Anna of Bentheim-Tecklenburg

Anna, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg (née Countess Anna of Bentheim-Tecklenburg; 4 January 1579 – 9 December 1624) was the consort of Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.

Countess Anna of Bentheim-Tecklenburg was born in Bentheim on 4 January 1579 to Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg and Magdalena of Neuenahr-Alpen.

On 2 July 1595 she married Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg in Lohrbach.

[1] They had sixteen children: In 1603 her husband became the Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, making her the consort.

She is buried in the crypt of the Castle Church of St.