Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt

Joachim Ernest
Joachim Ernest
	Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1572
Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Reign	1551–1570
Predecessor	John V
Successor	none (unification of all Anhalt principalities in 1570)
Prince of Anhalt
Predecessor	none (unification of all Anhalt principalities in 1570)
Successor	John George I; Christian I; Bernhard; Augustus; Rudolph; John Ernest; Louis
Born	21 October 1536; Dessau
Died	6 December 1586 (aged 50); Dessau
Spouse	; Agnes of Barby-Mühlingen (m. 1560; died 1569) ; Eleonore of Württemberg (m. 1571)
Issue; more...	Anna Maria, Duchess of Legnica-Brzeg-Oława-Wołów; Elisabeth, Electress of Brandenburg; Sibylla, Duchess of Württemberg; John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau; Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg; Bernhard of Anhalt; Agnes Hedwig, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg; Dorothea Maria, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar; Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau; Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst; John Ernest of Anhalt; Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen; Sabine of Anhalt; Anna Sophie, Countess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt;
House	Ascania
Father	John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Mother	Margaret of Brandenburg

Joachim Ernest of Anhalt (21 October 1536 – 6 December 1586), was a German prince of the House of Ascania, ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst from 1551, and from 1570 sole ruler of all the Anhalt lands.