'''[[Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg|Albert III]]'''||[[File:Albrecht III., Elector, son of Wenzeslaus, died 1422 (AT KHM GG4791).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1380<br>[[Wittenberg]]<br><small>Second son of [[Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg|Wenceslaus]] and {{ill|Cecilia da Carrara|it}}</small>
|align="center"|11 June 1419 – 1422|| '''[[Electorate of Saxony]]''' ||'''{{ill|Euphemia of Oleśnica|de|Euphemia von Oels}}'''<br/>14 January 1420<br/>no children
|align="center"|1422<br>[[Wittenberg]]<br><small>aged 41–42</small>|| Left no male descendants, which led the Ascanian Saxe-Wittenberg line to extinction. 
|- style="background:#fea;"
|style="text-align:center" colspan=8|The Ascanian Dynasty became extinct in Wittenberg in 1422. However, the dynasty's presence in Saxony continued, through the Duchy of Lauenburg, until 1689. After losing the Saxon Electorate to the Wittenberg line in 1356, and failing to obtain it again in 1422, the recognition of power of this Lauenburg line as Dukes of Saxony weakened. To follow the remnant House of Ascania in Saxe-Lauenburg, follow this table. For the following Electors of Saxony, see [[Rulers of Saxony]].
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Bernhard VI, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Bernard VI]]||
|align="center"|c.1390?<br><small>Second son of [[Otto III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Otto III]]</small>
|align="center"|24 June 1420 – 2 February 1468||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]] ||[[Matilda of Querfurt-Burgscheidungen]]<br>21 October 1419<br>two children<br><br>[[Hedwig of Żagań, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg|Hedwig of Żagań]]<br>11 March 1434<br>no children
|align="center"|2 February 1468<br><small>aged 77–78?</small>||His children predeceased him, which left him with no heirs at his death in 1468. Bernburg was inherited by the Dessau line.
|-style="background:#ecf"
|colspan="8" style="text-align:center"|''Anhalt-Bernburg was annexed to Anhalt-Dessau''
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Adolph I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Adolph I]]||
|align="center"|c.1400<br><small>First son of [[Albert IV, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Albert IV]] and [[Elisabeth of Mansfeld (1403)|Elisabeth of Mansfeld (I)]]</small>
|align="center"|24 November 1423 – 28 August 1473
|rowspan="3"|[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Principality of Köthen]]||[[Cordula of Lindow-Ruppin]]<br/>2 November 1442<br/>[[Neuruppin|Ruppin]]<br>seven children
|align="center"|28 August 1473<br>[[Zerbst]]<br><small>aged 72–73?</small>
|rowspan="3"| Ruled jointly. Adolph ruled with his brother Valdemar V until 1436 and then with Valdemar's son John. In 1436, shortly after his father's death, John III renounced his rights to the principality. In 1471, Adolph concluded a succession contract with [[George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau]], which would put the latter's youngest son in Köthen's throne as Valdemar VI. 
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Waldemar V, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Valdemar V]]||
|align="center"|c.1400<br><small>Second son of [[Albert IV, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Albert IV]] and [[Elisabeth of Mansfeld (1403)|Elisabeth of Mansfeld (I)]]</small>
|align="center"|24 November 1423 – 1436||[[Sophie of Hadmersleben]]<br/>1420<br>no children
|align="center"|1436<br><small>aged 35–36?</small>
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[John III, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|John III]]||
|align="center"|c.1415?<br><small>Son of [[Waldemar V, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Valdemar V]] and [[Sophie of Hadmersleben]]</small>
|align="center"|1436||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1463<br><small>aged 47–48?</small>
|- style="background:#fedf;"
|[[Bernard II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Bernard II]]<ref>Numbered after [[Bernard, Count of Anhalt]], who was also Duke of Saxony.</ref>||
|align="center"|1385<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>Third son of [[Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric IV]] and {{ill|Sophia of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg|sv|Sophia av Braunschweig-Lüneburg|lt=Sophia of Brunswick-Lüneburg}}</small>
|align="center"|1436 – 16 July 1463||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Lauenburg]]|| {{ill|Adelaide of Pomerania-Stolp|pl|Adelajda Bogusławówna}}<br/>2 February 1429<br/>two children
|align="center"|16 July 1463<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>aged 77–78</small>||
|- style="background:#fedf;"
|[[John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|John V]]<ref>Sometimes numbered ''John IV''. He is sometimes confused with his uncle, John IV (Eric V and Bernard IV's brother) and a son of his own ([[John IV of Saxe-Lauenburg (prince-bishop)|John IV, Bishop of Hildesheim]]).</ref>||
|align="center"|18 July 1439<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>Son of [[Bernard II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Bernard II]] and {{ill|Adelaide of Pomerania-Stolp|pl|Adelajda Bogusławówna}}</small>
|align="center"|16 July 1463 – 15 August 1507||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Lauenburg]]|| [[Dorothea of Brandenburg, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg|Dorothea of Brandenburg]]<br/>12 February 1464<br/>twelve children
|align="center"|15 August 1507<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>aged 68</small>|| 
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Waldemar VI, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Valdemar VI]]||
|align="center"|1450<br><small>Son of <span style="background-color:#fde;">[[George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau]]</span> and [[Sophia of Hohnstein]]</small>
|align="center"|28 August 1473 – 1 November 1508
|rowspan="5"|[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Principality of Köthen]] ||[[Margaret of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt]]<br/>24 January 1485<br/>[[Köthen]]<br>four children
|align="center"|1 November 1508<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>aged 57–58</small>
|rowspan="5"| After the contract established with Dessau, this line of princes dominated in Köthen. After the death of Adolph in 1473, George I of Dessau's sons, Valdemar VI and Albert VI, ascended to the principality. After Albert's death, Valdemar co-ruled with his nephews. In 1508, all his co-rulers abdicated to him.
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Albert VI, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Albert VI]]||
|align="center"|c.1420<br><small>Son of [[Albert IV, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Albert IV]] and [[Elisabeth of Querfurt]]</small>
|align="center"|28 August 1473 – 9 January 1475||[[Elisabeth of Mansfeld (1482)|Elisabeth of Mansfeld (II)]]<br/>27 March 1454<br/>[[Alsleben]]<br>seven children
|align="center"|9 January 1475<br><small>aged 54–55</small>
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Philip, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Philip]]||
|align="center"|31 May 1468<br><small>Son of [[Albert VI, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Albert VI]] and [[Elisabeth of Mansfeld (1482)|Elisabeth of Mansfeld (II)]]</small>
|align="center"|9 January 1475 – 13 November 1500
|rowspan="3"|''Unmarried''
|align="center"|13 November 1500<br><small>aged 32</small>
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Magnus, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Magnus]]||
|align="center"|1455<br><small>Third son of [[Adolph I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Adolph I]] and [[Cordula of Lindow-Ruppin]]</small>
|align="center" rowspan="2"|28 August 1473 – 1508
|align="center"|29 October 1524<br><small>aged 68–69</small>
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Adolph II, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Adolph II]]||
|align="center"|16 October 1458<br><small>Fifth son of [[Adolph I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Adolph I]] and [[Cordula of Lindow-Ruppin]]</small>
|align="center"|24 March 1526<br>[[Merseburg]]<br><small>aged 67</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Ernest I]]||
|align="center"|1454<br><small>First son of [[George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George I]] and [[Anna of Lindow-Ruppin]]</small>
|align="center"|21 September 1474 – 12 June 1516
|rowspan="4"|[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Principality of Dessau]]||[[Margaret of Münsterberg]]<br/>20 January 1494<br/>[[Cottbus]]<br/>four children
|align="center"|12 June 1516<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>aged 61–62</small>
|rowspan="4"| Sons of George I, co-ruled jointly with their father since 1471, and continued the joint rule after his death.
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George II ''the Strong'']]||
|align="center"|1454<small>Second son of [[George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George I]] and [[Anna of Lindow-Ruppin]]</small>
|align="center"|1474 – 25 April 1509||{{ill|Agnes of Pomerania-Barth, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau|pl|Agnieszka Barnimówna|lt=Agnes of Pomerania-Barth}}<br/>1478<br/>no children
|align="center"|25 April 1509<br><small>aged 54–55</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Sigismund III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Sigismund III]]||
|align="center"|1456<br><small>Third son of [[George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George I]] and [[Anna of Lindow-Ruppin]]</small>
|align="center"|21 September 1474 – 27 November 1487
|rowspan="2"|''Unmarried''
|align="center"|27 November 1487<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>aged 30–31</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Rudolph IV, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Rudolph ''the Valiant'']]<ref>Sometimes numbered ''Rudolph IV''.</ref>||
|align="center"|1466<br><small>Fourth son of [[George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George I]] and [[Anna of Lindow-Ruppin]]</small>
|align="center"|21 September 1474 – 7 September 1510
|align="center"|7 September 1510<br><small>aged 43–44</small>
|- style="background:#fedf;"
|[[Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Magnus I]]||[[File:MagnusISaLauenb.JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|1 January 1470<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>Son of [[John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|John V]] and [[Dorothea of Brandenburg, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg|Dorothea of Brandenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|15 August 1507 – 1 August 1543||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Lauenburg]]|| [[Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg|Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]<br/>20 November 1509<br/>[[Wolfenbüttel]]<br/>six children
|align="center"|1 August 1543<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>aged 73</small>||
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Wolfgang ''the Confessor'']]||[[File:WolfgangvonAnhalt.JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|1 August 1492<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>Son of [[Waldemar VI, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Valdemar VI]] and [[Margaret of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt]]</small>
|align="center"|1 November 1508 – 23 March 1566||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Principality of Köthen]]<br><small>(at [[Coswig, Anhalt|Coswig]] only, since 1562)</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|23 March 1566<br>[[Zerbst]]<br><small>aged 73</small>|| Sole ruler of Köthen. In 1562, without descendants, he abdicated of all his territories, with the sole exception of [[Coswig, Anhalt|Coswig]] (which he kept until his death) to the recreated Principality of Zerbst.
|-style="background:#ccf"
|align="center" colspan="8"|''Köthen (and later Coswig) annexed to Zerbst''
|- style="background:#fde"
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center"| <small>''Regency of [[Margaret of Münsterberg]] (1516–1524)''</small>
|rowspan="4"|Children of Ernest I, ruled jointly, firstly under their mother. In 1544, the brothers divided the land. Joachim mainteined Dessau to himself; John took Zerbst and refounded Anhalt-Zerbst; George took Plotzkau. After George and Joachim's deaths without descendants, their lands were inherited by their nephews, sons of John III.
|-style="background:#ecd"
||[[John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John V]]<ref>Despite being the fourth ruler in Dessau/Zerbst named John, sources count John, canon of Merseburg (d.1455)<!--Q75289206-->, a brother of [[George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George I of Dessau]] who never ruled, as ''John IV''. This compromises the countings of John V and John VI, the fourth and fifth rulers of Anhalt of this name.</ref>||[[File:Lucas Cranach d.Ä. - Bildnis des Fürsten Johann (Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|4 September 1504<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>Second son of [[Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Ernest I]] and [[Margaret of Münsterberg]]</small>
|align="center"|12 June 1516 – 4 February 1551||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Principality of Zerbst]]<br><small>(in co-rulership in <span style="background-color:#fde;">'''Dessau'''</span> until 1544)</small>)||[[Margaret of Brandenburg, Duchess of Pomerania|Margaret of Brandenburg]]<br/>15 February 1534<br>[[Dessau]]<br/>six children
|align="center"|4 February 1551<br>[[Zerbst]]<br><small>aged 46</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
||[[George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George III ''the Godly'']]||[[File:GeorgeIII-Anhalt-Dessau.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|15 August 1507<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>Third son of [[Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Ernest I]] and [[Margaret of Münsterberg]]</small>
|align="center"|12 June 1516 – 17 October 1553||[[Principality of Anhalt-Plotzkau|Principality of Dessau<br><small>(in co-rulership until 1544; at Plotzkau since 1544)</small>]]
|rowspan="2"|''Unmarried''
|align="center"|17 October 1553<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>aged 46</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Joachim I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Joachim I]]||[[File:Lucas Cranach d.Ä. - Bildnis des Fürsten Joachim (Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|7 August 1509<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>Fourth son of [[Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Ernest I]] and [[Margaret of Münsterberg]]</small>
|align="center"|12 June 1516 – 6 December 1561||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Principality of Dessau]]<br><small>(in co-rulership until 1544)</small>
|align="center"|6 December 1561<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>aged 52</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
|align="center" colspan="8"|''Dessau and Plotzkau annexed to Zerbst''
|- style="background:#fedf;"
|[[Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Francis I]]||
|align="center"|1510<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>Son of [[Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Magnus I]] and [[Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg|Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]</small>
|align="center"|1 August 1543 – 1571<br><br>1573 – 19 March 1581||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Lauenburg]]|| [[Sibylle of Saxony]]<br/>8 February 1540<br/>[[Dresden]]<br/>nine children
|align="center"|19 March 1581<br>[[Buxtehude]]<br><small>aged 70–71</small>|| In 1571 – highly indebted – Francis I resigned in favour of his eldest son Magnus II, who had promised to redeem the pawned ducal demesnes with funds he gained as Swedish military commander and by his marriage to a Swedish princess. However, after warring with his son and pushing him back, he regained the title.
|-style="background:#ecd"
||[[Karl I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Charles I]]||
|align="center" |17 November 1534<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>First son of [[John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John V]] and [[Margaret of Brandenburg, Duchess of Pomerania|Margaret of Brandenburg]]</small>
|align="center" |4 February 1551 – 4 May 1561||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Principality of Zerbst]]<br><small>(in co-rulership)</small>||{{ill|Anna of Pomerania-Stettin, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst|pl|Anna pomorska (1531–1592)|lt=Anna of Pomerania-Stettin}}<br/>16 May 1557<br>[[Zerbst]]<br/>no children
|align="center" |4 May 1561<br>[[Zerbst]]<br><small>aged 26</small>
|rowspan="3" style="background:#fde"| Children of John V, ruled jointly. In 1553 inherited Plotzkau from their uncle George III. In 1561 inherited Dessau and Bernburg from their uncle Joachim. In the next year inherited Kothen. From 1570 Joachim Ernest was the sole owner of all Anhalt.
|-style="background:#fde"
||[[Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt|Joachim Ernest]]||[[File:Lucas Cranach d.J. - Bildnis des Fürsten Joachim Ernst von Anhalt.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|21 October 1536<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>Second son of [[John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John V]] and [[Margaret of Brandenburg, Duchess of Pomerania|Margaret of Brandenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|4 February 1551 – 6 December 1586
|rowspan="2"|[[Principality of Anhalt]]<br><small>(in co-rulership in <span style="background-color:#ecd;">'''Zerbst'''</span> until 1562)</small>||{{ill|Agnes of Barby-Mühlingen|pt|Inês de Barby-Mühlingen}}<br/>3 March 1560<br>[[Barby, Germany|Barby]]<br/>six children<br><br>{{ill|Eleonore of Württemberg, Princess of Anhalt|de|Eleonore von Württemberg|lt=Eleonore of Württemberg}}<br/>9 January 1571<br>[[Stuttgart]]<br/>ten children
|align="center" |6 December 1586<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>aged 50</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
||[[Bernhard VII, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Bernard VII]]||
|align="center"|17 March 1540<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>Third son of [[John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John V]] and [[Margaret of Brandenburg, Duchess of Pomerania|Margaret of Brandenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|4 February 1551 – 1 March 1570||{{ill|Clara of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst|nl|Clara van Brunswijk-Lüneburg|lt=Clara of Brunswick-Lüneburg}}<br/>28 May 1565<br>[[Dessau]]<br/>one child
