Henriette Katharina Agnes von Anhalt-Dessau
Biography
Birth: 1744
Death: 1799
Princess of Anhalt-Dessau, daughter of Leopold II Maximillian of Anhalt-Dessau (1700-1751) and Giesela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen (1721-1751). She married Johann Just, Freiherr von Löen (1737-1803) in 1779, and had at least two children, Leopoldina Casimira and Friedrich.
Life with James Boswell
Boswell was introduced to her at the court of Dessau on September 24, 1764. He danced with her, and with her two sisters, at a ball on September 29, held by the Princess Wilhelmine in honour of the deposed Duke of Courland.
On September 30, 1764 - the day of his taking leave of Dessau - he described the Princess as "a comely, black, amiable young lady."
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