Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg


Victor Frederick of Anhalt-Bernburg, was a German prince of the House of Ascania. He was Reigning prince of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg from 1721 to 1765.

Life

Victor Frederick was born on 20 September 1700 in Bernburg as the second son of Karl Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, by his first wife Sophie Albertine, daughter of George Frederick, Count of Solms-Sonnenwalde.
After the death of his father in 1721, Victor Frederick succeeded him in Anhalt-Bernburg. As a Rittmeister and Capitan of the Prussian army, he was made a knight of the Order of the Black Eagle in 1722.
Victor Frederick showed a special interest for mining and metallurgy and often visited the mines in the Harz.
He died on 18 May 1765 in Bernburg.

Marriages and issue

In Dessau on 25 November 1724 Victor Frederick married Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau, daughter of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. They had one daughter:
  1. Sophie Louise, married on 20 May 1753 to Frederick, Count of Solms-Baruth.
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In Potsdam on 22 May 1733 Victor Frederick married for a second time to Albertine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, daughter of Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt. They had five children:
  1. Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.
  2. Charlotte Wilhelmine, married on 4 February 1760 to Christian Gunther III, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
  3. Marie Karoline.
  4. Fredericka Auguste Sophie, married on 27 May 1764 to Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst.
  5. Christine Elisabeth Albertine, married on 27 April 1762 to Augustus II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
In Bernburg on 13 November 1750 Victor Frederick married morganatically for a third time to Konstanze Fredericka Schmidt, a commoner. She was ennobled and obtain the title of Baroness of Bähr in 1752, shortly before the birth of their only daughter:
  1. Louise Fredericka Wilhelmine of Bähr, married on 12 November 1768 to Otto Henry Louis, Count of Solms-Tecklenburg.