Anhalt-Bernburg

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Principality (Duchy) of Anhalt-Bernburg Fürstentum (Herzogtum) Anhalt-Bernburg (German)
1252–1468 1603–1863
19th century flag of the Anhalt duchies 19th century coat of arms of the Anhalt duchies
The Anhalt territories in 1853, with Anhalt-Bernburg in green
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806) State of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806–13) State of the German Confederation (from 1815)
Capital	Bernburg
Common languages	Upper Saxon
Government	Principality
Prince
• 1252–1287	Bernhard I (first)
• 1796–1803	Alexius Frederick Christian (last)
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Partitioned from Anhalt	1252
• Inherited by Anhalt-Dessau	1468
• Repartitioned from Anhalt	1603
• Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym partitioned away	1718–1812
• Raised to duchy	1803
• Anhalt re-united	1863
Preceded by Succeeded by Principality of Anhalt Duchy of Anhalt
Today part of	Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Anhalt-Bernburg was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and a duchy of the German Confederation ruled by the House of Ascania with its residence at Bernburg in present-day Saxony-Anhalt. It emerged as a subdivision from the Principality of Anhalt from 1252 until 1468, when it fell to the Ascanian principality of Anhalt-Dessau. Recreated in 1603, Anhalt-Bernburg finally merged into the re-unified Duchy of Anhalt upon the extinction of the line in 1863.