|align="center"|1 March 1570<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>aged 29</small>
|- style="background:#fedf;"
|[[Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Magnus II]]||
|align="center"|1543<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>Second son of [[Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Francis I]] and [[Sibylle of Saxony]]</small>
|align="center"|1571–1573||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Lauenburg]]|| [[Princess Sophia of Sweden|Sophia of Sweden]]<br/>4 July 1568<br/>Stockholm<br/>one child
|align="center"|14 March 1603<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>aged 59–60</small>|| Eldest son of Francis I. He didn't pay the debts he promised to pay and led to war with his father and brothers. Two years later they deposed Magnus II and Francis I re-ascended. Magnus' violent and judicial attempts to regain the duchy failed. In 1588 he was imprisoned for the remainder of his life.
|- style="background:#fedf;"
|[[Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Francis II]]||[[File:Franz der 2. Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg.JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|10 August 1547<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>Third son of [[Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Francis I]] and [[Sibylle of Saxony]]</small>
|align="center"|19 March 1581 – 2 July 1619
|rowspan="2"|[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Lauenburg]]|| {{ill|Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg|pl|Małgorzata pomorska (1553–1581)|lt=Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast}}<br/>26 December 1574<br/>[[Wolgast]]<br/>four children<br/><br/>[[Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]<br/>10 November 1582<br/>[[Wolfenbüttel]]<br/>fourteen children
|align="center"|2 July 1619<br>[[Lauenburg]]<br><small>aged 71</small>
|rowspan="2"| Brothers of Magnus II, ruled jointly. Francis was vice-regent from 1578, and administrator from 1581. 
|- style="background:#fedf;"
|[[Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Maurice]]||
|align="center"|1551<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>Fifth son of [[Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Francis I]] and [[Sibylle of Saxony]]</small>
|align="center"|19 March 1581 – 2 November 1612|| [[Katharina von Spörck]]<br/>1581<br/><small>(annulled 1582)</small><br/>no children
|align="center"|2 November 1612<br>[[Buxtehude]]<br><small>aged 60–61</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
||[[John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|John George I ''the Fragrant'']]<ref name="Fruit"/> ||[[File:Johano Georgo la 1-a (1567-1618).JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|9 May 1567<br>[[Harzgerode]]<br><small>First son of [[Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt|Joachim Ernest]] and {{ill|Agnes of Barby-Mühlingen|pt|Inês de Barby-Mühlingen}}</small>
|align="center"|6 December 1586 – 24 May 1618||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Principality of Dessau]]<br><small>(in co-rulership in the whole '''Anhalt''' until 1603)</small>||{{ill|Dorothea of Mansfeld-Arnstein|bg|Доротея фон Мансфелд-Арнщайн}}<br/>22 February 1588<br>[[Hedersleben, Mansfeld-Südharz|Hedersleben]]<br/>five children<br><br>[[Countess Palatine Dorothea of Simmern|Dorothea of Palatinate-Simmern]]<br/>21 February 1595<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br/>eleven children
|align="center"|24 May 1618<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>aged 51</small>
|rowspan="5"|Sons of Joachim Ernest, ruled jointly. In 1603 divided their inheritance.
|-style="background:#ecf"
||[[Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Christian I ''the Longing'']]<ref name="Fruit">Nickname given to him by the [[Fruitbearing Society]].</ref>||[[File:Christian I Anhalt Bernburg.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|11 May 1568<br>[[Bernburg]]<br><small>Second son of [[Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt|Joachim Ernest]] and {{ill|Agnes of Barby-Mühlingen|pt|Inês de Barby-Mühlingen}}</small>
|align="center"|6 December 1586 – 17 April 1630||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]<br><small>(in co-rulership in the whole '''Anhalt''' until 1603)</small>||[[Anna of Bentheim-Tecklenburg]]<br/>2 July 1595<br>[[Lorbach]]<br/>sixteen children
|align="center"|17 April 1630<br>[[Bernburg]]<br><small>aged 61</small>
|-style="background:#fbd"
||[[Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau|Augustus ''the Victorious'']]<ref name="Fruit"/>||
|align="center"|14 July 1575<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>Second son of [[Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt|Joachim Ernest]] and {{ill|Eleonore of Württemberg, Princess of Anhalt|de|Eleonore von Württemberg|lt=Eleonore of Württemberg}}</small>
|align="center"|6 December 1586 – 22 August 1653||[[Principality of Anhalt-Plötzkau|Principality of Plötzkau]]<br><small>(in co-rulership in the whole '''Anhalt''' until 1603)</small>||{{ill|Sibylle of Solms-Laubach|fr|Sibylle de Solms-Laubach}}<br/>25 January 1618<br>[[Ansbach]]<br/>eight children
|align="center"|22 August 1653<br>[[Plötzkau]]<br><small>aged 78</small>
|-style="background:#ecd"
||[[Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Rudolph ''the Sweet'']]<ref name="Fruit"/>||[[File:Rudolf (Anhalt-Zerbst).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|28 October 1576<br>[[Harzgerode]]<br><small>Third son of [[Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt|Joachim Ernest]] and {{ill|Eleonore of Württemberg, Princess of Anhalt|de|Eleonore von Württemberg|lt=Eleonore of Württemberg}}</small>
|align="center"|6 December 1586 – 30 July 1621||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Principality of Zerbst]]<br><small>(in co-rulership in the whole '''Anhalt''' until 1603)</small>||[[Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]<br/>29 December 1605<br>[[Wolfenbüttel]]<br/>four children<br><br>{{ill|Magdalena of Oldenburg, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst|uk|Магдалена Ольденбурзька|lt=Magdalena of Oldenburg}}<br>31 August 1612<br>[[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]]<br>two children
|align="center"|30 July 1621<br>[[Zerbst]]<br><small>aged 44</small>
|-style="background:#ccf"
||[[Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Louis I ''the Nourishing'']]<ref name="Fruit"/>||[[File:Ludwig I. von Anhalt-Köthen.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|17 June 1579<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>Fifth son of [[Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt|Joachim Ernest]] and {{ill|Eleonore of Württemberg, Princess of Anhalt|de|Eleonore von Württemberg|lt=Eleonore of Württemberg}}</small>
|align="center"|6 December 1586 – 7 January 1650||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Principality of Köthen]]<br><small>(in co-rulership in the whole '''Anhalt''' until 1603)</small>||{{ill|Amöena Amalie of Bentheim-Tecklenburg|bg|Амоена Амалия фон Бентхайм-Текленбург}}<br/>31 October 1606<br>[[Rheda, Germany|Rheda]]<br/>two children<br><br>{{ill|Sophia of Lippe, Princess of Anhalt-Köthen|bg|София фон Липе|lt=Sophia of Lippe}}<br/>12 September 1626<br>[[Detmold]]<br/>two children
|align="center"|7 January 1650<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>aged 70</small>
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|John Casimir ''the Penetrating'']]<ref name="Fruit"/> ||[[File:Johann Kasimir Fürst Anhalt-Dessau.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|17 December 1596<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>Son of [[John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|John George I]] and [[Countess Palatine Dorothea of Simmern|Dorothea of Palatinate-Simmern]]</small>
|align="center"|24 May 1618 – 15 September 1660||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Principality of Dessau]]||[[Agnes of Hesse-Kassel]]<br/>18 May 1623<br>[[Dessau]]<br/>six children<br><br>{{ill|Sophie Margaret of Anhalt-Bernburg|fr|Sophie-Marguerite d'Anhalt-Bernbourg}}<br/>14 July 1651<br>[[Dessau]]<br/>no children
|align="center"|15 September 1660<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>aged 63</small>|| 
|- style="background:#fedf;"
|[[Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Augustus ''the Hundred-fold'']]|| [[File:August, 1577-1656, hertig av Sachsen-Lauenburg - Nationalmuseum - 14708.tif|100px]]
|align="center"|17 February 1577<br>[[Ratzeburg]]<br><small>Son of [[Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Francis II]] and {{ill|Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg|pl|Małgorzata pomorska (1553–1581)|lt=Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast}}</small>
|align="center"|2 July 1619 – 18 January 1656||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Lauenburg]]|| {{ill|Elisabeth Sophie of Holstein-Gottorp|da|Elisabeth Sophie af Slesvig-Holsten-Gottorp}}<br/>5 March 1621<br/>[[Husum]]<br/>six children<br/><br/>{{ill|Catharina of Oldenburg, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg|bg|Катарина фон Олденбург|lt=Catharina of Oldenburg}}<br/>4 June 1633<br/>no children
|align="center"|18 January 1656<br>[[Lauenburg]]<br><small>aged 78</small>|| Left no male descendants; he was succeeded by his half-brother Julius Henry.
|- style="background:#ecd"
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center"| <small>''Regency of [[Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau]] (1621–1642)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|
|-style="background:#ecd"
|[[John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John VI ''the Well-Formed'']]<ref>Actually the fifth ruler named John. See note for John V of Zerbst.</ref><ref name="Fruit"/>||[[File:Johann von Anhalt-Zerbst.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|24 March 1621<br>[[Zerbst]]<br><small>Son of [[Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Rudolph]] and {{ill|Magdalena of Oldenburg, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst|uk|Магдалена Ольденбурзька|lt=Magdalena of Oldenburg}}</small>
|align="center"|30 July 1621 – 4 July 1667||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Principality of Zerbst]]||[[Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp]]<br/>16 September 1649<br>[[Gottorp]]<br/>fourteen children
|align="center"|4 July 1667<br>[[Zerbst]]<br><small>aged 46</small>
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Christian II ''the Unchangeable'']]<ref name="Fruit"/> ||[[File:Christian II. (Anhalt-Bernburg).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|11 August 1599<br>[[Amberg]]<br><small>Second son of [[Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Christian I]] and [[Anna of Bentheim-Tecklenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|17 April 1630 – 22 September 1656||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]||[[Eleonore Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg|Eleonore Sophie of Holstein-Sonderburg]]<br/>28 February 1625<br>[[Ahrensbök]]<br/>fifteen children
|align="center"|22 September 1656<br>[[Bernburg]]<br><small>aged 57</small>
|rowspan="2"|Children of Christian I, divided their inheritance.
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode|Frederick ''the Reasonable'']]<ref name="Fruit"/> ||[[File:Portret van Friedrich, Fürst zu Anhalt-Bernburg-Harzgerode, RP-P-1911-4135.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|16 November 1613<br>[[Ensdorf, Bavaria|Ensdorf]]<br><small>Fourth son of [[Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Christian I]] and [[Anna of Bentheim-Tecklenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|17 April 1630 – 30 June 1670||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]<br><small>(at [[Harzgerode]])</small>||[[Johanna Elisabeth of Nassau-Hadamar]]<br/>10 August 1642<br>[[Bückeburg]]<br/>three children<br><br>[[Anna Catharina of Lippe-Detmold]]<br/><small>(31 July 1612 – 15 October 1659)</small><br>26 May 1657<br>[[Harzgerode]]<br/>no children
|align="center"|30 June 1670<br>[[Plötzkau]]<br><small>aged 56</small>
|- style="background:#ccf"
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center"| <small>''Regency of [[Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau]], [[Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen]] and [[Emmanuel, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen]] (1650–1653)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|After his death without descendants, his previous regents took over the principality for themselves.
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[William Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|William Louis ''the Achiever'']]<ref name="Fruit"/>||
|align="center"|3 August 1638<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>Son of [[Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Louis I]] and {{ill|Sophia of Lippe, Princess of Anhalt-Köthen|bg|София фон Липе|lt=Sophia of Lippe}}</small>
|align="center"|7 January 1650 – 13 April 1665||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Principality of Köthen]]||[[Elisabeth Charlotte of Anhalt-Harzgerode]]<br/>25 August 1663<br>[[Köthen]]<br/>no children
|align="center"|13 April 1665<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>aged 26</small>
|-style="background:#fbd"
||[[Ernest Gottlieb, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau|Ernest Gottlieb]]||
|align="center"|4 September 1620<br>[[Plötzkau]]<br><small>First son of [[Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau|Augustus]] and {{ill|Sibylle of Solms-Laubach|fr|Sibylle de Solms-Laubach}}</small>
|align="center"|22 August 1653 – 7 March 1654||[[Principality of Anhalt-Plötzkau|Principality of Plötzkau]]||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|7 March 1654<br>[[Plötzkau]]<br><small>aged 33</small>||
|-style="background:#ccf"
|rowspan="2"|[[Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Lebrecht I ''the Pleasant'']]<ref name="Fruit"/>
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Leberecht von Anhalt-Köthen (1622 - 1669).jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" align="center"|8 April 1622<br>[[Plötzkau]]<br><small>Second son of [[Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau|Augustus]] and {{ill|Sibylle of Solms-Laubach|fr|Sibylle de Solms-Laubach}}</small>
|style="background:#fbd" align="center"|7 March 1654 – 13 April 1665
|style="background:#fbd"|[[Principality of Anhalt-Plötzkau|Principality of Plötzkau]]
|rowspan="2"|{{ill|Sophie Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode|bg|София Елеонора фон Щолберг-Вернигероде}}<br/>18 January 1655<br>[[Plötzkau]]<br/>no children
|rowspan="2" align="center"|7 November 1669<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>aged 47</small>
|rowspan="4"| Cousins of William Louis, and princes of Anhalt-Plötzkau, they served as regents for their cousin alongside their uncle, Augustus. After William Louis' death in 1665, they took the principality of Köthen for themselves, giving away their inheritance in Plötzkau to Anhalt-Bernburg.
|-style="background:#ccf"
|align="center"|13 April 1665 – 7 November 1669||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Principality of Köthen]]
|-style="background:#ccf"
|rowspan="2"|[[Emmanuel, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Emmanuel ''the Striving'']]<ref name="Fruit"/> 
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Emanuel, 1631-1670, furste av Anhalt-Plötzkau Anhalt- Köthen - Nationalmuseum - 15532.tif|100px]]
|rowspan="2" align="center"|6 October 1631<br>[[Plötzkau]]<br><small>Third son of [[Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau|Augustus]] and {{ill|Sibylle of Solms-Laubach|fr|Sibylle de Solms-Laubach}}</small>
|align="center" style="background:#fbd"|7 March 1654 – 13 April 1665
|style="background:#fbd"|[[Principality of Anhalt-Plötzkau|Principality of Plötzkau]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Anna Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]<br/>23 March 1670<br>[[Ilsenburg]]<br>one child
|rowspan="2" align="center"|8 November 1670<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>aged 39</small>
|-style="background:#ccf"
|align="center"|13 April 1665 – 8 November 1670||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Principality of Köthen]]
|-style="background:#fbd"
|colspan=8 style="text-align:center"|''Plotzkau definitively annexed to the [[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]''
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Victor Amadeus ''the Praised'']]<ref name="Fruit"/> ||[[File:Fürst Viktor Amadeus von Anhalt Bernburg.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|6 October 1634<br>[[Harzgerode]]<br><small>Son of [[Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Christian II]] and [[Eleonore Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg|Eleonore Sophie of Holstein-Sonderburg]]</small>
|align="center"|22 September 1656 – 14 February 1718||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]||[[Elizabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken|Elisabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken]]<br/>16 October 1667<br>[[Meisenheim]]<br/>six children
|align="center"|14 February 1718<br>[[Bernburg]]<br><small>aged 83</small>|| Annexed Anhalt-Plötzkau in 1665.
|- style="background:#fedf;"
|[[Julius Henry, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Julius Henry ''the Lucky'']]<ref name="Fruit"/>||[[File:JuliusHendrikSaksenLauenburg.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|9 April 1586<br>[[Wolfenbüttel]]<br><small>Son of [[Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Francis II]] and [[Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]</small>
|align="center"|18 January 1656 – 20 November 1665||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Lauenburg]]|| [[Anne of Ostfriesland|Anna of East Frisia]]<br/>17 March 1617<br/>[[Grabow]]<br/>no children<br/><br/>[[Elisabeth Sophia of Brandenburg]]<br/>4 June 1633<br/>[[Toužim]]<br/>one son<br/><br/>{{ill|Anna Magdalena of Lobkowicz|fr|Anne-Madeleine de Lobkowicz}}<br/>18 August 1632<br/>[[Vienna]]<br/>six children
|align="center"|20 November 1665<br>[[Prague]]<br><small>aged 79</small>|| 
|-style="background:#fde"
||[[John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|John George II ''the Filled'']]<ref name="Fruit"/> ||[[File:John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|17 November 1627<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>Son of [[John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|John Casimir]] and [[Agnes of Hesse-Kassel]]</small>
|align="center"|15 September 1660 – 7 August 1693||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Principality of Dessau]]||[[Henriette Catherine of Nassau|Henriette Catherine of Orange-Nassau]]<br/>9 September 1659<br>[[Groningen]]<br/>five children
