Christian August von Anhalt-Zerbst (1690-1747)

Christian August von Anhalt-Zerbst

Birth

29 Nov 1690

Dornburg, Landkreis Jerichower Land, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

Death

16 Mar 1747 (aged 56)

Zerbst, Landkreis Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

Burial

Sankt Bartholomäi

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Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, was the son of Johann Ludwig I, Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg, and his wife, Christine Eleonore of Zeutsch. He was married on November 8, 1727 in Vechelde, to Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, daughter of Prince Christian August of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, and sister of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden.

He was the father of Catherine II, the Great, Empress of Russia.

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He was originally interred in the Schlosskirche, Zerbst. He was disinterred in 1946 and reinterred in this location.

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Johanna Elizabeth von Holstein-Gottorp

1712–1760 (m. 1727)

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Christian August von Anhalt-Zerbst

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Johann Ludwig I. von Anhalt-Zerbst

Christine Eleonore von Zeutsch

Johanna Elizabeth von Holstein-Gottorp

Johann Ludwig II. von Anhalt-Zerbst

Johann August von Anhalt-Zerbst

Christian Ludwig von Anhalt-Zerbst

Sophie Christine von Anhalt-Zerbst

Eleonore Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst

Johann Friedrich von Anhalt-Zerbst

Catherine II the Great

Wilhelm Christian von Anhalt-Zerbst

Friedrich August von Anhalt-Zerbst

Auguste Christine von Anhalt-Zerbst

Elizabeth Ulrike von Anhalt-Zerbst

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