Louise of Anhalt-Dessau
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Louise of Anhalt-Dessau (
She was the fifth child (but third daughter) of John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, by his first wife Agnes, daughter of Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
Life
Louise married Christian, Duke of Brieg-Oława, on 24 November 1648 in her native city of Dessau. At that time, her husband was only co-ruler with his older brothers George III and Louis IV. Only four years later, in 1652, Louise gave birth to her first child, a daughter called Karolina.
One year after receiving the inheritance of their uncle
The eventual inheritance of all the Legnica lands to Christian seemed inevitable, since none of his older brothers had surviving male issue. The deaths of Louis IV in 1663 and George III in 1664 finally left Christian as sole ruler of all the family lands.
Duke Christian died on 28 February 1672. His only surviving son, George William, succeeded him in Legnica-Brzeg, but because he was a minor, the regency was held by his mother Louise, who was the regnant Duchess of Wołów-Oława as her dower, in accordance with her husband's will.
The Duchess-Regent, who was a tolerant and generous person, financially assisted the
Louise retained her dower lands and retired to Oława, where she spend her last years constructing the Baroque Silesian Piast mausoleum at the church of St. John the Baptist in Legnica, also called the Piasteum, where she had buried the remains of her husband, son, and some of their ancestors. She died in 1680 and was buried next to her husband. Her estates were taken over by her overlord, the Habsburg king of Bohemia.
References
- Marek, Miroslav. "Complete Genealogy of the House of Ascania: Anhalt-Dessau". Genealogy.EU.[better source needed]
- Genealogical database by Herbert Stoyan
- This article was translated from its original in the Polish Wikipedia
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