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Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
1492Aug, 1

Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince (d. 1566)
Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1 August 1492 in Köthen – 23 March 1566 in Zerbst), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Köthen. He was one of the earliest Protestant rulers in the Holy Roman Empire.

He was the second (but eldest surviving) son of Waldemar VI, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, by his wife Margarete, daughter of Günther XX, Count of Schwarzburg and Lord of Arnstedt.

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