George III | |
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Prince of Anhalt-Dessau | |
Reign | 1516–1544 |
Predecessor | Ernest I |
Successor | defunct |
Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau | |
Reign | 1544–1553 |
Predecessor | Principality created |
Successor | Karl I Bernhard VII |
Born | 15 August 1507 Dessau |
Died | 17 October 1553 Dessau | (aged 46)
House | House of Ascania |
Father | Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau |
Mother | Margaret of Münsterberg |
George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (15 August 1507 – 17 October 1553), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau, and also a Protestant Reformer. After 1544 he became the first ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Plötzkau.
George was the third (but second surviving) son of Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, by his wife Margaret of Münsterberg, daughter of Henry I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels and granddaughter of George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia.