Princess Leopoldine Marie of Anhalt-Dessau

Leopoldine Marie of Anhalt-Dessau
Born	(1716-12-12)12 December 1716 Dessau, Anhalt-Dessau, Holy Roman Empire (now Dessau, Germany)
Died	27 January 1782(1782-01-27) (aged 65) Kołobrzeg, Prussia, Holy Roman Empire (now Kołobrzeg, Poland)
Noble family	Ascania
Spouse(s)	Frederick Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Father	Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Mother	Anna Louise Föhse

Leopoldine Marie, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau (12 December 1716, in Dessau – 27 January 1782, in Kołobrzeg) was the ninth child of Prince Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau and his wife, Anna Louise Föhse. She married on 13 February 1739 the last margrave Frederick Henry of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1709-1788). After 1788, her Schwedt Castle was used by the Prussian royal family as a summer residence.

Issue

She had two daughters:

• Louise (10 August 1750 – 20 December 1811), who married her cousin Prince Leopold III of Anhalt-Dessau (10 August 1740 – 9 August 1817).
• Friederike Charlotte (18 August 1745 – 23 January 1808), the last Abbess of Herford Abbey