Anhalt-Bernburg
Anhalt-Bernburg was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and a duchy of the German Confederation ruled by the House of Ascania with its residence at Bernburg in present-day Saxony-Anhalt. It emerged as a subdivision from the Principality of Anhalt from 1252 until 1468, when it fell to the Ascanian principality of Anhalt-Dessau. Recreated in 1603, Anhalt-Bernburg finally merged into the re-unified Duchy of Anhalt upon the extinction of the line in 1863.
Principality (Duchy) of Anhalt-Bernburg | |||||||||
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| 1252–1468 1603–1863 | |||||||||
19th century flag of the Anhalt duchies
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The Anhalt territories in 1853, with Anhalt-Bernburg in green | |||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806) State of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806–13) State of the German Confederation (from 1815) | ||||||||
| Capital | Bernburg | ||||||||
| Common languages | Upper Saxon | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
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• 1252–1287 | Bernhard I (first) | ||||||||
• 1796–1803 | Alexius Frederick Christian (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Partitioned from Anhalt | 1252 | ||||||||
• Inherited by Anhalt-Dessau | 1468 | ||||||||
• Repartitioned from Anhalt | 1603 | ||||||||
• Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym partitioned away | 1718–1812 | ||||||||
• Raised to duchy | 1803 | ||||||||
• Anhalt re-united | 1863 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | ||||||||
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