Karl
Wilhelm
(Karl Wilhelm)
"Fürst von Anhalt-Zerbst"
von Anhalt-Zerbst
formerly Anhalt-Zerbst
Born in Zerbst
Ancestors 
Son of Johann (Anhalt-Zerbst) von Anhalt-Zerbst
and Sophie Auguste (Holstein-Gottorp) von Anhalt-Zerbst
Brother of
Johann Ludwig (Anhalt-Dornburg) von Anhalt-Zerbst and Sophie Auguste (von Anhalt-Zerbst) von Sachsen-Weimar
Husband of
Sophie von Sachsen-Weissenfels
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Johann August (UNKNOWN) von Anhalt-Zerbst, Karl Friedrich von Anhalt-Zerbst and Magdalena Auguste (Askanier) Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg
Died
at age 66
in Zerbst
Profile last modified
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Karl Wilhelm Anhalt-Zerbst was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.
Biography
Karl Wilhelm was the third, but eldest surviving son of Johann VI, Fürst (Reigning Prince) of Anhalt-Zerbst and his wife Sophie Auguste von Holstein-Gottorp and was born at Zerbst on 16/26October 1652.[1]
He succeeded on the death of his father as Fürst von Anhalt-Zerbst in 1667 under the Regency of his mother with the support of Ludwig, Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt and Johann Georg II, Fürst von Anhalt-Dessau.[2]
Sources
- Siebigk, 'Karl Wilhelm, Fürst von Anhalt-Zerbst' in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie vol. 15, pp. 226-227 (1882). Online at Deutsche Biographie (http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/ppn10204337X.html?anchor=adb : viewed 1 February 2015).
- Wikipedia contributors, 'Karl, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 15 September 2014, 18:57 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karl,_Prince_of_Anhalt-Zerbst&oldid=625701918> [accessed 31 January 2015]
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