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Friedrich von Anhalt (1732-1794)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks	Biography Friedrich von Anhalt. (1732-1794) (aka. Count of Anhalt) Son of Count William Gustav (1699-1737) of Anhalt-Dessau and Johanna Sophie Herre (1706-1795). Count Friedrich was sometime aide-de-camp to King Friedrich II of Prussia, and rose to become his Adjutant-General.¹ In 1776, after six years as a General-Major and with no immediate prospects of promotion, he left the Prussian army. In 1783 he entered the service of the Russian Empress, and died in St. Petersburg on June 2, 1794 - at his death he was General-Adjutant to the Empress Katharina the Great, and Director-General of the Landcadettencorps.² Life with James Boswell: Boswell met the Count of Anhalt at Potsdam on July 3, 1764. Boswell described him as "the lover of Zélide", that is Belle de Zuylen, Boswell's close friend from his year in Utrecht. A footnote in Boswell on the Grand Tour (vol 1) even mentions the Duke having proposed to Zélide, without having ever met her. On September 24, 1764, Boswell delivered a letter from the Count to a cousin of his, Johann Georg, at Dessau, and on the next day he was introduced to his mother, the Countess Johanna of Anhalt. Notes: Note 1: According to notes in Boswell on the Grand Tour (vol 1). Note 2: According to Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Band 1 (1875), p. 463 This article was last updated at March 10 2008 22:44:29 CET Other links of possible interest	Other biographies that refer to Friedrich von Anhalt: Herre, Johanna Sophie von Anhalt-Dessau, Johann G.
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Friedrich von Anhalt (1732-1794)

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Biography

Friedrich von Anhalt. (1732-1794) (aka. Count of Anhalt)

Son of Count William Gustav (1699-1737) of Anhalt-Dessau and Johanna Sophie Herre (1706-1795).

Count Friedrich was sometime aide-de-camp to King Friedrich II of Prussia, and rose to become his Adjutant-General.¹ In 1776, after six years as a General-Major and with no immediate prospects of promotion, he left the Prussian army. In 1783 he entered the service of the Russian Empress, and died in St. Petersburg on June 2, 1794 - at his death he was General-Adjutant to the Empress Katharina the Great, and Director-General of the Landcadettencorps.²

Life with James Boswell:

Boswell met the Count of Anhalt at Potsdam on July 3, 1764. Boswell described him as "the lover of Zélide", that is Belle de Zuylen, Boswell's close friend from his year in Utrecht. A footnote in Boswell on the Grand Tour (vol 1) even mentions the Duke having proposed to Zélide, without having ever met her.

On September 24, 1764, Boswell delivered a letter from the Count to a cousin of his, Johann Georg, at Dessau, and on the next day he was introduced to his mother, the Countess Johanna of Anhalt.

Notes:

Note 1: According to notes in Boswell on the Grand Tour (vol 1).
Note 2: According to Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Band 1 (1875), p. 463

This article was last updated at March 10 2008 22:44:29 CET

Other links of possible interest

Other biographies that refer to Friedrich von Anhalt:

Herre, Johanna Sophie
von Anhalt-Dessau, Johann G.

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Please mail comments and corrections to webmaster@jamesboswell.info

This URL was last modified: June 01 2008 22:08:34.