Princess Leopoldine Marie of Anhalt-Dessau

Leopoldine Marie, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau (12 December 1716, in Dessau – 27 January 1782, in Kołobrzeg) was Princess of Anhalt-Dessau by birth and Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt by virtue of marriage.

She was born in Oranienbaum palace as the fourth daughter and ninth child of Prince Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau and his initially morganatic wife, Anna Louise Föhse.

[1] After the death of her husband in 1788, Margraviate of Brandenburg-Schwedt was incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia.

Since then, her former home, Schwedt palace was used by the Prussian royal family as their summer residence.

They had two daughters: She died in Kolberg on 27 January 1782 at the age of 65.