page_title: Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
section_title: Marriage and issue
hierarchical_section_title: Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg / Marriage and issue
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Elizabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1642-1677), wife Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg Deutsch: GesamtansichtBrustbild nach links, weitgeschnittenes ockerfarbenes Kleid mit Krönchen u. a. Goldstickereien, gefächeltes Brusttuch mit Broschen am Kleid gehalten, Perlenkette, Ohrringe, schwarze gedrehte Haarfrisur, Purpurmantel mit Hermelinbesatz. auf der Rückseite: Elisabeth geb. Pfalzgräfin beim Rhein, vermaelte Fürstin u Anhalt geb. 1642 gest. 1677
context_page_description: Victor Amadeus of Anhalt-Bernburg, was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg.
  He was the sixth son of Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, by his wife Eleonore Sophie, daughter of John the Younger, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.
context_section_description: In Meisenheim am Glan on 16 October 1667 Victor Amadeus married Elisabeth (b. Meisenheim, 22 March 1642 - d. Bernburg, 18 April 1677), daughter of Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. They had six children:
  Karl Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (b. Bernburg, 13 July 1668 - d. Ballenstedt, 22 April 1721).
  Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym, later Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (b. Bernburg, 28 June 1669 - d. Bad Ems, 17 May 1727).
  Sophie Juliane (b. Bernburg, 26 October 1672 - d. Bernburg, 21 August 1674).
  John George (b. Bernburg, 14 February 1674 - killed in battle at Leuze, 9 September 1691).
  Christian (b. Bernburg, 15 March 1675 - d. Bernburg, 30 December 1675).
  A son (b and d. Bernburg, 18 April 1677).
  After the death of his wife during her sixth childbirth, Victor Amadeus remained a widower for the next forty-one years, until his death.
caption: His wife Elizabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
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