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Casimire von Anhalt-Dessau

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Casimire von Anhalt-Dessau

Birth
Dessau, Stadtkreis Dessau-Roßlau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Death
8 Nov 1778 (aged 29)
Detmold, Kreis Lippe, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Detmold, Kreis Lippe, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Add to Map
Plot
left side chamber
Memorial ID
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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.
From her marriage with Simon August, Casimire had a son:
Casimir August (1777–1809), Prince of Lippe-Detmold
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.
From her marriage with Simon August, Casimire had a son:
Casimir August (1777–1809), Prince of Lippe-Detmold


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