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Joachim I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
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Joachim I | |
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| Prince of Anhalt-Dessau | |
.jpg) Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1532 | |
| Born | 7 August 1509 Dessau |
| Died | 6 December 1561 (aged 52) Dessau |
| Noble family | House of Ascania |
| Father | Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau |
| Mother | Margaret of Münsterberg |
Joachim I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (Dessau, 7 August 1509 – Dessau, 6 December 1561), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau. After 1544 he served as the first ruler of the re-created Anhalt-Dessau.
He was the fourth (but third surviving) son of Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, by his wife Margarete, daughter of Henry I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels and granddaughter of George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia.
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