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Karl I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

Field	Value
name	Karl I
succession	Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
reign	1551–1561
predecessor	John V
successor	Joachim Ernest and Bernhard VII
birth_date	17 November 1534
birth_place	Dessau
death_date	4 May 1561
death_place	Zerbst
spouse	Anna of Pomerania
house	House of Ascania
father	John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
mother	Margaret of Brandenburg
succession1	Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau
reign1	1553–1561
predecessor1	George III
successor1	Joachim Ernest and Bernhard VII

Karl I of Anhalt-Zerbst (17 November 1534 – 4 May 1561), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst.

He was the eldest son of John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, by his wife Margaret, daughter of Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg.

Life

After the death of his father in 1551, Karl inherited Anhalt-Zerbst jointly with his younger brothers Joachim Ernest and Bernhard VII according to the family law of the House of Ascania, without any division of the territories of the principality.

In 1553 Karl and his brothers inherited Anhalt-Plötzkau after the death of their uncle George III.

In Zerbst on 16 May 1557 Karl married Anna (5 February 1531 – 13 October 1592), daughter of Barnim XI, Duke of Pomerania. The union was childless.

Karl died seven months before his last surviving uncle, Joachim I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. It was his brothers and their successors who inherited the territories of Joachim's principality.

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