Career
Born in Cölln an der Spree, she was the fourth of ten children born from the marriage of John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau and Henriette Catherine of Orange-Nassau. In 1680, and thanks to her father"s instigation, Elisabeth Albertine was chosen Princess-Abbess of Herford Abbey as Elisabeth IV, securing with this the support of the Rhenish Imperial College prelate (German: Reichsprälatenkollegiums). In Dessau on 30 March 1686, Elisabeth Albertine married Henry, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Barby.
Elisabeth Albertine"s paternal great-great grandmother was Agnes of Barby-Mühlingen.
This give to Henry some blood ties to the extinct House of Barby. The marriage produced eight children, of whom only three survive adulthood:
John August, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weissenfels-Barby (Dessau, 28 July 1687 - Dessau, 22 January 1688).
John August, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weissenfels-Barby (Dessau, 24 July 1689 - Dessau, 21 October 1689). Stillborn twin sons (Dessau, 1690).
Frederick Henry, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weissenfels-Barby (Dessau, 2 July 1692 - The Hague, 21 November 1711).
George Albert, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Barby (Dessau, 19 April 1695 - Barby, 12 June 1739). Henriette Marie (Dessau, 1 March 1697 - Weissenfels, 10 August 1719). Stillborn daughter (Dessau, 5 October 1706).
Elisabeth Albertine died in Dessau aged 41, following complications in her last childbirth.
She was buried in the Familiengruft, Barby.