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Johann V (IV) Fürst von Anhalt-Zerbst 1504–1551 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 04 Sep 1504

Birth Location: Dessau

Death Date: 04 Feb 1551

Death Location: Zerbst

Father: Fürst I

Mother: Margarete Münsterberg-Oels

Spouse(s): Margareta Brandenburg

Children(s): Joachim Anhalt-Zerbst, Fürst I, Fürst VII

In 1504, Johann V (IV) Fürst von Anhalt-Zerbst entered the world in Dessau, born to Furst Von Anhalt Dessau Ernst I And Margarete Of Munsterberg Oels. Johann V (IV) Fürst von Anhalt-Zerbst married Margareta Von Brandenburg, and had children including Furst Von Anhalt Zerbst Bernhard Vii, Furst Von Anhalt Zerbst Karl I, Joachim Ernst Furst Von Anhalt Zerbst, Marie Of Anhalt Zerbst. Johann V (IV) Fürst von Anhalt-Zerbst passed away in 1551 in Zerbst.

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Biography

  • In 1504, Johann V (IV) Fürst von Anhalt-Zerbst entered the world in Dessau, born to Furst Von Anhalt Dessau Ernst I And Margarete Of Munsterberg Oels.
  • Johann V (IV) Fürst von Anhalt-Zerbst married Margareta Von Brandenburg, and had children including Furst Von Anhalt Zerbst Bernhard Vii, Furst Von Anhalt Zerbst Karl I, Joachim Ernst Furst Von Anhalt Zerbst, Marie Of Anhalt Zerbst.
  • Johann V (IV) Fürst von Anhalt-Zerbst passed away in 1551 in Zerbst.

Immediate Family

Parents

Fürst I
–1516
Birth Location: –
FI
Margarete Münsterberg-Oels
1473–1530
Birth Location: Breslau
MM

Spouses(s)

Margareta Brandenburg
1511–1577
Birth Location: –
MB

Children(s)

Joachim Anhalt-Zerbst
1536–1586
Birth Location: Dessau
JA
Fürst I
1534–1561
Birth Location: Dessau
FI
Fürst VII
1540–1570
Birth Location: –
FV

Johann Anhalt-Zerbst's Ancestors

Self
Johann Anhalt-Zerbst
1504–1551
Birth Place: Dessau
Parents
Fürst von Anhalt-Dessau Ernst I
–1516
Margarete (of) Münsterberg-Oels
1473–1530
Breslau
Grandparents
Prince (of Anhalt-Dessau Georg) I
1390–1474
Anna (of) Lindow-Ruppin
1430–1513
Henry (I the Elder Duke of) Münsterberg-Oels
1448–1498
Ursula (of) Brandenburg
1450–1508
Great-Grandparents
Prince I
–1405
Jutta Querfurt
–1411
Count VIII
1405–1460
Anna Silesia-Glogau-Sagan
1410–
George Poděbrady
1420–1471
Kunigunde Sternberg
1425–1449
Albert Brandenburg
1414–1486
Margaret Baden
1431–1457
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Prince II
–1382
Elisabeth Henneberg-Schleusingen
–1420
Gebhard Querfurt
1320–1383
Helene Schwarzburg
1338–1363
Count V
1375–1410
Cordula Wernigerode
1380–
Duke I
1385–1439
Scholastika Sachsen
1390–
Victor Poděbrady
1403–1427
Anna Wartenberg
1403–1427
Smil Sternberg
–1431
Barbara Pardubice
–1433
Elector I
1371–1440
Elisabeth Bavaria-Landshut
1383–1442
Margrave I
1407–1453
Catherine Lorraine
1407–1439

