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Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

1734–1793 · 18th century · Also known as Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst

Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, was the last ruler of the small German principality and the brother of Catherine the Great of Russia. He lived mostly abroad and hired out soldiers to Britain during the American Revolutionary War. When he died without heirs in 1793, Anhalt-Zerbst was divided among the other Anhalt lines.

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