Biography
August von Anhalt-Plötzkau was born 14 July 1575 in Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany to Joachim Ernst von Anhalt-Dessau (1536-1586) and Eleonore von Württemberg (1552-1618) and died 22 August 1653 Plötzkau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany of unspecified causes. He married Sibylle zu Solms-Laubach (1590-1659) 25 January 1618 in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany.
In 1586, after the death of his father, Augustus inherited Anhalt jointly with his half- and full brothers under the regency of the eldest, John George I.
After seventeen years of joint rule, the surviving brothers agreed to a formal division of their lands in 1603. Augustus received Plötzkau, which was created from parts of the old principality of Anhalt-Bernburg.
From 1621 until 1642, Augustus acted as regent in Anhalt-Zerbst for his infant nephew John VI, and from 1650 until 1653 in Anhalt-Köthen for another infant nephew, William Louis.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Johanna von Anhalt-Plötzkau (1618-1676) | |||
| Ernst Gottlieb von Anhalt-Plötzkau (1620-1654) | |||
| Leberecht von Anhalt-Plötzkau (1622-1669) | |||
| Dorothea von Anhalt-Plötzkau (1623-1637) | |||
| Ehrenpreis von Anhalt-Plötzkau (1625-1626) | |||
| Sophie von Anhalt-Plötzkau (1627-1679) | |||
| Elisabeth von Anhalt-Plötzkau (1630-1692) | |||
| Emanuel von Anhalt-Köthen (1631-1670) | 6 October 1631 Plötzkau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | 8 November 1670 Köthen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | Anna Eleonore zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (1651-1690) |
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