page_title: Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
section_title: Reign
hierarchical_section_title: Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen / Life / Reign
caption_attribution_description: English: Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen (1694-1728)
context_page_description: Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Köthen. Today, he is best remembered for employing Johann Sebastian Bach as his Kapellmeister between 1717 and 1723.
  He was born at Köthen, the second son of Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, by his wife Gisela Agnes of Rath.
caption: Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen
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