|align="center"|7 August 1693<br>[[Berlin]]<br><small>aged 65</small>|| Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, he also served as regent for his cousin, Emmanuel Lebrecht of Anhalt-Kothen, together with the prince's mother, Anna Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode.
|- style="background:#fedf;"
|[[Francis Erdmann, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Francis Erdmann ''the Growing'']]<ref name="Fruit"/>||
|align="center"|25 February 1629<br>[[Toužim]]<br><small>Son of [[Julius Henry, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Julius Henry]] and [[Elisabeth Sophia of Brandenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|20 November 1665 – 30 July 1666||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Lauenburg]]|| {{ill|Sibylle Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg|de|Sibylle Hedwig von Sachsen-Lauenburg}}<br/>1654<br/>no children
|align="center"|30 July 1666<br>[[Schwarzenbek]]<br><small>aged 37</small>||Left no descendants; He was succeeded by his brother Julius Francis.
|- style="background:#fedf;"
|[[Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Julius Francis]]||[[File:JuliusFransSaksenLauenburg.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|16 September 1641<br>[[Prague]]<br><small>Son of [[Julius Henry, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Julius Henry]] and {{ill|Anna Magdalena of Lobkowicz|fr|Anne-Madeleine de Lobkowicz}}</small>
|align="center"|30 July 1666 – 30 September 1689||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Duchy of Lauenburg]]|| [[Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach]]<br/>9 April 1668<br/>[[Sulzbach-Rosenberg|Sulzbach]]<br/>two children
|align="center"|30 September 1689<br>[[Zákupy]]<br><small>aged 48</small>|| 
|-style="background:#fedf"
|colspan=8 style="text-align:center"|''Definitively annexed to the [[House of Welf]]''
|- style="background:#ecd"
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center"| <small>''Regency of [[Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp]] (1667–1674)''</small>
|rowspan="4"| Children of John VI, divided their inheritance.
|-style="background:#ecd"
|[[Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Charles William ''the Shadowy'']]<ref name="Fruit"/>||[[File:Carl Wilhelm von Anhalt-Zerbst.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|16 October 1652<br>[[Zerbst]]<br><small>Third son of [[John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John VI]] and [[Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp]]</small>
|align="center"|4 July 1667 – 3 November 1718||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Principality of Zerbst]]||[[Duchess Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels|Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels]]<br/>18 June 1676<br>[[Halle (Saale)|Halle]]<br/>three children
|align="center"|3 November 1718<br>[[Zerbst]]<br><small>aged 66</small>
|-style="background:#ecd"
|[[Anthony Günther, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Anton Günther]]|| [[File:AntonGüntherAnhZerbst.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|11 November 1653<br>[[Zerbst]]<br><small>Fourth son of [[John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John VI]] and [[Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp]]</small>
|align="center"|4 July 1667 – 1 November 1704||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Principality of Zerbst]]<br><small>(at [[Mühlingen]])</small>||''[[Auguste Antonie Marschall of Bieberstein]]''<br><small>(3 March 1659 – 28 December 1736)</small><br/>1 January 1705<br>[[Zerbst]]<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br/>seven children
|align="center"|10 December 1714<br>[[Zerbst]]<br><small>aged 61</small>
|-style="background:#ecd"
|[[John Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg|John Louis I]]||
|align="center"|4 May 1656<br>[[Zerbst]]<br><small>Sixth son of [[John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John VI]] and [[Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp]]</small>
|align="center"|4 July 1667 – 1 November 1704||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Principality of Zerbst]]<br><small>(at [[Dornburg]])</small>||''[[Christine Eleonore of Zeutsch]]''<br><small>(5 June 1666 – 17 May 1699)</small><br/>23 July 1687<br>[[Halle (Saale)|Halle]]<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br/>seven children
|align="center"|1 November 1704<br>[[Dornburg]]<br><small>aged 48</small>
|- style="background:#ecd"
|colspan="8" style="text-align:center"|''Mühlingen reannexed to Zerbst''
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[William Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode|William Louis]]||[[File:Arolsen Klebeband 01 305.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|18 August 1643<br>[[Harzgerode]]<br><small>Son of [[Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode|Frederick]] and [[Johanna Elisabeth of Nassau-Hadamar]]</small>
|align="center"|30 June 1670 – 14 October 1709||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]<br><small>(at [[Harzgerode]])</small>||[[Elisabeth Juliana of Solms-Laubach]]<br/><small>(6 March 1631 – 2 January 1693)</small><br>25 July 1671<br>[[Laubach]]<br/>no children<br><br>[[Sophie Auguste of Nassau-Dillenburg]]<br/><small>(28 April 1666 – 14 January 1733)</small><br>20 October 1695<br>[[Frederiksborg Castle|Frederiksborg]]<br/>no children
|align="center"|14 October 1709<br>[[Harzgerode]]<br><small>aged 66</small>|| After his death, Harzgerode merged again in Bernburg.
|-style="background:#ecf"
|colspan="8" style="text-align:center"|''Harzgerode reannexed to Bernburg''
|- style="background:#ccf"
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center"| <small>''Regencies of [[Anna Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode]] (1670–1690) and [[John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau]] (1690–1692)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Emmanuel Lebrecht]]||[[File:Emanuel Leberecht von Anhalt-Köthen (1671 - 1704).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|20 May 1671<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>Son of [[Emmanuel, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Emmanuel]] and [[Anna Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]</small>
|align="center"|20 May 1671 – 30 May 1704||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Principality of Köthen]]||''[[Gisela Agnes of Rath]]''<br/>30 September 1692<br>[[Nienburg, Saxony-Anhalt|Nienburg]]<br/><small>(morganatic)</small><br>ten children
|align="center"|30 May 1704<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>aged 33</small>
|- style="background:#fde"
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center"| <small>''Regency of [[Henriette Catherine of Nassau|Henriette Catherine of Orange-Nassau]] (1693–1698)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Leopold I ''the Old Dessauer'']]||[[File:1676 Leopold-2.JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|3 July 1676<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>Son of [[John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|John George II]] and [[Henriette Catherine of Nassau|Henriette Catherine of Orange-Nassau]]</small>
|align="center"|7 August 1693 – 7 April 1747||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Principality of Dessau]]||''[[Anna Louise Föhse]]''<br/>8 September 1698<br>[[Dessau]]<br/><small>(morganatic)</small><br>ten children
|align="center"|7 April 1747<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>aged 70</small>
|- style="background:#ccf"
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center"| <small>''Regency of [[Gisela Agnes of Rath]] (1704–1715)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| With no male heirs, he was succeeded by his brother.
|-style="background:#CCCCFF"
|[[Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Leopold]]||[[File:Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen (1694 - 1728).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|29 November 1694<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>Second son of [[Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Emmanuel Lebrecht]] and [[Gisela Agnes of Rath]]</small>
|align="center"|30 May 1704 – 19 November 1728||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Principality of Köthen]]||[[Frederica Henriette of Anhalt-Bernburg]]<br/>11 December 1721<br>[[Bernburg]]<br>one child<br><br>{{ill|Charlotte Frederike of Nassau-Siegen|bg|Шарлота Фридерика фон Насау-Зиген}}<br/> 27 June 1725<br>[[Weimar]]<br>two children
|align="center"|19 November 1728<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>aged 33</small>
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Karl Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Charles Frederick]]||[[File:Carl Friedrich (Anhalt-Bernburg).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|13 July 1668<br>[[Bernburg]]<br><small>First son of [[Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Victor Amadeus]] and [[Elizabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken|Elisabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken]]</small>
|align="center"|14 February 1718 – 22 April 1721||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]||{{ill|Sophie Albertine of Solms-Sonnenwalde|uk|Софія Альбертіна цу Сольмс-Зонненвальде}}<br/>25 June 1692<br>[[Bernburg]]<br/>six children<br><br>{{ill|Wilhelmine Charlotte Nüßler|de}}<br/>1 May 1715<br>[[Bernburg]]<br>two children
|align="center"|22 April 1721<br>[[Bernburg]]<br><small>aged 52</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Victor Amadeus, divided their rule.
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym|Lebrecht]]||[[File:Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym (1669-1727).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|28 June 1669<br><small>Second son of [[Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Victor Amadeus]] and [[Elizabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken|Elisabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken]]</small>
|align="center"|14 February 1718 – 17 May 1727||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]<br><small>(in [[Zeitz]] and [[Hoym]])</small>||[[Charlotte of Nassau-Schaumburg]]<br/>[[Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate|Schaumburg Castle]]<br>12 April 1692<br>five children<br><br>{{ill|Everdina Jacoba Wilhelmina van Weede|nl}}<br>27 June 1702<br>[[Grave, Netherlands|Grave]]<br>six children<br/><br>''[[Sophie Sibylla of Ingersleben]]''<br><small>(18 March 1684 – 31 March 1726)</small><br>14 September 1725<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br>no children
|align="center"|17 May 1727<br>[[Bad Ems]]<br><small>aged 57</small>
|-style="background:#ecd"
|[[John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John Augustus]]||[[File:Johann August von Anhalt-Zerbst.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|29 July 1677<br>[[Zerbst]]<br><small>Son of [[Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Charles William]] and [[Duchess Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels|Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels]]</small>
|align="center"|3 November 1718 – 7 November 1742||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Principality of Zerbst]]||[[Fredericka of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg|Frederica of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]]<br/>25 May 1702<br>[[Zerbst]]<br/>no children
|align="center"|7 November 1742<br>[[Zerbst]]<br><small>aged 65</small>|| Died without issue. Zerbst was inherited by his cousins from Dornburg.
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Victor Frederick]]||[[File:Victor Fridericus.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|20 September 1700<br>[[Bernburg]]<br><small>Son of [[Karl Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Charles Frederick]] and {{ill|Sophie Albertine of Solms-Sonnenwalde|uk|Софія Альбертіна цу Сольмс-Зонненвальде}}</small>
|align="center"|22 April 1721 – 18 May 1765||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]||[[Louise of Anhalt-Dessau (1709–1732)|Louise of Anhalt-Dessau]]<br/>25 November 1724<br>[[Dessau]]<br/>one child<br><br>[[Albertine of Brandenburg-Schwedt|Sophie Albertine Fredericka of Brandenburg-Schwedt]]<br/>22 May 1733<br>[[Potsdam]]<br/>five children<br><br>''[[Konstanze Fredericka Schmidt]]''<br/>13 November 1750<br>[[Bernburg]]<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br/>one child
|align="center"|18 May 1765<br>[[Bernburg]]<br><small>aged 64</small>||
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Victor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Victor I Amadeus]]||[[File:Viktoramadeusanhbernschauhoym.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|7 September 1693<br>[[Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate|Schaumburg]]<br><small>Son of [[Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym|Lebrecht]] and [[Charlotte of Nassau-Schaumburg]]</small>
|align="center"|17 May 1727 – 15 April 1772||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]<br><small>(in [[Zeitz]], [[Hoym]] and [[Schaumburg]])</small>||{{ill|Charlotte Louise of Isenburg-Birstein|bg|Шарлота Луиза фон Изенбург-Бирщайн}}<br/>22 November 1714<br>[[Birstein]]<br/>six children<br><br>[[Hedwig Sophie Henckel of Donnersmarck]]<br/>14 February 1740<br>[[Pölzig]]<br>six children
|align="center"|15 April 1772<br>[[Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate|Schaumburg]]<br><small>aged 78</small>||
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Augustus Louis]]||[[File:Augustludwigkoeth.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|9 June 1697<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>Third son of [[Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Emmanuel Lebrecht]] and [[Gisela Agnes of Rath]]</small>
|align="center"|19 November 1728 – 6 August 1755||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Principality of Köthen]]<br><small>(at [[Güsten]] until 1737; at Köthen proper since 1737)</small>||''[[Agnes Wilhelmine von Wuthenau]]''<br/>23 January 1722<br>[[Dresden]]<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br>two children<br><br>[[Emilie of Promnitz-Pless|Christine Johanna Emilie of Promnitz-Pless]]<br/>14 January 1726<br>[[Sorau]]<br>five children<br><br>[[Anna Friederike of Promnitz-Pless|Anna Fredericka of Promnitz-Pless]]<br/>21 November 1732<br>[[Sorau]]<br>two children
|align="center"|6 August 1755<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>aged 58</small>
|rowspan="3"| Inheritors of Leopold, "fought" (legally) for the inheritance. Heiress of her father, Gisela Agnes claimed her allodial inheritance (possibly, while Augustus Louis, brother of the deceased Leopold, should keep the main principality. According to the [[Reichskammergericht]] final decision, she kept her father's collections, and eventually gave up her inheritance (which included the main capital, [[Köthen]], and other estates) when she married (1737), being compensated by her uncle with great sums of money that highly indebted the principality.
|- style="background:#ccf"
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center"| <small>''Regency of {{ill|Charlotte Frederike of Nassau-Siegen|bg|Шарлота Фридерика фон Насау-Зиген}} (1728-1734)''</small>
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen|Gisela Agnes]]||[[File:Gisela Agnes von Anhalt-Dessau.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|21 September 1722<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>Daughter of [[Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Leopold]] and [[Frederica Henriette of Anhalt-Bernburg]]</small>
|align="center"|19 November 1728 – 25 May 1737||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Principality of Köthen]]<br><small>(at [[Köthen]], [[Prosigk]] and [[Klepzig]])</small>||[[Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau]]<br/>25 May 1737<br>[[Bernburg]]<br>seven children
|align="center"|20 April 1751<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>aged 22</small>
|- style="background:#ccf"
|colspan="8" style="text-align:center"| ''The property of the Principality of Köthen was reunited in 1737''
|-style="background:#ecd"
|[[John Louis II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|John Louis II]]||[[File:Johann ludwig ii.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|23 June 1688<br>[[Dornburg]]<br><small>First son of [[John Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg|John Louis I]] and [[Christine Eleonore of Zeutsch]]</small>
|align="center"|7 November 1742 – 5 November 1746
|rowspan="2"|[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Principality of Zerbst]]<br><small>(in [[Dornburg]] 1704–1742; in Zerbst proper since 1742)</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|5 November 1746<br>[[Dornburg]]<br><small>aged 58</small>
|rowspan="2"| First cousins of John Augustus I, they were Princes of Dornburg, until its ending by joining it with the inherited Principality of Zerbst. 
|-style="background:#ecd"
|[[Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Christian August]]||[[File:Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst, 1725 (Antoine Pesne).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|29 November 1690<br>[[Dornburg]]<br><small>Third son of [[John Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg|John Louis I]] and [[Christine Eleonore of Zeutsch]]</small>
|align="center"|7 November 1742 – 16 March 1747||[[Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp]]<br/>8 November 1727<br>[[Vechelde]]<br>five children
|align="center"|16 March 1747<br>[[Dornburg]]<br><small>aged 56</small>
|- style="background:#ecd"
|colspan="8" style="text-align:center"|''Dornburg reannexed to Zerbst''
|-style="background:#fde
|[[Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Leopold II Maximilian]]||[[File:Leopold II. Maximilian von Anhalt-Dessau.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|25 December 1700<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>Son of [[Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Leopold I]] and [[Anna Louise Föhse]]</small>
|align="center"|7 April 1747 – 16 December 1751||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Principality of Dessau]]||[[Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen]]<br/>25 May 1737<br>[[Bernburg]]<br/>seven children
|align="center"|16 December 1751<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>aged 50</small>||
|- style="background:#ecd"
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center"| <small>''Regency of [[Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp]] (1747–1752)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| Left no descendants; after his death, his property was annexed by his cousins from Dessau.
