Albert II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Albert II, Prince of Anhalt -Zerbst († 1362 ) was a regent of the country Anhalt.
Life
Albrecht II von Anhalt- Zerbst was I. underage when his father Albrecht death, why his uncle Margrave Waldemar I. of Brandenburg, about him and his brother Valdemar II took over the guardianship. Later, both brothers ruled jointly, so that Valdemar II in Dessau, Albrecht but used to live in Zerbst or Köthen.
In Community, the brothers acquired when going out of askanischen tribe in Brandenburg ( 1320) suzerainty over Zerbst, the Mark Landsberg and the Palatinate Saxony, while Brandenburg itself, to which the Anhalt house could make legitimate claims of Emperor Louis to his son of the same was awarded.
Later, the so-called "false Waldemar " showed up, the two brothers Anhalt seemed favorable opportunity to bring their claims to validity. They participated in the most lively in the company, this man, who posed as her uncle to help to possess the Mark. But their efforts failed due to the fickleness and infidelity of the Emperor Charles IV of Brandenburg them some cities were pledged for their expenses costs of war. The deserted by all so-called "false Waldemar " lived up to his death, continue always treated by the brothers as her uncle with them in Dessau.
Albrecht II was with Agnes, a daughter of Prince Wizlaw III since 1324. married of Rügen and married his second wife Beatrix, daughter of Rudolph I of Saxe- Wittenberg. From this marriage he had the following children:
- John I (* 1341 - † 1382 ), Prince of Anhalt -Zerbst ∞ Elisabeth of Henneberg ( 1351-24 April 1397. )
- Albrecht III. († 1354 ), Prince of Anhalt -Zerbst
- Daughter ( † 1352), married to Albert VII, Count of Barby ( 1329 () -? )
- Jutta († 1381 ), married in 1358 with Burkhard III. of Retz, Viscount of Magdeburg ( † 1387 )
- Rudolf ( † 1365 ), Bishop of Schwerin since 1364