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The Duchy of Anhalt ( German: Herzogtum Anhalt) was a historical German duchy. The duchy was located between the Harz Mountains in the west and the River Elbe and beyond to the Fläming Heath in the east. The territory was once ruled by the House of Ascania, and is now part of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt .
Attributed arms. House of Ascania-Orlamünde. Lords of Lauenstein, Schauenforst, Graefenthal. and Lichtenberg. Counts of Weimar and Orlamünde. Issued from Hermann I, 2nd son of Albrecht I, Margrave of Brandenburg. House of Anhalt. Lords of Bernburg, Plötzkau, Köthen and Zerbst. Counts of Aschersleben.
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Under the rule of the House of Ascania, the Anhalt territory was split off the German stem duchy of Saxony in 1212 and granted to Count Henry I, who was raised to the rank of a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1218.
William of Weimar-Orlamünde. Father. Adalbert II of Ballenstedt. Mother. Adelaide of Weimar-Orlamünde. Siegfried I of Ballenstedt ( c. 1075 – 9 March 1113), was the son of Adalbert II of Ballenstedt, and a member of the House of Ascania. He was count palatine of the Rhineland (r.1095/7-1113), and count of Weimar-Orlamünde (r.1112-1113).
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Esico of Ballenstedt (died around 1060) [1] is the progenitor of the House of Ascania, (i.e., the oldest known member of his dynasty). Esico was the count of Ballenstedt (r. 1036-1060), and his possessions became the nucleus of the later Principality of Anhalt .
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