Casimire of Anhalt-Dessau
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Casimire of Anhalt-Dessau (19 January 1749, Dessau
– 8 November 1778, Detmold
) was a princess of Anhalt-Dessau
by birth and Countess of Lippe-Detmold by marriage.
(1722–1751), daughter of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen. She had a particularly close relationship wirh her sisters Agnes
and Marie Leopoldine
, with whom she mostly lived together, even after her marriage, and with whom she conducted an extensive correspondence when they were not together.
She married on 9 November 1769 in Dessau Count Simon August of Lippe-Detmold
(1727–1782), widower of her sister Marie Leopoldine, who had died in April that year. She was religiously tolerant and socially engaged. She was involved in a number of administrative issues and she planned reforms in Lippe, some of which she managed to implement. She had significant influence on her husband and became the mainstay of the reforms sought by Chancellor Hoffmann. Casimire was involved in care for the poor and health care and education. In 1775 she founded the "Patriotic Society" one of the oldest rural credit institutions in Germany.
Dessau
Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it is part of the merged town Dessau-Roßlau. Population of Dessau proper: 77,973 .-Geography:...
– 8 November 1778, Detmold
Detmold
Detmold is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 74,000. It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947...
) was a princess of Anhalt-Dessau
Anhalt-Dessau
Anhalt-Dessau was a principality and later a duchy located in Germany. It was created in 1396 following the partition of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst. The capital of the state was Dessau. Anhalt-Dessau experienced a number of partitions throughout its existence with Anhalt-Köthen being...
by birth and Countess of Lippe-Detmold by marriage.
Life
Casimire was a daughter of Prince Leopold II Maximilian of Anhalt-Dessau (1700–1751) from his marriage to Gisela AgnesGisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen
Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen was a princess of Anhalt-Köthen by birth and by marriage Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau.- Life :...
(1722–1751), daughter of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen. She had a particularly close relationship wirh her sisters Agnes
Henrietta Catherine Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau
Henrietta Catherine Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau was a princess of Anhalt-Dessau by birth, Dean of Herford Abbey and by marriage Baroness of Loën.- Life :...
and Marie Leopoldine
Maria Leopoldine of Anhalt-Dessau
Marie von Anhalt-Dessau Leopoldine was a princess of Anhalt-Dessau by birth and by marriage Countess of Lippe-Detmold.- Life :...
, with whom she mostly lived together, even after her marriage, and with whom she conducted an extensive correspondence when they were not together.
She married on 9 November 1769 in Dessau Count Simon August of Lippe-Detmold
Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold
Simon August, Count of Lippe , ruled the County of Lippe-Detmold from 1734 until 1782.He was the son of Simon Henry Adolph and Johanna Wilhelmine of Nassau-Idstein. Simon August ruled until 1747 under the guardianship of his mother...
(1727–1782), widower of her sister Marie Leopoldine, who had died in April that year. She was religiously tolerant and socially engaged. She was involved in a number of administrative issues and she planned reforms in Lippe, some of which she managed to implement. She had significant influence on her husband and became the mainstay of the reforms sought by Chancellor Hoffmann. Casimire was involved in care for the poor and health care and education. In 1775 she founded the "Patriotic Society" one of the oldest rural credit institutions in Germany.
Descendants
From her marriage with Simon August, Casimire had a son:- Casimir August (1777–1809), Prince of Lippe-Detmold