|-style="background:#ecd"
|[[Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Frederick August]]||[[File:Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|8 August 1734<br>[[Stettin]]<br><small>Son of [[Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Christian August]] and [[Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp]]</small>
|align="center"|16 March 1747 – 3 March 1793||[[Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst|Principality of Zerbst]]||[[Princess Caroline Wilhelmina Sophia of Hesse-Kassel|Caroline Wilhelmina Sophia of Hesse-Kassel]]<br/>17 November 1753<br>[[Zerbst]]<br>no children<br><br>[[Friederike Auguste Sophie of Anhalt-Bernburg]]<br/>22 May 1764<br>[[Ballenstedt]]<br>no children
|align="center"|3 March 1793<br>[[Luxembourg]]<br><small>aged 58</small>
|-style="background:#ecd"
|colspan=8 style="text-align:center"|''Definitively annexed by the [[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau]]''
|- style="background:#fde"
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center"| <small>''Regency of [[Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau]] (1751–1758)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|Initially under regency, Leopold III himself also served later as regent for his cousin, Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil from Anhalt-Kothen. After his death the regency in Anhalt-Kothen passed together with the principality of Anhalt-Dessau to his grandson.
|-style="background:#fde"
||[[Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau|Leopold III Frederick Franz]]||[[File:Leopold III of Anhalt-Dessau.JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|10 August 1740<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>Son of [[Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Leopold II Maximilian]] and [[Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen]]</small>
|align="center"|16 December 1751 – 9 August 1817||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Principality of Dessau]]<br><small>(until 1807)</small><br><br>[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Duchy of Dessau]]<br><small>(from 1807)</small>||[[Margravine Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt|Louise Henriette of Brandenburg-Schwedt]]<br/>25 July 1767<br>[[Charlottenburg]]<br/>two children
|align="center"|9 August 1817<br>[[Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm|Luisium Castle]]<br><small>aged 76</small>
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Charles George Lebrecht]]||[[File:Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1730-1789).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|15 August 1730<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>Second son of [[Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Augustus Louis]] and [[Emilie of Promnitz-Pless|Christine Johanna Emilie of Promnitz-Pless]]</small>
|align="center"|6 August 1755 – 17 October 1789||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Principality of Köthen]]||[[Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|Louise Charlotte of Holstein-Glücksburg]]<br/>26 July 1763<br>[[Glücksburg]]<br>six children
|align="center"|17 October 1789<br>[[Zemun]]<br><small>aged 59</small>
|rowspan="2"|Children of Augustus Louis, divided their inheritance. 
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Frederick Erdmann, Prince of Anhalt-Pless|Frederick Erdmann]]||[[File:FriedrichErdmannKöPleß.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|27 October 1731<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>Third son of [[Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Augustus Louis]] and [[Emilie of Promnitz-Pless|Christine Johanna Emilie of Promnitz-Pless]]</small>
|align="center"|6 August 1755 – 12 December 1797||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Principality of Köthen]]<br><small>(at [[Pleß|Pless]])</small>||[[Louise Ferdinande of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]<br/>13 June 1766<br>[[Wernigerode]]<br>nine children
|align="center"|12 December 1797<br>[[Pleß|Pless]]<br><small>aged 66</small>
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Frederick Albert]]||[[File:FrederickAlbertAnhaltBernburg.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|15 August 1735<br>[[Bernburg]]<br><small>Son of [[Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Victor Frederick]] and [[Albertine of Brandenburg-Schwedt|Sophie Albertine Fredericka of Brandenburg-Schwedt]]</small>
|align="center"|18 May 1765 – 9 April 1796||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]||[[Louise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön|Louise Albertine of Holstein-Plön]]<br/>25 November 1724<br>[[Augustenborg, Denmark|Augustenburg]]<br/>two children
|align="center"|9 April 1796<br>[[Ballenstedt]]<br><small>aged 60</small>||
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Charles Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Charles Louis]]||
|align="center"|16 May 1723<br>[[Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate|Schaumburg]]<br><small>Third son of [[Victor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Victor I Amadeus]] and {{ill|Charlotte Louise of Isenburg-Birstein|bg|Шарлота Луиза фон Изенбург-Бирщайн}}</small>
|align="center"|15 April 1772 – 20 August 1806||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]<br><small>(in [[Schaumburg]] and [[Hoym]])</small>||''Benjamine Gertrude Keiser''<br><small>(1 January 1729 – 6 January 1787)</small><br>25 March 1748<br>[[Stevensweert]]<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br><br>{{ill|Amalia Eleonora of Solms-Braunfels|bg|Елеонора фон Солмс-Браунфелс}}<br/>12 December 1765<br>[[Braunfels]]<br/>five children
|align="center"|20 August 1806<br>[[Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate|Schaumburg]]<br><small>aged 83</small>||
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen|Augustus Christian Frederick]]||
|align="center"|18 November 1769<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>Son of [[Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Charles George Lebrecht]] and [[Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|Louise Charlotte of Holstein-Glücksburg]]</small>
|align="center"|17 October 1789 – 5 May 1812||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Principality of Köthen]]<br><small>(until 1806)</small><br><br>[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Duchy of Köthen]]<br><small>(from 1806)</small>||{{ill|Frederica of Nassau-Usingen|de|Friederike von Nassau-Usingen}}<br/>9 February 1792<br>[[Frankfurt-am-Main]]<br>no children
|align="center"|5 May 1812<br>[[Geuz]]<br><small>aged 42</small>|| In 1806 became Duke of Anhalt-Köthen. Left no descendants, and was succeeded by his nephew.
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg|Alexius Frederick Christian]]||[[File:Alexius Friedrich Christian Fürst von Anhalt-Bernburg.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|12 June 1767<br>[[Ballenstedt]]<br><small>Son of [[Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Frederick Albert]] and [[Louise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön|Louise Albertine of Holstein-Plön]]</small>
|align="center"|9 April 1796 – 24 March 1834||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]<br><small>(until 1803)</small><br><br>[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Duchy of Bernburg]]<br><small>(from 1803)</small>||[[Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel]]<br/>29 November 1794<br>[[Kassel]]<br><small>(annulled 1817)</small><br/>four children<br><br>''[[Dorothea Fredericka of Sonnenberg]]''<br/>11 January 1818<br>[[Ballenstedt]]<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br>no children<br><br>''[[Ernestine Charlotte of Sonnenberg]]''<br/>2 May 1819<br>[[Bernburg]]<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br/>no children
|align="center"|24 March 1834<br>[[Ballenstedt]]<br><small>aged 66</small>|| In 1803 became Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg.
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Victor II Charles]]||
|align="center"|2 November 1767<br>[[Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate|Schaumburg]]<br><small>Son of [[Charles Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Charles Louis]] and {{ill|Amalia Eleonora of Solms-Braunfels|bg|Елеонора фон Солмс-Браунфелс}}</small>
|align="center"|20 August 1806 – 22 April 1812||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]<br><small>(in [[Schaumburg]] and [[Hoym]])</small>||[[Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg]]<br/>29 October 1793<br>[[Weilburg]]<br>four children
|align="center"|22 April 1812<br>[[Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate|Schaumburg]]<br><small>aged 44</small>||
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Frederick]]||
|align="center"|29 November 1741<br>[[Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate|Schaumburg]]<br><small>Fifth son of [[Victor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Victor I Amadeus]] and {{ill|Charlotte Louise of Isenburg-Birstein|bg|Шарлота Луиза фон Изенбург-Бирщайн}}</small>
|align="center"|22 April – 24 December 1812||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]<br><small>(in [[Schaumburg]] and [[Hoym]])</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|24 December 1812|| After his childless death, Hoym and Holzappel were inherited by his niece Hermine (daughter of Victor II), while Hoym merged in Bernburg again.
|-style="background:#ecf"
|colspan="8" align="center"|''Hoym reannexed to Bernburg''
|- style="background:#ccf"
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center"| <small>''Regencies of [[Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau]] (1812–1817) and [[Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt]] (1817–1818)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|Nephew of Augustus Christian Frederick. Died as a minor, never ruled by his own.
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen|Louis Augustus Karl]]||[[File:Ludwig-min-Herzog-von-Anhalt.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|20 September 1802<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>Son of [[Prince Louis of Anhalt-Köthen|Louis of Anhalt-Köthen]] and {{ill|Louise Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt|de|Louise von Hessen-Darmstadt}}</small>
|align="center"|5 May 1812 – 18 December 1818||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Duchy of Köthen]]||[[Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]]<br/>26 July 1763<br>[[Glücksburg]]<br>six children
|align="center"|18 December 1818<br>[[Leipzig]]<br><small>aged 16</small>
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Hermine]]||[[File:Hermine Palatine.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|2 December 1797<br>[[Hoym]]<br><small>Daughter of [[Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Victor II Charles]] and [[Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg]]</small>
|align="center"|24 December 1812 – 14 September 1817||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Principality of Bernburg]]<br><small>(in [[Schaumburg]] and [[Holzappel]])</small>||[[Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary]]<br>30 August 1815<br>[[Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate|Schaumburg Castle]]<br>two children
|align="center"|14 September 1817<br>[[Budapest]]<br><small>aged 19</small>||After her death her lands probably merged again in Bernburg.
|-style="background:#ecf"
|colspan="8" align="center"|''Schaumburg and Holzappel reannexed to Bernburg''
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen|Frederick Ferdinand]]||[[File:FFAnhaltK.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|25 June 1769<br>[[Pszczyna|Pless]]<br><small>Second son of [[Frederick Erdmann, Prince of Anhalt-Pless|Frederick Erdmann]] and [[Louise Ferdinande of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]</small>
|align="center"|18 December 1818 – 23 August 1830||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Duchy of Köthen]]<br><small>(in [[Pszczyna|Pless]] 1797–1818; in Köthen proper since 1818)</small>||[[Princess Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck|Maria Dorothea of Holstein-Beck]]<br/>26 July 1763<br>[[Lipowina|Lindenau bei Heiligenbeil]]<br>no children<br><br>{{ill|Julie of Brandenburg, Duchess of Anhalt- Köthen|fr|Julie de Brandebourg|lt=Julie of Brandenburg}}<br/>20 May 1816<br>[[Berlin]]<br>no children
|align="center"|23 August 1830<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>aged 61</small>|| From the Anhalt-Pless line, cousin of his predecessor. Attempted, with no success, to reinstall [[Catholicism]] in his duchy. Left no descendants; he was succeeded by his brother.
|-style="background:#ccf"
|[[Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen|Henry]]||[[File:1778 Heinrich.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|30 July 1778<br>[[Pleß|Pless]]<br><small>Fourth son of [[Frederick Erdmann, Prince of Anhalt-Pless|Frederick Erdmann]] and [[Louise Ferdinande of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]</small>
|align="center"|23 August 1830 – 23 November 1847||[[Principality of Anhalt-Köthen|Duchy of Köthen]]||{{ill|Augusta Reuss of Middle Köstritz|es|Augusta de Reuss (línea menor) (1794-1855)}}<br/>18 May 1819<br>[[Trebschen]]<br>no children
|align="center"|23 November 1847<br>[[Köthen]]<br><small>aged 69</small>|| Left no descendants. His allodial principality of Pless was inherited by his nephew, count [[Hans Heinrich X. of Hochberg-Fürstenstein]]. His other possessions were inherited by Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau.
|-style="background:#ccf"
|colspan=8 style="text-align:center"|''Definitively annexed to the [[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau]]''
|-style="background:#ecf"
|[[Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg|Alexander Charles]]||[[File:Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1805-1863).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|2 March 1805<br>[[Ballenstedt]]<br><small>Son of [[Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg|Alexius Frederick Christian]] and [[Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel]]</small>
|align="center"|24 March 1834 – 19 August 1863||[[Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg|Duchy of Bernburg]]||[[Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|Frederica of Holstein-Glücksburg]]<br/>30 October 1834<br>[[Gottorp]]<br/>no children
|align="center"|19 August 1863<br>[[Hoym]]<br><small>aged 58</small>|| Left no male descendants. Bernburg reverted to Anhalt-Dessau.
|-style="background:#ecf"
|colspan=8 style="text-align:center"|''Definitively annexed to the [[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau]]''
|-style="background:#fde"
||[[Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt|Leopold IV Frederick]]||[[File:Leopold IV Anhalt.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1 October 1794<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>Son of [[Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Frederick of Anhalt-Dessau]] and [[Princess Amalie of Hesse-Homburg|Amalie of Hesse-Homburg]]</small>
|align="center"|9 August 1817 – 22 May 1871||[[Principality of Anhalt-Dessau|Duchy of Dessau]]<br><small>(until 1863)</small><br><br>[[Duchy of Anhalt]]<br><small>(from 1863)</small>||[[Princess Frederica of Prussia, Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau|Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia]]<br/>18 April 1818<br>[[Berlin]]<br/>six children
|align="center"|22 May 1871<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>aged 76</small>||Grandson of Leopold III. Ended the regency in Kothen after his cousin's death (1818). In 1863 he reunited Anhalt under his rule, and becomes its first duke.
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt|Frederick I]]||[[File:Friedrich I Anhalt.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|29 April 1831<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>Son of [[Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt|Leopold IV Frederick]] and [[Princess Frederica of Prussia, Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau|Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia]]</small>
|align="center"|22 May 1871 – 24 January 1904||[[Duchy of Anhalt]]||[[Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg|Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg]]<br/>22 April 1854<br>[[Altenburg]]<br/>six children
|align="center"|24 January 1904<br>[[Ballenstedt]]<br><small>aged 72</small>|| 
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt|Frederick II]]||[[File:Friedrich II Anhalt.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|19 August 1856<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>First son of [[Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt|Frederick I]] and [[Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg|Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|24 January 1904 – 21 April 1918||[[Duchy of Anhalt]]||[[Princess Marie of Baden (1865-1939)|Marie of Baden]]<br/>2 July 1889<br>[[Karlsruhe]]<br/>no children
|align="center"|21 April 1918<br>[[Ballenstedt]]<br><small>aged 61</small>|| Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother.
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Eduard, Duke of Anhalt|Edward]]||[[File:Eduard, Duke of Anhalt.JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|18 April 1861<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>Second son of [[Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt|Frederick I]] and [[Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg|Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|21 April – 13 September 1918||[[Duchy of Anhalt]]||[[Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg|Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg]]<br/> 6 February 1895<br>[[Altenburg]]<br/><small>(annulled 26 January 1918)</small><br>six children
|align="center"|13 September 1918<br>[[Berchtesgaden]]<br><small>aged 57</small>|| 
|-style="background:#fde"
|[[Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt|Joachim Ernest]]||[[File:Joachim Ernst duke of Anhalt.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|11 January 1901<br>[[Dessau]]<br><small>Son of [[Eduard, Duke of Anhalt|Edward]] and [[Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg|Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|13 September – 12 November 1918||[[Duchy of Anhalt]]||''[[Elisabeth Strickrodt]]''<br>3 March 1927<br>[[Ballenstedt]]<br><small>(morganatic, annulled 1929)</small><br>no children<br><br>''Edda-Charlotte von Stephani-Marwitz''<br>15 October 1929<br>[[Ballenstedt]]<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br>five children
|align="center"|18 February 1947<br>[[Weimar]]<br><small>aged 46</small>|| Monarchy abolished in that year.
|}

