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Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau
1702Aug, 2

Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau

Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1769)
Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau (b. Dessau, 2 August 1702 - d. Dessau, 2 December 1769), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and later regent of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau. He was also a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall.Dietrich was the third son of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, by his morganatic wife Anna Louise Föhse.

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