page_title: Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt
section_title: Marriage and issue
hierarchical_section_title: Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt / Marriage and issue
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Friederike von Preußen (1796–1850), Ehefrau von Leopold IV., Herzog von Anhalt-DessauEnglish: Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia (1796-1850), wife of Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt or Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778-1841), Queen of Hanover
context_page_description: Leopold IV Frederick, Duke of Anhalt was a German prince of the House of Ascania.
  From 1817 until 1853 he was ruler of the duchy of Anhalt-Dessau and from 1847 until 1853 also ruler of the duchy of Anhalt-Köthen. From 1853 until 1863 he was the ruler of the joined duchy of Anhalt-Dessau-Köthen and from 1863 the first ruler of the united duchy of Anhalt.
context_section_description: In Berlin on 18 April 1818 Leopold married Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia (b. Berlin, 30 September 1796 - d. Dessau, 1 January 1850), daughter of Prince Frederick Louis Charles of Prussia (brother of King Frederick William III of Prussia) by his wife Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; through her mother's last marriage, she was a half-sister of King George V of Hanover. They had been engaged since 17 May 1816, as the connection had already been arranged by the Prussian court. This dynastic connection was an expression of Leopold's pro-Prussian policies.
  They had six children:
caption: Leopold's wife Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia
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