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Painting of Casimire of Lippe by H. F. L. Matthieu (1775)
Kasimire von Anhalt-Dessau
Born January 19, 1749  
in Dessau
Died November 8, 1778  
in Detmold
Countess Casimire of Lippe-Detmold

Princess of Anhalt-Dessau, daughter of Leopold II Maximillian of Anhalt-Dessau (1700-1751) and Giesela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen (1721-1751). She married (1769) Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold (1727-1782), the recently widowed husband of her older sister Maria Leopoldine.

Boswell was introduced to Princess Casimire 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.

    Princess Casimire of Anhalt-Dessau
    Boswell on the Grand Tour I, 1764

    Unless otherwise noted, the source for a dated quotation of Boswell's is generally the corresponding volume of the Yale Trade Editions of Boswell's journals.