Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt

Friedrich Wolfgang Georg Moritz Eduard Joachim Ernst, Prinz von Anhalt (German: Friedrich Wolfgang Georg Moritz Eduard Joachim Ernst von Anhalt; born 12 June 1962) is the head of the House of Ascania, the family which ruled the Duchy of Anhalt until 1918.

Friedrich's heir apparent to the headship of the House of Ascania is his eldest son Joachim Ernst, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt (born 1986)

Life and family
Friedrich was born at Munich, in the then West German state of Bavaria, the second child and only son of Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt, and of his wife Princess Augusta of Saxe-Altenburg, the daughter of Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg. His maternal uncle is the head of the House of Saxe-Altenburg, Ernst, Prinz von Saxe-Altenburg.

9 October 1963, when Friedrich was just one year old, His father, Hereditary Prince Friedrich died in a car crash. He uses the title Prince of Anhalt, but is referred to by others as Duke of Anhalt. The succession of Friedrich was disputed by his uncle Prince Eugen who also claimed the headship of house after the death of Freidrich's grandfather and Eugen's brother Duke Joachim Ernst. The death without male issue in 1980 of Prince Eugen left Prince Friedrich as the sole claimant to the headship of the house.