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== Notable figures ==
=== Catherine the Great ===
{{Main|Catherine the Great}}
[[File:Herrschaft Jever (1789).jpg|thumb|Lordship of Jever in 1789 (top of the map, labeled AZ Jever)]]

The most famous Ascanian in modern times was the [[Russian Empire|Russian]] [[Emperor of Russia|Empress]] [[Catherine the Great]] (* 1729; † 1796), previously named Sophie Auguste Friederike. Her father, [[Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Christian August]] of Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, served as a high-ranking military officer in [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] service, so she grew up primarily in [[Ducal Castle, Szczecin|Szczecin Castle]], not Zerbst.<ref>{{Citation |last=Historische Commission bei der königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften |title=Christian August, Fürst zu Anhalt-Zerbst |date=1876 |work=Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Bd. 4 |pages=157 |url=https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Christian_August_(F%C3%BCrst_von_Anhalt-Zerbst) |access-date=2025-08-01 |series=Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie |edition=1. |place=München/Leipzig |publisher=Duncker & Humblot}}</ref> In 1745, she married Karl Peter Ulrich of [[Duke of Holstein-Gottorp|Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp]], the future Russian Emperor [[Peter III of Russia|Peter III]]. On this occasion, she converted to Russian Orthodoxy and took the name Yekaterina Alexeyevna in honor of [[Catherine I of Russia|Catherine I]]. After orchestrating her husband's deposition in 1762, during which he was murdered, she assumed sole rule over Russia, governing for 34 years. Her governing style is associated with [[enlightened absolutism]]; she also maintained contact with [[Voltaire]], [[Cesare Beccaria]], and [[Denis Diderot]].<ref>M. B. W. Trent, "Catherine the Great Invites Euler to Return to St. Petersburg." in ''Leonhard Euler and the Bernoullis'' (AK Peters/CRC Press, 2009) pp. 276–283.</ref>

