was put under an imperial ban that effectively made him an outlaw within the Holy Roman Empire and stripped him of his lands. Christian fled first to Sweden, and then became a guest of King Christian IV at his court in Denmark-Norway. He appealed to Emperor Ferdinand for mercy in 1624 and was allowed to return to his principality, where he died six years later. Marriage and issue In Lorbach on 2 July 1595 Christian married Anna of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (b. Bentheim, 4 January 1579 – d. Bernburg, 9 December 1624), daughter of Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg. They had sixteen children: Frederick Christian (b. and d. Amberg, 2 May 1596). Amalie Juliane (b. Amberg, 10 September 1597 – d. Neinburg, Hannover, 11 August 1605). Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (b. Amberg, 11 August 1599 – d. Bernburg, 22 September 1656). Eleonore Marie (b. Amberg, 7 August 1600 – d. Strelitz, 17 July 1657), married on 7 May 1626 to John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. A daughter (b. and d. Amberg, May? 1601). Sibylle Elisabeth (b. Amberg, 10 February 1602 – d. Strelitz, 15 August 1648). Anna Magdalene (b. Amberg, 8 March 1603 – d. 30 October 1611). Anna Sophie (b. Amberg, 10 June 1604 – d. Bernburg, 1 September 1640). Louise Amalie (b. Amberg, 14 January 1606 – d. Bernburg, 17 October 1635). Ernest (b. Amberg, 19 May 1608 – d. Naumburg, 3 December 1632), colonel of a cavalry regiment in Saxon service, fatally wounded at the Battle of Lützen (1632). Amöena Juliane (b. Amberg, 13 November 1609 – d. Bernburg, 31 July 1628). Agnes Magdalene (b. Amberg, 8 October 1612 – d. Wildungen, 17 July 1629). Frederick, Prince of Anhalt(-Bernburg)-Harzgerode (b. Ensdorf, 16 November 1613 – d. Plötzkau, 30 June 1670). Sophie Margarete (b. Amberg, 16 September 1615 – d. Dessau, 27 December 1673), married on 14 July 1651 to John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. Dorothea Matilde (b. Amberg, 11 August 1617 – d. Bernburg, 7 May 1656). Frederick Louis (b. Amberg, 17 August 1619 – d. Harzgerode, 29 January 1621). Footnotes References Parker, Geoffrey (ed.) (1997): The Thirty Years' War: Second Edition. Routledge. Pursell, Brennan C. The Winter King. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003. Yates, Frances. The Rosicrucian Enlightenment. London; New York: Routledge, 1972. 1568 births 1630 deaths Princes of Anhalt Princes of Anhalt-Bernburg German Calvinist and Reformed Christians Military personnel of the Thirty Years' War People from the