Johann Anhalt-Zerbst's Descendants

1.
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Johann (V (IV) Fürst von) Anhalt-Zerbst (04 Sep 1504–04 Feb 1551) m. Margareta (von) Brandenburg (29 Sep 1511–Aft. 03 Dec 1577)
  1. 1. Joachim (Ernst Fürst von) Anhalt-Zerbst 1536–1586 m. Agnès (de) Barby-Mühlingen 1540–1569 m. Eleonore (of) Württemberg 1552–1618
    1. 1. Sibylle d'Anhalt 1564–1614 m. Frederick (I of) Württemberg 1557–1608
      1. 1. Barbara (of) Württemberg 1593–1627 m. Margrave (of Baden-Durlach Frederick) V 1594–1659
        1. 1. Margrave (of Baden-Durlach Frederick) VI 1617–1677 m. Christine (Magdalene of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (or of) Kleeburg) 1616–1662
      2. 2. Johann (Frederick Duke of) Württemberg 1582–1628 m. Barbara (Sophie of) Brandenburg 1584–1636
        1. 1. Duke (of Württemberg Eberhard) III 1614–1674 m. Anna (Catharina Wild- and Rheingräfin of) Salm-Kyrburg 1614–1655 m. Marie (Dorothea Sofie of) Öttingen 1639–1698
        2. 2. Friedrich (Herzog von) Württemberg 1615–1682 m. Klara (Augusta Herzogin von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1632–1700
      3. 3. Julius (Frederick Duke of) Württemberg-Weiltingen 1588–1635 m. Anne (Sabine of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg 1593–1659
        1. 1. Silvius (I Nimrod Duke of) Württemberg-Juliusburg 1622–1664 m. Elisabeth (Maria of) Oels 1625–1686
        2. 2. Julia (Felicitas of) Württemberg-Weiltingen 1619–1661 m. John (X of) Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp 1606–1655
      4. 4. Louis (Frederick of) Württemberg 1586–1631 m. Elisabeth (Magdalena of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1600–1624
        1. 1. Duke (of Württemberg-Montbéliard Georg) II 1626–1699 m. Anne (de) Coligny 1624–1680
    2. 2. Dorothea (Maria of) Anhalt 1574–1617 m. Duke (of Saxe-Gotha Johann) II 1570–1605
      1. 1. Wilhelm (Duke of) Saxe-Weimar 1598–1662 m. Eleonore (Dorothea of) Anhalt-Dessau 1602–1664
        1. 1. Dorothea (Maria of) Saxe-Weimar 1641–1675 m. Maurice (Duke of) Saxe-Zeitz 1619–1681
        2. 2. Duke (of Saxe-Eisenach Johann Georg) I 1634–1686 m. Johannetta (von) Sayn-Wittgenstein 1632–1701
        3. 3. Duke (of Saxe-Weimar Johann Ernst) II 1627–1683 m. Christine (Elisabeth of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 1638–1679
      2. 2. Ernest (I the Pious Duke of) Saxe-Gotha 1601–1675 m. Elisabeth (Sophie of) Saxe-Altenburg 1619–1680
        1. 1. Duke (of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Frederick) I 1646–1691 m. Magdalena (Sibylle of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1648–1681
        2. 2. Elisabeth (Dorothea of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1640–1709 m. Landgrave (of Hesse-Darmstadt Ludwig) VI 1630–1678
        3. 3. Duke (of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld John Ernest) IV 1658–1729 m. Sophie (Hedwig of) Saxe-Merseburg 1660–1686 m. Charlotte (Johanna of) Waldeck-Wildungen 1664–1699
        4. 4. Duke (of Saxe-Meiningen Bernhard) I 1649–1706 m. Marie (Hedwig of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1647–1680 m. Elisabeth (Eleonore of) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1658–1729
        5. 5. Ernest (Duke of) Saxe-Hildburghausen 1655–1715 m. Sophie (Henriette von) Waldeck 1662–1702
        6. 6. Christian (von) Sachsen-Gotha 1653–1707 m. Christiane (von) Sachsen-Merseburg 1659–1679
    3. 3. Rudolf (Prince of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1576–1621 m. Magdalene (of) Oldenburg 1685–1657 m. Dorothea (Hedwig of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1587–1609
      1. 1. Dorothea (of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1607–1634 m. Augustus (the Younger Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1579–1666
        1. 1. Anton (Ulrich Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1633–1714 m. Elisabeth (Juliana of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Nordborg 1633–1704
        2. 2. Klara (Augusta Herzogin von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1632–1700 m. Friedrich (Herzog von) Württemberg 1615–1682
