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Agnes Hedwig von Anhalt

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Agnes Hedwig von Anhalt

Birth
Dessau, Stadtkreis Dessau-Roßlau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Death
3 Nov 1616 (aged 43)
Sonderborg, Sønderborg Kommune, Syddanmark, Denmark
Burial
Sonderborg, Sønderborg Kommune, Syddanmark, Denmark Add to Map
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Elecrtess of Saxony and Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. She was the second child of Joachim Ernst von Anhalt and his second wife Eleonore von Württemberg. At the age of eight she was made Abbess of Gernrode. In 1585 she left the abbey behind and married August von Sachsen on January 3rd 1586. August died five weeks later. Two years later she married Johann III of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg whom she bore nine children.
Elecrtess of Saxony and Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. She was the second child of Joachim Ernst von Anhalt and his second wife Eleonore von Württemberg. At the age of eight she was made Abbess of Gernrode. In 1585 she left the abbey behind and married August von Sachsen on January 3rd 1586. August died five weeks later. Two years later she married Johann III of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg whom she bore nine children.


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