Editing Eduard II, Duke of Anhalt

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right" size="500px"
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! colspan="2" |HRH The Duke of Anhalt
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Ascania_Eduard.jpg|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|Duke of [[Anhalt]]
|-
|'''Reign'''
|9 October 1963 - present
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|'''Coronation'''
|17 May 1964
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|'''Predecessor'''
|[[Duke Friedrich III of Anhalt|Friedrich III]]
|-
|'''Heir'''
|[[Katharina, Hereditary Duchess of Anhalt]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
|-
|'''Born'''
|3 December 1941 (age 83)

Ballenstadt, Anhalt, Germany
|-
|'''Spouse'''
|[[Archduchess Gabriela of Austria]]
(m. 1979)
|-
|'''Issue'''
|[[Katharina, Hereditary Duchess of Anhalt]]
[[Princess Eilika of Anhalt|Princess Eilika]]<br>
[[Princess Felicitas of Anhalt|Princess Felicitas]]
|-
|'''Name'''
|Eduard Julius Ernst August Erdmann
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|'''House'''
|Ascania
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|'''Father'''
|[[Duke Joachim Ernst of Anhalt]]
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|'''Mother'''
|[[Editha von Stephani]]
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|'''Religion'''
|Lutheran
|}
'''Eduard II, Duke of Anhalt''' (born ''Prince Eduard of Anhalt'' on 3 December 1941) is the current reigning Duke of Anhalt. He is also a member of the Austrian Imperial Family as the brother-in-law of '''[[Charles II, Emperor of Austria]]'''.

==Life==
Eduard was born the fifth and youngest child of '''Duke Joachim Ernst of Anhalt''' and '''Editha von Stephani'''.

Eduard unexpectedly succeeded to the Anhalt throne upon the premature death of his brother, '''[[Duke Friedrich III of Anhalt|Friedrich III]]'''.

In 2010, '''[[Georg Friedrich, Emperor of Germany]]''' approved changes to Anhalt succession laws to allow for Eduard's eldest daughter to succeed him. 

==Marriage and Issue==
On 21 July 1979, Eduard married '''Archduchess Gabriela of Austria''' in Dessau. Eduard and Gabriela have three children, '''Katharina, Eilika,''' and '''Felicitas.''' 
{| class="wikitable"
!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
|-
|[[File:Ascania Katharina.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Katharina, Hereditary Duchess of Anhalt]]
|14 December 1980
|
|[[Prince Alexander Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (m. 2008); has issue
|-
|[[File:Ascania_Eilika.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Princess Eilika of Anhalt|Princess Eilika]]
|1 January 1985
|
|[[Prince Andreas of Hanover]] (m. 2012); has issue
|-
|[[File:Ascania Felicitas.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Princess Felicitas of Anhalt|Princess Felicitas]]
|14 May 1993
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|Unmarried and without issue
|}

==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Residences Anhalt Dessau Palace.jpg|Dessau Palace; Main Residence (March-May; September-November)
File:Residences Anhalt Kothen Castle.JPG|Kothen Castle; Winter Residence (December-February)
File:Residences Anhalt Mosigkau Palace.jpg|Mosigkau Palace; Summer Residence (June-August)
File:Residences Austria Schonbrunn Palace.JPG|Schonbrunn Palace; Summer Residence (June-August)
</gallery>

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1941-1963'''   Prince Eduard of Anhalt
* '''1963-present'''   Eduard II, Duke of Anhalt

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Anhalt_Order_of_Albert_the_Bear.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Albert the Bear (1959)

===Foreign Honours===
[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Black_Eagle.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Black Eagle (1964) (Germany)

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
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|[[Duke Joachim Ernst of Anhalt]]
|[[Duke Eduard I of Anhalt]]
[[Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg]]
|[[Duke Friedrich I of Anhalt]]
[[Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg]]

[[Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg]]

[[Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen]]
|[[Duke Leopold IV of Anhalt]]
[[Princess Frederica of Prussia]]

[[Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg]]

[[Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]]

[[Duke Georg of Saxe-Altenburg]]

[[Princess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]

[[Duke Bernhard II of Saxe-Meiningen]]

[[Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel]]
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|[[Editha von Stephani]]
|[[Wilhelm von Stephani]]
[[Irmgard Marwitz]]
|
|
|}

==Lines of Succession==
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! colspan="3" |Eduard II, Duke of Anhalt
House of Ascania 

Born: 3 December 1941 
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| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
|-
|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Anhalt]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
|-
|<center><small>Incumbent</small>
'''<small>preceded by</small>'''
'''[[Duke Friedrich III of Anhalt|<small>Friedrich III</small>]]'''</center>
|<center>Incumbent</center>
|<center>[[Katharina, Hereditary Duchess of Anhalt]]</center>
|}

[[Category:Anhalt]]
[[Category:House Ascania]]
[[Category:Monarchs of Anhalt]]
[[Category:Monarchs]]