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In 1980, Princess Marie-Auguste legally adopted the businessman Hans Lichtenberg, who subsequently took the name Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt. According to Prinz von Anhalt, who thereafter proceeded to sell knighthoods and marriages related to his new station, he gave her $4,000 a month (German sources say 2,000 Deutsche Mark a month) in ...
Anhalt: Born 10 June 1898. Princess Marie Auguste was the daughter of Eduard, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg. [48] Marie-Auguste married Prince Joachim of Prussia, the youngest son of German Emperor William II. The wedding was attended by Joachim's father Wilhelm II and mother Empress Augusta Viktoria, and the ...
Princess Antoinette was born on 3 March 1885 at Schloss Georgium near Dessau in Anhalt. Her parents were Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Kassel (1861-1955). Less than one year after the birth of his daughter, Leopold died unexpectedly in Cannes on 2 February 1886.
When they married, she was given the title Princess von Anhalt, Duchess of Saxony. It was later revealed that von Anhalt only had the title from an adult adoption by Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt.
Karl Franz as a child with his mother Marie-Auguste of Anhalt.. Prince Karl Franz was born on 15 December 1916 in Potsdam. He was the only child born to Prince Joachim of Prussia and Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt and was the Emperor's fourth grandchild to be born since World War I began; he was consequently very young when Hohenzollern fortunes fell. [2]
In 1980, Lichtenberg was adopted by Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (1898–1983), then in her 80s. [1] Upon adoption, Lichtenberg's name became "Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt" – "Prinz" (Prince) is part of the legal surname in Germany and not a princely title according to modern German law. [8]
Marie-Auguste (1898-1983), married Prince Joachim of Prussia, the youngest son of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany Joachim Ernst , the last ruling Duke of Anhalt Eugen (1903-1980), married Anastasia Jungmeier (1901-1970); their daughter Princess Anastasia (b. 1940) married Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen
Marie-Auguste with her son. On 11 March 1916 in Berlin, Joachim married Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (10 June 1898 – 22 May 1983), the daughter of Eduard, Duke of Anhalt and his wife Princess Luise of Saxe-Altenburg (daughter of Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg). He and Marie-Auguste had been engaged since 14 October of the previous year.