Who married Margravine Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt?
Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau married Margravine Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt on . Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt was 16 years old on the wedding day (16 years, 10 months and 1 days). Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau was 26 years old on the wedding day (26 years, 11 months and 15 days). The age gap was 10 years, 1 months and 14 days.
Margravine Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Louise Henriette Wilhelmine of Brandenburg-Schwedt (24 September 1750 in Różanki – 21 December 1811 in Dessau), was a Margravine of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage a princess, and later Duchess, of Anhalt-Dessau.
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Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
Leopold III Frederick Franz, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau (10 August 1740 – 9 August 1817), known as "Prince Franz" or "Father Franz", was a German prince of the House of Ascania. From 1751 until 1807 he was reigning prince of the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau and from 1807 the first Duke of the Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau.
A strong supporter of the Enlightenment, Leopold undertook numerous reforms in his principality and made Anhalt-Dessau one of the most modern and prosperous of the small German states. An Anglophile, Leopold also extended and altered the old gardens of Oranienbaum that were laid out in Dutch style to create the first and largest of the English parks of his time, renamed the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm.
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