P0776

Personal Data

Surname	Anhalt (Anhalt-Bernburg)
First name	Bernhard III
Nickname
Dating	1348
Location	Nienburg/Saale
Life dates	b. c.1300 – d. 20.08.1348
Title	Furst, Prince, German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg
Close relatives	the eldest son of Bernhard II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, by his wife Helene, daughter of Wizlaw II, Prince of Rugen Vater: Bernhard II, Furst von Anhalt-Bernburg * c. 1260 +1323 Mutter: Helena von Rugen * c. 1270 Heirat I: a. 1328, Agnes von Sachsen-Wittenberg * c. 1310 Heirat II: 1338, Matilde, Prinzessin von Anhalt * c. 1320 Heirat III: 1339, Matilde von Braunschweig-Luneburg * c. 1320 Kinder von Ehe I: Bernhard IV, Furst von Anhalt-Bernburg * 1330 Beatrix von Meissen Heinrich IV, Furst von Anhalt-Bernburg * c. 1330 Sophie zu Stolberg Albrecht, Prinz von Anhalt-Bernburg * 01.08.1336 + 1336 nc Sophie, Prinzessin von Anhalt-Bernburg * c. 1320 Wilhelm, Herzog von Braunschweig-Luneburg Adelheid von Anhalt-Bernburg Kinder von Ehe II: Catharina, Prinzessin von Anhalt-Bernburg * 1338 Magnus II, Herzog von Braunschweig-Luneburg Albrecht III, Herzog von Sachsen-Wittenberg Kinder von Ehe III: Otto III, Furst von Anhalt-Bernburg * c. 1340 N Lutrud von Mansfeld-Querfurt Gertrud, Prinzessin von Anhalt-Bernburg * c. 1340 Gunther XXII, Graf von Schwarzburg Titel: Grafen von Aschersleben
Type of the object	Grabstein
Place of manufacturing (place of burial)
Place of exposition	Benediktiner-Klosterkirche Sankt Marien und Sankt Cyprian, Schlosskirche, Nienburg (Kreis Bernburg), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Date of manufacturing
Artist

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Bernhard succeeded his father as ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg after his death in 1323. His two younger brothers renounced their rights in order to become priests, which left Bernhard as sole ruler of Bernburg. Along with his princely title, he also used the styles "Count of Askanien" and "Lord of Bernburg"

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