The Zerbst sub-branch of Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg was founded by her grandfather [[John Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg|John Louis I]], which inherited the main Anhalt-Zerbst line again in 1742.{{sfn|Gehrlein|2017|pp=21–22}} 

=== Senior members of the House of Anhalt ===
The [[Agnatic seniority|senior members]] managed the overall affairs of the Anhalt house per the 1603 division agreement.
* 1603–1618 [[John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|John George I of Dessau]] (* 1567; † 1618), Prince
* 1618–1630 [[Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Christian I of Bernburg]] (* 1568; † 1630)
* 1630–1653 [[Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau|August of Plötzkau]] (* 1575; † 1653)
* 1653–1660 [[John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|John Casimir of Dessau]] (* 1596; † 1660)
* 1660–1670 [[Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode|Frederick of Harzgerode]] (* 1613; † 1670)
* 1670–1693 [[John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|John George II of Dessau]] (* 1627; † 1693)
* 1693–1718 [[Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Victor I Amadeus of Bernburg]] (* 1634; † 1718)
* 1718 [[Charles William, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst|Charles William of Zerbst]] (* 1652; † 1718)
* 1718–1721 [[Karl Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Karl Frederick of Bernburg]] (* 1668; † 1721)
* 1721–1747 [[Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Leopold I of Dessau]], known as "The Old Dessauer" (* 1676; † 1747)
* 1747–1755 [[Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|August Louis of Köthen]] (* 1697; † 1755)
* 1755–1765 [[Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Victor II Frederick of Bernburg]] (* 1700; † 1765)
* 1765–1789 [[Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen|Karl George Lebrecht of Köthen]] (* 1730; † 1789)
* 1789–1796 [[Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg|Frederick Albert of Bernburg]] (* 1735; † 1796)
* 1796–1817 [[Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau|Leopold III of Dessau]] (* 1740; † 1817), henceforth dukes
* 1817–1834 [[Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg|Alexius Frederick Christian of Bernburg]] (* 1767; † 1834)
* 1834–1847 [[Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen|Henry of Köthen]] (* 1778; † 1847)
* 1847–1863 [[Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt|Leopold Frederick of Dessau]] (* 1794; † 1871)

