John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

John V of Anhalt-Zerbst
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder c. 1532
Born(1504-09-04)4 September 1504
Dessau
Died4 February 1551(1551-02-04) (aged 46)
Zerbst
Noble familyAscania
Spouse(s)Margarete of Brandenburg
FatherErnest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
MotherMargarete of Münsterberg-Oels

John V of Anhalt-Zerbst (Dessau, 4 September 1504[1]Zerbst, 4 February 1551[2]), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau. From 1544, he assumed rule of the re-created principality of Anhalt-Zerbst.

John was the second (but eldest surviving) son of Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, by his wife Margarete, daughter of Henry I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels, and granddaughter of George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia.

  1. ^ Schulthess-Rechberg, Karl Gustav von (1862). Thaler-Cabinet: Beschreibung aller bekannt gewordenen Thaler, worin auch alle diejenigen Stücke aufgenommen wurden, welche in Madai's Thaler-Cabinet beschrieben worden sind. Anhalt, Baden, Bayern, Berg, Birkenfeld (Oldenburg) und Braunschweig bis inbegriffen die mittlere braunschweigische Linie zu Wolfenbüttel (in German). Beck. p. 1. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  2. ^ Luther, Martin (1907). Briefweehsel (in German). Schriften-niederlage des Evangel. vereins. p. 256. Retrieved 30 November 2024.

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