Anna Friederike of Promnitz-Pless


Anna Friederike, Princess of Anhalt-Köthen was the third wife and consort of Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen.

Biography

Countess Anna Friederike of Promnitz-Pless was born in Żary on 30 May 1711 to Erdmann II, Count of Promnitz and Anna Maria of Saxe-Weissenfels. Her mother was a daughter of Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels and Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg.
On 21 November 1732 she married Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen in Żary, becoming the princess consort of Anhalt-Köthen. Her husband was previously married to her elder sister, Emilie of Promnitz-Pless, who had died earlier that year. They had two children:
Anna Friederike died on 31 March 1750 in Köthen.