=== Ascanian Abbesses ===
The Ascanians also held advocacy and protection rights over the monasteries of Nienburg/Saale and Gernrode.{{sfn|Schwineköper|1987|p=LV}} They later maintained a close connection with the [[Gernrode Abbey|Abbey of Gernrode]]. Abbess [[Sophia of Saxony|Sophia of Anhalt]] was the sister of [[Henry I, Prince of Anhalt|Henry I]], who received the family estates in 1212. The Gernrode abbesses, as [[Prince of the Holy Roman Empire|imperial princesses]] of the Holy Roman Empire, held a seat at the [[Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)|Imperial Diets]].<ref>Hans K. Schulze: ''Das Stift Gernrode'' (…), Böhlau, Köln 1965, pp. 89–90.</ref>

==== Gernrode Abbey ====
* 1044–1046 [[Hazecha of Ballenstedt]], daughter of [[Adalbert, Count of Ballenstedt|Adalbert of Ballenstedt]]
* 1221–1244 [[Sophia of Saxony|Sophia of Anhalt]] († 1244), daughter of [[Bernhard, Count of Anhalt|Bernhard III of Saxony]]
* 1267–1296 Matilda I of Brunswick
* 1348–1374 Adelheid III of Anhalt
* 1445–1463 Mechthild II of Anhalt (* 1392; † 1463)
* 1469–1504 Scholastica of Anhalt (* 1451; † 1504), daughter of [[George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|George I of Anhalt-Zerbst]]
* 1565–1569 Elisabeth III of Anhalt
* 1570–1577 [[Anna Maria of Anhalt]] (* 1561; † 1605), daughter of [[Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt|Joachim Ernest of Anhalt]]
* 1578–1581 [[Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt]] (* 1573; † 1616), daughter of Joachim Ernest
* 1586–1593 [[Dorothea Maria of Anhalt]] (* 1574; † 1617), daughter of Joachim Ernest
* 1593–1610 Sophia Elisabeth of Anhalt

==== Gandersheim Abbey ====
* 1485–1504 Agnes III of Anhalt (* 1445; † 1504), daughter of George I of Anhalt-Zerbst

== Research activities ==
Since the 16th century, court historians of the Anhalt and [[Saxe-Lauenburg]] family branches sought to trace their patrons' descent. The ''Historie des Fürstenthums Anhalt'' by Johann Christoph Bekmann was published in 1710. Samuel Lenz released ''Samuelis Lentzii Becmannvs Envcleatvs, Svppletvs Et Continvatvs, Oder: Historisch-Genealogische Fürstellung des Hochfürstlichen Hauses Anhalt'' in 1757. Philipp Ernst Bertram and Johann Christoph Krause authored the ''Geschichte des Hauses und Fürstenthums Anhalt'', published in 1780 and 1782. The Anhalt court archivist Otto von Heinemann published the ''Codex diplomaticus Anhaltinus'' starting in 1867, a collection of documents from 936 to 1400. In 1912 and 1913, the ducal archivist Hermann Wäschke published the three-volume ''Anhaltische Geschichte'', a comprehensive history of Anhalt that became a [[standard work]]. Wäschke was appointed archive director and head of the Ducal House and State Archives in Zerbst in 1901. He also founded the Zerbst Historical Society, serving as its chairman for 23 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bachstadt Köthen: Hermann Wäschke (1850-1926) |trans-title= |url=https://www.koethen-anhalt.de/de/hermann-waeschke.html |access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref>

The Historical Commission for Saxony-Anhalt has established a permanent [[working group]] on Anhalt history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historische Kommission für Sachsen-Anhalt |url=https://www.historische-kommission-fuer-sachsen-anhalt.de/ |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=www.historische-kommission-fuer-sachsen-anhalt.de}}</ref> The Association for Anhalt Regional Studies, based in Köthen, has published a journal on Anhalt history since 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Verein für Anhaltische Landeskunde |url=https://www.val-anhalt.de/ |url-status= |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=www.val-anhalt.de}}</ref> The [[House Order of Albert the Bear|Ducal Anhalt House Order of Albert the Bear]], whose [[Grand Master (order)|Grand Master]] is Eduard, Prince of Anhalt, honored historian Lutz Partenheimer in 2016 by admitting him as a knight to the [[house order]]. This recognition was for his research on Albert the Bear, the formation of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, and the House of Anhalt.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=May 2, 2016 |title=Ein weiterer Ritter des Askanischen Hausordens Albrecht der Bär |trans-title=Another Knight of the Ascanian House Order of Albert the Bear |url=http://www.askanier-berlin.de/news/detailansicht/58 |access-date=July 27, 2025 |website=www.askanier-berlin.de |language=de}}</ref>

==Armorial==
{{Main article|Coat of arms of Saxony}}

The original arms of the house of Ascania, from their ancestors the [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxon]] counts of [[Ballenstedt]], were "''[[Variation of the field#Barry, Paly, Bendy|Barry]] of ten sable and or''".

The Ascanian margrave [[Albert the Bear]] was invested with the Saxon ducal title in 1138; when he succeeded the [[House of Welf|Welf]]'s [[Henry the Lion]], who was deposed by Emperor [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick Barbarossa]]. In 1180, Albert's son [[Bernhard, Count of Anhalt]] received the remaining Saxon territories around [[Wittenberg]] and [[Lauenburg]], and the ducal title. Legend, so unlikely to be true, goes that when he rode in front of the emperor, at the occasion of his investiture, he carried a shield with his escutcheon of the Ballenstedt coat of arms (''barry sable and or''). Barbarossa took the [[Ruta graveolens|rue]] wreath he wore against the heat of the sun from his head, hanging it over Bernhard's shield and thus creating the Saxonian ''crancelin vert'' ("''[[Variation of the field#Barry, Paly, Bendy|Barry]] of ten sable and or, a crancelin vert''"). A more likely explanation is that it probably symbolized the waiver of the Lauenburg lands.<ref name="freistaatsachsen">[http://www.freistaat.sachsen.de/wappen_signet.htm Freistaat Sachsen official website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122221956/http://www.freistaat.sachsen.de/wappen_signet.htm |date=2013-01-22 }} {{in lang|de}} Accessed 2009-05-19.</ref>

When upon [[German reunification]] the Free State of Saxony was re-established, the coat of arms was formally confirmed in 1991.<ref>[https://www.fotw.info/FLAGS/de-sn_lx.html Flag Legislation (Saxony, Germany)<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122102236/https://www.fotw.info/flags/de-sn_lx.html |date=2008-11-22}} :{{Blockquote|
The [[Landtag of Saxony]] state parliament has passed on 25 October 1991 the following law:

§ 1
(1) The lesser coat-of-arms of the Free State of Saxony shows an escutcheon bendy of nine pieces black and gold, a green rue-crown bendwise.
(2) A greater coat-of-arms of the Free State of Saxony can be determined by a special law.

§ 2
For the rendering of the coat-of-arms the patterns, which are attached to this law as appendix, are authoritative. The coloured patterns are deposited in the Main Public Record Office of Saxony.

§ 3
The regulations necessary for the implementation of this law are issued by the State Government. It can pass on this authority.

§ 4
This law comes into force the day after its proclamation.

