Eduard II, Duke of Anhalt


HRH The Duke of Anhalt

Titles	Duke of Anhalt
Reign	9 October 1963 - present
Coronation	17 May 1964
Predecessor	Friedrich III
Heir	Katharina, Hereditary Duchess of Anhalt
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 Princess Felicitas
Name	Eduard Julius Ernst August Erdmann
House	Ascania
Father	Duke Joachim Ernst of Anhalt
Mother	Editha von Stephani
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, 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.

Name	Birth	Marriage
Katharina, Hereditary Duchess of Anhalt	14 December 1980	Prince Alexander Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (m. 2008); has issue
Princess Eilika	1 January 1985	Prince Andreas of Hanover (m. 2012); has issue
Princess Felicitas	14 May 1993	Unmarried and without issue

Residences

TBA

Titles and Honours

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

National Honours

Order of Albert the Bear (1959)

Foreign Honours

Order of the Black Eagle (1964) (Germany)

Ancestry


Parents	Grandparents	Great-Grandparents	Great-Great-Grandparents
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
Editha von Stephani	Wilhelm von Stephani Irmgard Marwitz

Lines of Succession


Eduard II, Duke of Anhalt House of Ascania Born: 3 December 1941
Lines of Succession
Preceded by	Succession to the Anhalt throne	Followed by
Incumbent preceded by Friedrich III	Incumbent	Katharina, Hereditary Duchess of Anhalt