Louise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön

Louise Albertine, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg (née Princess Louise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön; 21 July 1748 – 2 March 1769) was a member of the Danish royal family and the consort of Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.

Biography Princess Louise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön was born in Plön on 21 July 1748 to Frederick Charles, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, a member of a cadet branch of the Danish royal family, and his wife, Countess Christine Armgard von Reventlow (1711-1779). Her mother was the daughter of Christian Detlev, Count of Reventlow and a niece of Queen Anne Sophie of Denmark and Norway.

On 4 June 1763 Louise Albertine married Prince Frederick Albert of Anhalt-Bernburg in Augustenborg. They had two children:

Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1767-1834) Princess Pauline of Anhalt-Bernburg (1769-1820)

In 1765 her husband succeeded his father, Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, as the Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.

She died of measles a week after giving birth to her daughter, on 2 March 1769 in Ballenstedt. She is buried in the crypt of the Castle Church of St. Aegidien in Bernburg.