Anhalt-Harzgerode

Principality of Anhalt-Harzgerode
Fürstentum Anhalt-Harzgerode (German)
1635–1709
Anhalt territories 1747-1793, Anhalt-Bernburg (of which Anhalt-Harzgerode was a smaller part) in blue
Anhalt territories 1747-1793, Anhalt-Bernburg (of which Anhalt-Harzgerode was a smaller part) in blue
StatusPrincipality
CapitalHarzgerode
GovernmentPrincipality
History 
• Partition of Anhalt-Bernburg
5 December 1635
• Reunion with Anhalt-Bernburg
14 October 1709
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Anhalt-Bernburg
Anhalt-Bernburg

Anhalt-Harzgerode was a small principality of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by the House of Ascania with its residence at Harzgerode in present-day Saxony-Anhalt. It was created in 1635 following the partition of Anhalt-Bernburg with Frederick, a younger son of Prince Christian I becoming the reigning prince. The death of Frederick's son Prince William Louis in 1709 resulted in the extinction of the ruling family and Anhalt-Harzgerode was reunited with Anhalt-Bernburg.


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