Ancestral Trails 2016 » Carl von ANHALT-ZERBST I (1534-1564)

Personal data Carl von ANHALT-ZERBST I 


Household of Carl von ANHALT-ZERBST I

He is married to Anna von POMERANIA-STETTIN.

They got married in the year 1557, he was 22 years old.


Notes about Carl von ANHALT-ZERBST I

Karl I of Anhalt-Zerbst (Dessau, 17 November 1534 - Zerbst, 4 May 1561), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst.

He was the eldest son of John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, by his wife Margaret, daughter of Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg.

After the death of his father in 1551, Karl inherited Anhalt-Zerbst jointly with his younger brothers Joachim Ernest and Bernhard VII according to the family law of the House of Ascania, without any division of the territories of the principality.

In 1553 Karl and his brothers inherited Anhalt-Plötzkau after the death of their uncle George III.

In Zerbst on 16 May 1557 Karl married Anna (5 February 1531 - 13 October 1592), daughter of Barnim XI, Duke of Pomerania. The union was childless.

Karl died seven months before his last surviving uncle, Joachim I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. It was his brothers and their successors who inherited the territories of Joachim's principality.
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Historical events

Birthday November 17, 1534

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1534: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 20 » Jacques Cartier begins his first voyage to what is today the east coast of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador.
    • June 9 » Jacques Cartier is the first European to describe and map the Saint Lawrence River.
    • July 4 » Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye.
    • August 15 » Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
    • October 17 » Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass.
    • November 3 » English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.

Day of death May 4, 1564

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1564: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 26 » The Council of Trent establishes an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
    • January 26 » The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War.
    • March 15 » Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes "jizya" (per capita tax).
    • April 26 » Playwright William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (date of actual birth is unknown).


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