Peerage Record – 4100

     Thomas von Anhalt-Zerbst was born in 1503. He was the son of Ernst Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst and Margarete von Munsterberg. He died, young.

     Elizabeth Wylde was the daughter of George Wylde and Frances Hudleston.^1,2 She married Sir Walter Blount, 1st Bt., son of Sir George Blount and Eleanor Norwood.³ She died on 23 April 1656 at Mawley Hall, Worcestershire, England^G.^3,2 She was buried on 25 April 1656 at Mamble, Worcestershire, England^G.²
     Her married name became Blount.³

     Karl Prinz von Anhalt-Dessau was born in 1534. He was the son of Johann VII Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst and Margarete Prinzessin von Brandenburg. He married Anna von Pommern in 1557. He died in 1561.
     He gained the title of Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst.

     Anna von Pommern was born in 1531. She married Karl Prinz von Anhalt-Dessau, son of Johann VII Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst and Margarete Prinzessin von Brandenburg, in 1557. She died in 1592.
     Her married name became von Anhalt-Dessau.

     Agnes Gräfin von Barby-Muhlingen was born in 1540. She married Joachim Ernst Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst, son of Johann VII Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst and Margarete Prinzessin von Brandenburg, on 3 March 1560. She died in 1569.

     Bernhard Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst was born on 25 September 1571 at Dessau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany^G.¹ He was the son of Joachim Ernst Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst and Eleanor Herzogin von Württemberg. He died on 24 November 1596 at age 25 at Klosterhof, Tyrnau, Austria^G.¹

     Sibylle gräfin von Solms-Laubach was born in 1590. She was the daughter of Johan Georg I graf von Solms-Laubach and Margarete von Schönburg-Glauchau.¹ She married August Prinz von Anhalt-Plotzkau, son of Joachim Ernst Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst and Eleanor Herzogin von Württemberg, in 1618. She died in 1659.

     Johann Ernst Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst was born on 1 May 1578 at Dessau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany^G.¹ He was the son of Joachim Ernst Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst and Eleanor Herzogin von Württemberg. He died on 22 December 1601 at age 23 at Vienna, Austria^G.¹

     Ludwig Prinz von Anhalt-Köthen was born on 17 June 1579 at Dessau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany^G.¹ He was the son of Joachim Ernst Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst and Eleanor Herzogin von Württemberg. He married, firstly, Amoena Amalie von Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Steinfurt, daughter of Arnold III Graf von Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Steinfurt-Limburg and Magdalena Gräfin von Neuenahr-Limburg, on 31 October 1606 at Rheda^G. He married, secondly, Sofie Gräfin zur Lippe, daughter of Simon Graf zur Lippe and Elisabeth von Holstein-Schauenburg, on 12 September 1626 at Detmold, Germany^G.¹ He died on 7 January 1650 at age 70 at Kothen^G.¹
     He was created Prinz von Anhalt-Köthen in 1603.

     Amoena Amalie von Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Steinfurt was born in 1586. She was the daughter of Arnold III Graf von Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Steinfurt-Limburg and Magdalena Gräfin von Neuenahr-Limburg.¹ She married Ludwig Prinz von Anhalt-Köthen, son of Joachim Ernst Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst and Eleanor Herzogin von Württemberg, on 31 October 1606 at Rheda^G. She died in 1625.