Frederick Erdmann, Prince of Anhalt-Pless

Friedrich Erdmann von Anhalt- Köthen - Pless ( born October 27, 1731 in Köthen; † December 12, 1797 at Pless ) was of the family of Ascanians Prince of Anhalt -Köthen Pless

Life

Friedrich Erdmann was the younger son of Prince August Ludwig of Anhalt- Köthen (1697-1755) from his marriage to Emilie (1708-1732), daughter of Count Erdmann II of Promnitz. Friedrich Erdmann was at first, so in August 1751, in the service of the Prussian army. In July 1754 he came as Captain of a company in the Prussian Infantry Regiment of Meyerinck (No. 26) in financial straits and asked about the King Frederick II several times to support his father. September 1755 he sought the Cabinet to resign after, had to agree not to enter into or Austrian imperial service, and received on 10 October 1755, his Dimission. Soon after, he moved to French military services. In the latter he participated, among others, from 10 March 1759 a regiment of Infantry Regiment Anhalt Anhalt and commander of the brigade at the battle of Minden, to campaigns against Prussia and its allies and left after the Peace of Hubertusburg 1766 military service. He began to travel to Russia. After the execution of King Louis XVI. he resigned from all French military honors and went back in the Prussian army, where he was still Lieutenant General in 1797.

In 1765, the caste domination Pless went to the house of Anhalt - Köthen that his nephew Friedrich Erdmann gave the last Count of Promnitz against a pension, which is why he accepted the title of Prince of Anhalt- Köthen - Pless. Thus Pless was a Sekundogenitur Anhalt- Köthen. In 1767 he was officially invested by King Frederick II of Prussia with Pless. Under the prince described as entrepreneurial, the caste domination industrially developed enormously. Here Friedrich Erdmann sat down opposite the Prussian state with its mountain shelf and led coal mining to flourish. From 1775 to 1776 he built a two-wing baroque castle in Tychy.

Friedrich Erdmann moved in 1779 Seiffersdorffer Protestants in his reign, which he granted many privileges. The next year, the parents of Friedrich Schleiermacher joined with her son of the emigrant colony.

Friedrich Erdmann was a knight of the Polish White Eagle Order. After his reign, the Pless Pless castle was named in the resin.

Progeny

Friedrich Erdmann was married on June 13, 1766 at Schloss Wernigerode Countess Louise ( 1744-1784 ), daughter of Count Heinrich Ernst zu Stolberg - Wernigerode, with whom he had the following children:

  • Ernst (1768-1808), passed over because of " emotional weakness " in the Succession
  • Ferdinand (1769-1830), Duke of Anhalt- Köthen
  • Anna Emilie (1770-1830), heiress of Pless
  • Benedikte (1771-1773)
  • Christiane (1774-1783)
  • Georg (1776-1777)
  • Heinrich (1778-1847), Duke of Anhalt- Köthen
  • Christian Friedrich (* 14 November 1780; † August 30, 1813 ) at the Battle of Culm
  • Ludwig ( * July 16, 1783; † November 5, 1841 ), the last Prince of Anhalt - Köthen - Pless
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