        3. 3. Sibylle (Ursula von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1629–1671 m. Christian (Herzog von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1627–1698
      2. 2. Eleanor (of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1608–1680 m. Frederick (of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Nordborg 1581–1658
        1. 1. Elisabeth (Juliana of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Nordborg 1633–1704 m. Anton (Ulrich Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1633–1714
        2. 2. Louise (Amone von) Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg 1642–1685 m. Johann (Friedrich of) Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 1617–1702
      3. 3. Prince (of Anhalt-Zerbst John) VI 1621–1667 m. Sophie (Augusta of) Holstein-Gottorp 1630–1680
        1. 1. Karl (Wilhelm Prince of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1652–1718 m. Sophia (of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1654–1724
        2. 2. Prince (of Anhalt-Zerbst John Louis) I 1656–1704 m. Christine (Eleonore of) Zeutsch 1666–1699
        3. 3. Sophie (Auguste of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1663–1694 m. Duke (of Saxe-Weimar Johann Ernst) III 1664–1707
    4. 4. Elisabeth (of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1563–1607 m. Johann (Georg Elector of) Brandenburg 1525–1598
      1. 1. Magdalena (von) Brandenburg 1582–1616 m. Landgrave (of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis) V 1577–1626
        1. 1. Landgrave (of Hesse-Darmstadt Georg) II 1605–1661 m. Sophia (Eleonore of) Saxony 1609–1671
        2. 2. Anne (Eleonore of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1601–1659 m. Georg (Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1582–1641
        3. 3. Elisabeth (Magdalena of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1600–1624 m. Louis (Frederick of) Württemberg 1586–1631
        4. 4. Juliana (of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1606–1659 m. Count (of East Frisia Ulrich) II 1605–1648
      2. 2. Elisabeth (Sophie de) Brandenbourg 1589–1629 m. Julius (Hendrik Duke of) Saxe-Lauenbourg 1586–1665 m. Janusz Radziwill 1579–1620
        1. 1. Boguslaw Radziwill 1620–1669 m. Anna (Maria) Radziwill 1640–
      3. 3. Christian (Margrave of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1581–1655 m. Marie (of) Prussia 1579–1649
        1. 1. Georg (Albrecht Margrave of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach 1619–1666 m. Marie (Elisabeth of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1628–1664
        2. 2. Erdmann (August of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1615–1651 m. Sophie (of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1614–1646
        3. 3. Magdalene (Sibylle of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1612–1687 m. Elector (of Saxony Johann Georg) II 1613–1680
        4. 4. Anna (Maria von) Hohenzollern 1609–1680 m. Johann (Anton von) Eggenberg 1610–1649
      4. 4. Joachim (Ernst Margrave of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1583–1625 m. Sophie (de) Solms-Laubach 1594–1651
        1. 1. Margrave (of Brandenburg-Ansbach Albert) II 1620–1667 m. Sophie (Margarete of) Öttingen 1634–1664
        2. 2. Sophie (of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1614–1646 m. Erdmann (August of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1615–1651
      5. 5. Dorothea (Sibylle von) Hohenzollern 1590–1625 m. Johann (Christian von) Schlesien 1591–1639
        1. 1. George (III of) Brieg 1611–1664 m. Sophie (Katharina of) Ziębice-Oleśnica 1601–1659 m. Elisabeth (Marie Charlotte of) Simmern-Kaiserslautern 1638–1664
        2. 2. Christian (von) Schlesien 1618–1672 m. Luise (Prinzessin von) Anhalt-Dessau 1631–1680
        3. 3. Sibylla (Margareta von) Schlesien-Liegnitz 1620–1657 m. Gerard (von) Dönhoff 1589–1648
    5. 5. Agnes (Hedwig of) Anhalt 1573–1616 m. John ((Hans) II the Younger Duke of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 1545–1622
      1. 1. Eleonore (Sophie von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 1603–1675 m. Fürst (von Anhalt-Bernburg Christian) II 1599–1656
