Peerage Record – 653

     Friedrich Erdmann Herzog von Sachsen-Merseburg was born on 20 November 1691. He was the son of Christian II Herzog von Sachsen-Merseburg and Erdmuth Dorothea von Sachsen-Zeitz. He married Eleanore Wilhelmine von Anhalt-Köthen, daughter of Emanuel Lebrecht Prinz von Anhalt-Köthen and Gisela Agnes Gräfin von Rath, on 15 February 1714 at Köthen, Germany^G. He died on 2 June 1714 at age 22 at Köthen, Germany^G.
     He gained the title of Herzog von Sachsen-Merseburg.

     Christine Eleanor Dorothea von Sachsen-Merseburg was born on 6 November 1682. She was the daughter of Christian II Herzog von Sachsen-Merseburg and Erdmuth Dorothea von Sachsen-Zeitz. She died on 30 March 1693 at age 10.

     Henriette Charlotte von Nassau-Idstein was born on 8 November 1693. She was the daughter of Georg August Samuel Prinz von Nassau-Idstein and Henriette Dorothea von Oettingen. She married Moritz Wilhelm Herzog von Sachsen-Merseburg, son of Christian II Herzog von Sachsen-Merseburg and Erdmuth Dorothea von Sachsen-Zeitz, on 4 November 1711. She died on 8 April 1734 at age 40 at Delitzsch, Germany^G.

     Henriette Dorothea von Oettingen was born on 14 February 1672 at Oettingen, Bavaria, Germany.¹ She was the daughter of Albrecht Ernst I Prinz von Oettingen and Christine Friederike von Württemberg-Stuttgart. She married Georg August Samuel Prinz von Nassau-Idstein, son of Johann Graf von Nassau-Idstein and Anna Gräfin von Leiningen-Falkenburg, on 22 September 1688 at Kirchheim unter Teck, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.¹ She died on 18 May 1728 at age 56 at Idstein, Hessen, Germany.¹

     Friedrich Heinrich Herzog von Sachsen-Neustadt was the son of Moritz I Herzog von Sachsen-Zeitz and Dorothea Marie von Sachsen-Weimar. He married, firstly, Sophie Angelica von Württemberg-Bernstadt, daughter of Christian Ulric I Herzog von Württemberg-Bernstadt and Anne Elisabeth von Anhalt-Bernburg, on 23 April 1699 at Oels, Silesia, Germany^G. He married, secondly, Anne Federica von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg, daughter of Philip Ludwig Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg and Anna Margaret von Hessen-Homburg, on 27 February 1702. He died on 18 December 1713.
     He gained the title of Herzog von Sachsen-Neustadt.

     Friederike Ulrike von Sachsen-Merseburg was born on 23 June 1720. She was the daughter of Moritz Wilhelm Herzog von Sachsen-Merseburg and Henriette Charlotte von Nassau-Idstein. She died on 23 June 1720.

     Eleanore Wilhelmine von Anhalt-Köthen was born on 7 May 1696. She was the daughter of Emanuel Lebrecht Prinz von Anhalt-Köthen and Gisela Agnes Gräfin von Rath. She married, firstly, Friedrich Erdmann Herzog von Sachsen-Merseburg, son of Christian II Herzog von Sachsen-Merseburg and Erdmuth Dorothea von Sachsen-Zeitz, on 15 February 1714 at Köthen, Germany^G. She married, secondly, Ernst August I Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, son of Johann Ernst III Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar and Sophie Auguste Prinzessin von Anhalt-Zerbst, on 24 January 1716 at Nienburg, Germany^G.¹ She died on 31 August 1726 at age 30 at Weimar, Germany^G.

     Emanuel Lebrecht Prinz von Anhalt-Köthen was born on 20 May 1671.¹ He was the son of Emanuel Prinz von Anhalt-Köthen and Eleonore Gräfin von Stolberg-Wernigerode. He married Gisela Agnes Gräfin von Rath, daughter of Balthazar Wilhelm Graf von Rath, on 30 September 1692.^1,2 He died on 30 May 1704 at age 33.¹
     He gained the title of Prinz von Anhalt-Köthen.

     Gisela Agnes Gräfin von Rath was born on 9 October 1669 at Kleinwülknitz, Germany.^2,1 She was the daughter of Balthazar Wilhelm Graf von Rath. She married Emanuel Lebrecht Prinz von Anhalt-Köthen, son of Emanuel Prinz von Anhalt-Köthen and Eleonore Gräfin von Stolberg-Wernigerode, on 30 September 1692.^2,1 She died on 12 March 1740 at age 70 at Nienburg, Germany.^2,1
     She gained the title of Gräfin von Nienburg.

     Balthazar Wilhelm Graf von Rath gained the title of Graf von Nienburg.