The preceding law is executed herewith and is to be proclaimed.|Prof. Dr. [[Kurt Biedenkopf]] (Minister President), [[Steffen Heitmann]] (State Minister of Justice)|Law relating to the coat-of-arms of the Free State of Saxony of 18 November 1991, (Saxon Law and Official Gazette 1991, p. 383-385), Dresden, 18 November 1991. }}</ref>

<gallery class="center">
File:Arms of the house of Ascania (ancient).svg|Original Arms of counts of Ballenstedt 
File:Arms of Heinrich I, Prince of Anhalt.svg|Arms of Ascania impaled with the Mark of Brandenburg
File:Arms of the house of Anhalt (13th century).svg|Arms of Ascania impaled with the Mark of Brandenburg
</gallery>

<gallery class="center">
File:HRE Arch-Marshal Arms.svg|Arms of the Arch-Marshal/[[prince elector]] of the Saxons of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]
File:Blason Jean-Georges IV de Saxe.svg|Arms of the Elector/Duke of Saxony ([[Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg|Saxe-Wittenburg]])
</gallery>

<gallery class="center">
File:Blason Principauté d'Anhalt (XVe siècle).svg|Principality of Anhalt in the 15th century
File:Blason Principautés d'Anhalt (XVIIe siècle).svg|Principalities of Anhalt in the 17th century
File:Blason Principauté d'Anhalt-Köthen (XVIIIe siècle).svg|Principality of Anhalt-Köthen in the 18th century
File:Blason Principauté d'Anhalt-Zerbst (XVIIIe siècle).svg|Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst in the 19th century
File:Shield of the Duchy of Anhalt.svg|Coat of Arms of the Duchy of Anhalt
File:Coat of Arms of the Duchy of Anhalt.svg|Achievement of the Duchy of Anhalt
</gallery>

The chivalric order was the '''[[Order of Albert the Bear|House Order of Albert the Bear]]''' (German: ''Hausorden Albrechts des Bären'' or ''Der Herzoglich Anhaltische Hausorden Albrechts des Bären'') which was founded in 1836 as a joint [[House Order]] by three dukes of [[Anhalt]] from separate branches of the family: [[Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen]], [[Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt|Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau]], and [[Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg]].<ref name=":2" />

The namesake of the order, [[Albert the Bear]], was the first [[Margrave of Brandenburg]] from the House of Ascania. The origin of his nickname "the Bear" is unknown.<ref name=":1" />

<gallery class="center">
File:Order of Albert the Bear.svg|Collar of the Order of Albert the Bear
File:Зірка ордену Альбрехта Ведмедя.JPG|Star of the Order of Albert the Bear
File:Huisorde van Albrecht de Beer.jpg|House Order of Albert the Bear
</gallery>

== Ascanian Buildings ==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="100">
Schloss Ballenstedt, Hofseite.JPG|[[Ballenstedt]] Castle
Schloss Bernburg Luftbild 2.jpg|Bernburg Castle
SchlossKöthen4-2012.JPG|[[Schloss Köthen|Köthen Castle]]
Zerbst Schloss vor Zerstörung.JPG|[[Zerbst Castle]]
Dessau Schloss 1900.jpg|[[Dessau Palace]]
Schloss wörlitz.jpg|Wörlitz Palace
Schloss Oranienbaum2.JPG|Oranienbaum Palace
Dornburgschloss.jpg|Dornburg Castle
Coswig (Anhalt) 012.JPG|[[Coswig, Saxony|Coswig]] Castle
Schloss Mosigkau 2012.JPG|Mosigkau Palace
Schloss-Schaumburg-JR-G6-3708-2009-08-04.jpg|[[Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate|Schaumburg Castle]]
Schloss Großkühnau.jpg|Großkühnau Palace
</gallery>

== Name bearers through adult adoption ==

[[File:Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|[[Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt|Frédéric, Prince of Anhalt]]]]
In addition to those born into the Ascanian family, there are a significant number of individuals adopted as adults who bear the name. The number of adopted individuals and their family members with the same surname far exceeds that of born Ascanians. Among the adoptees, [[Frédéric von Anhalt|Frédéric, Prince of Anhalt]], adopted in 1980 in Germany by [[Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt|Marie-Auguste, Princess of Anhalt]], is particularly notable. Frédéric, Prince of Anhalt, has adopted six adults in [[Los Angeles]], who thereby bear the name Prince of Anhalt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ich habe sechs Mal adoptiert & bin sechs Mal auf die Schnauze gefallen |date=8 September 2022 |trans-title=I adopted six times and fell flat six times |url=https://www.bunte.de/royals/royals-weltweit/deutscher-adel/prinz-frdric-von-anhalt-ueber-adoption-sechs-mal-auf-die-schnauze-gefallen.html |access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref> The head of the Ascanian family, [[Eduard Prinz von Anhalt|Eduard, Prince of Anhalt]], generally rejects such adult adoptions and does not consider the adoptees part of the family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eduard von Anhalt: Prinz Frédéric - ein «hohler Aufschneider» |date=14 April 2021 |trans-title=Eduard of Anhalt: Prince Frédéric - a "hollow braggart" |url=https://www.news.de/promis/855174006/eduard-von-anhalt-prinz-frederic-ein-hohler-aufschneider/1/ |access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref>

[[Adoption#Adult adoption|Adult adoption]] in Germany differs from the [[adoption|adoption of a minor]] in that, per § 1770(1) of the [[German Civil Code|BGB]], only a kinship relationship with the adopting person is established, not with their family. Typically, the kinship with biological parents remains intact.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adoption Volljähriger: Neue Eltern für Erwachsene |date=25 May 2022 |trans-title=Adult Adoption: New Parents for Adults |url=https://www.test.de/Adoption-Volljaehriger-Wenn-Erwachsene-neue-Eltern-bekommen-5576705-0/ |access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bundesministerium der Justiz: § 1770 Abs. 2 BGB |trans-title=Federal Ministry of Justice: § 1770(2) BGB |url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgb/__1770.html |access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref> In the U.S. state of [[California]], adult adoption is straightforward, and, as in Germany, a personal relationship between the parties is required.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adult adoption in California |url=https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/adult-adoption-california |access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==

* Anhaltischer Heimatbund e.V.: ''800 Jahre Anhalt: Geschichte, Kultur, Perspektiven'' [800 Years of Anhalt: History, Culture, Perspectives]. Dößel 2012.
* [[Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels]] (GHdA) [[Fürst]]l. Häuser XIX (2011)
* Lorenz Friedrich Beck: ''Herrschaft und Territorium der Herzöge von Sachsen-Wittenberg (1212–1422)'' [Rule and Territory of the Dukes of Saxony-Wittenberg (1212–1422)] (=''Bibliothek der Brandenburgischen und Preußischen Geschichte.'' Volume 6). Potsdam 2000.
* Werner Freitag, Michael Hecht (eds.): ''Die Fürsten von Anhalt. Herrschaftssymbolik, dynastische Vernunft und politische Konzepte in Spätmittelalter und Früher Neuzeit'' [The Princes of Anhalt. Symbolism of Rule, Dynastic Reason, and Political Concepts in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period]. Halle 2009, {{ISBN|978-3-89812-199-6}}.
* {{wikicite|ref={{harvid|Gehrlein|2017}} |reference=Thomas Gehrlein: ''Das Haus Anhalt-Askanien mit seinen Linien Bernburg, Dessau, Köthen, Plötzkau und Zerbst: 1000 Jahre Gesamtgeschichte mit Stammfolgen'' [The House of Anhalt-Ascanians with its Lines Bernburg, Dessau, Köthen, Plötzkau, and Zerbst: 1000 Years of Comprehensive History with Genealogies]. Werl 2017.}}
* Michael Hecht: ''Die Erfindung der Askanier. Dynastische Erinnerungsstiftung der Fürsten von Anhalt an der Wende vom Mittelalter zur Neuzeit'' [The Invention of the Ascanians. Dynastic Memory Foundation of the Princes of Anhalt at the Transition from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period]. In: ''Zeitschrift für historische Forschung.'' Volume 33, 2006, pp. 1–32.
* {{LexMA|1|1109|1112|Ascanians|Gerd Heinrich}}
* Britta Kägler, Michael Hecht: ''Dynastien und Hochadel: Die anhaltischen Askanier / Die bayerischen Wittelsbacher'' [Dynasties and High Nobility: The Anhalt Ascanians / The Bavarian Wittelsbachers]. In: Werner Freitag, Michael Kißener, Christine Reinle, Sabine Ullmann (eds.): ''Handbuch Landesgeschichte'' [Handbook of Regional History]. Berlin 2018, pp. 268–302.
* Walter Leisering: ''Zur Geschichte der Askanier. Ein Tabellenbuch mit 200 Abbildungen und historischen Anhalt-Karten'' [On the History of the Ascanians. A Table Book with 200 Illustrations and Historical Anhalt Maps]. Dessau 1998.
* Jörg Meyn: ''Vom spätmittelalterlichen Gebietsherzogtum zum frühneuzeitlichen "Territorialstaat". Das askanische Herzogtum Sachsen 1180–1543'' [From the Late Medieval Territorial Duchy to the Early Modern "Territorial State". The Ascanian Duchy of Saxony 1180–1543] (=''Schriftenreihe der Stiftung Herzogtum Lauenburg.'' Volume 20). Hamburg 1995.
* Lutz Partenheimer: ''Albrecht der Bär. Gründer der Mark Brandenburg und des Fürstentums Anhalt'' [Albert the Bear. Founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg and the Principality of Anhalt]. 2nd edition. Böhlau, Köln / Weimar / Wien 2003, {{ISBN|3-412-16302-3}}.
* Lutz Partenheimer and Moritz Niens: ''Die Chronik der Markgrafen von Brandenburg (aus dem Hause der Askanier, 13. Jahrhundert)'' [The Chronicle of the Margraves of Brandenburg (from the House of the Ascanians, 13th Century)]. Nach der Edition Georg Sellos (1888) Latin-German. Becker, Potsdam 2022, Paperback: {{ISBN|978-3-88372-391-4}} (Black-and-white reproductions of the two surviving 14th-century manuscripts), Hardcover: {{ISBN|978-3-88372-387-7}} (Color reproductions of the two surviving 14th-century manuscripts).
* Ralf Regener: ''Der Sturz der Askanier 1918 in Anhalt. Bedingungen, Verlauf und Nachwirkungen des Untergangs einer kleinstaatlichen deutschen Monarchie'' [The Fall of the Ascanians 1918 in Anhalt. Conditions, Course, and Aftermath of the Collapse of a Small German Monarchy]. Dessau-Roßlau 2013.
* Mathias Tullner: ''Geschichte Sachsen-Anhalts'' [History of Saxony-Anhalt]. Beck, München 2008,  {{ISBN|978-3-406-57286-9}}.
* Hermann Wäschke: ''Die Askanier in Anhalt: Genealogisches Handbuch'' [The Ascanians in Anhalt: Genealogical Handbook]. Dessau 1904.

== References ==
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== External links ==
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{{Wiktionary}}
* [https://houseofascania.com/index.html House of Ascania] – official website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171110120605/http://www.europeanheraldry.org/germany/princely-houses/house-ascania/ European Heraldry page]
* {{cite web |last=Marek |first=Miroslav |title=GENEALOGY.EU: House of Ascania |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/ascania/ascan1.html |publisher=Genealogy.EU}} (first page of a series)
* [http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/continent/bb/brandenburg1.php#top Stirnet: Brandenburg1] {{subscription required}} (genealogy of the Houses of Ascania and Brandenburg, including the most likely ancestry of the 11th-century House of Ascania)
* [http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/ancient/ae/ascania1.php#top Stirnet: Ascania1] {{subscription required}} (an alternate possible ancestry of the 11th-century House of Ascania)

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