        1. 1. Anna (Sofie von) Anhalt-Bernburg 1640–1704 m. Georg (Friedrich Graf zu) Solms-Sonnenwalde 1626–1688
        2. 2. Victor (I Amadeus Fürst von) Anhalt-Bernburg 1634–1718 m. Elisabeth (von) Zweibrücken 1642–1677
        3. 3. Anna (Elisabeth of) Anhalt-Bernburg 1647–1680 m. Duke (of Württemberg-Oels Christian Ulrich) I 1652–1704
      2. 2. Joachim (Ernst von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön) I 1595–1671 m. Dorothea (Auguste von) Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp 1602–1682
        1. 1. Agnes (Hedwig von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön 1640–1698 m. Christian (Herzog von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1627–1698
        2. 2. August (Herzog von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön 1635–1699 m. Elisabeth (Charlotte von) Anhalt 1647–1723
      3. 3. Anne (Sabine of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg 1593–1659 m. Julius (Frederick Duke of) Württemberg-Weiltingen 1588–1635
    6. 6. Fürst (von Anhalt-Bernburg Christian) I 1568–1630 m. Anna (Gräfin von) Bentheim-Tecklenburg 1579–1624
      1. 1. Fürst (von Anhalt-Bernburg Christian) II 1599–1656 m. Eleonore (Sophie von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 1603–1675
      2. 2. Friedrich (von) Anhalt 1613–1670 m. Johanna (von) Nassau 1619–1647
        1. 1. Elisabeth (Charlotte von) Anhalt 1647–1723 m. August (Herzog von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön 1635–1699
      3. 3. Eleonore (Marie von) Anhalt 1600–1657 m. Duke (of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Johann Albrecht) II 1590–1636
    7. 7. Fürst (von Anhalt-Dessau Johann Georg) I 1567–1618 m. Dorothea (von) Mansfeld-Arnstein 1561–1594 m. Dorothea (Pfalzgräfin von) Simmern 1581–1631
      1. 1. Johann (Casimir Prince of) Anhalt-Dessau 1596–1660 m. Agnes (of) Hesse-Kassel 1606–1650
        1. 1. Prince (of Anhalt-Dessau Johann Georg) II 1627–1693 m. Henriette (Catherine of) Nassau 1637–1708
        2. 2. Luise (Prinzessin von) Anhalt-Dessau 1631–1680 m. Christian (von) Schlesien 1618–1672
      2. 2. Eleonore (Dorothea of) Anhalt-Dessau 1602–1664 m. Wilhelm (Duke of) Saxe-Weimar 1598–1662
      3. 3. Johanna (Dorothea Prinzessin von) Anhalt-Dessau 1612–1695 m. Moritz (Graf von) Bentheim-Tecklenburg 1615–1674
        1. 1. Konradine (Luise Gräfin von) Bentheim-Tecklenburg 1647–1705 m. Friedrich (III zu) Wied 1618–1698
        2. 2. Ludowika (Margareta Gräfin von) Bentheim-Tecklenburg 1648–1722 m. Wilhelm (zur) Lippe-Brake 1634–1690
        3. 3. Friedrich (Moritz zu) Bentheim-Tecklenburg 1653–1710 m. Christine (Marie zur) Lippe-Brake 1673–1732
    8. 8. August (von) Anhalt 1575–1653 m. Sibylle (zu) Solms 1590–1659
      1. 1. Emanuel (von) Anhalt 1631–1670 m. Anna (Eleonore zu) Stolberg 1651–1690
        1. 1. Emanuel (Lebrecht von) Anhalt 1671–1704 m. Gisela (Agnes von) Rath 1670–1740
    9. 9. Anna (Marie von) Anhalt 1561–1605 m. Joachim (Friedrich von) Schlesien 1550–1602
      1. 1. Johann (Christian von) Schlesien 1591–1639 m. Dorothea (Sibylle von) Hohenzollern 1590–1625 m. Anna (Hedwig von) Sitzsch 1611–1639
      2. 2. Barbara (Agnes von) Schlesien 1593–1631 m. Hans (Ulrich) Schaffgotsch 1595–1635
        1. 1. Christoph (Leopold Gotthard) Schaffgotsch 1623–1703 m. Agnes (von) Racknitz 1634–1693
        2. 2. Anna (Elisabeth) Schaffgotsch 1622–1650 m. Jakub Weiher –1657
  2. 2. Fürst (von Anhalt-Zerbst Karl) I 1534–1561 m. Anna (of) Pomerania 1531–1592
  3. 3. Fürst (von Anhalt-Zerbst Bernhard) VII 1540–1570 m. Klara (Herzogin von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1550–1598

Johann Anhalt-Zerbst's Timeline

2 Records

1504
04 Sep 1504
Birth of Johann V (IV) Fürst von Anhalt-Zerbst in Dessau
Dessau
1551
04 Feb 1551
Age 47
Death of Johann V (IV) Fürst von Anhalt-Zerbst in Zerbst
Zerbst

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 04 Sep 1504
    Event Place: Dessau

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 04 Feb 1551
    Event Place: Zerbst
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