Louis Augustus, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen

Louis Augustus
Duke of Anhalt-Köthen
Louis Augustus, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1802-1818)
Duke of Anhalt-Köthen
Reign5 May 1812 – 18 December 1818
PredecessorAugustus Christian Frederick
SuccessorFrederick Ferdinand
RegentLeopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau (1812–1817)
Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau (1817–1818)
Born20 September 1802
Köthen, Anhalt, Holy Roman Empire
Died18 December 1818(1818-12-18) (aged 16)
Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, German Confederation
Burial
Names
German: Ludwig August Karl Friedrich Emil
HouseAscania
FatherPrince Louis of Anhalt-Köthen
MotherPrincess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt

Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (Köthen, 20 September 1802 Leipzig, 18 December 1818), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the duchy of Anhalt-Köthen.

He was the second (but only surviving son) of Prince Louis of Anhalt-Köthen by his wife Princess Luise Karoline Theodora Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, daughter of the later (1806) Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine.