Three new lanthanide(III) complexes of the type [Ln(PBH) 2 (NO 3 )(NCS)(H 2 O)]NO 3 ·nH 2 O (PBH = 2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde benzoyl-hydrazone) have been prepared from the complexes [Ln(PBH) 2 (NO 3 ) 3 ]·CH 3 COCH 3 ·2H 2 O by anion metathesis reaction and studied by elemental analyses, IR and UV-Vis spectra. The crystal structure of the [Ce(PBH) 2 (NO 3 )(NCS)(H 2 O)]NO 3 ·2.35H 2 O complex was determined by X-ray diffraction. The crystals of the compound isothiocyanato-nitrato-aquo-bis[N -(2-pyridinylmethylene)-Nbenzoyl-hydrazino]-cerium(III) nitrate 2.35 hydrate are monoclinic with crystallographic P2 1 /n symmetry. The coordination sphere consists of two tridentate 2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde benzoylhydrazone, one bidentate nitrate, one isothiocyanate, and one water molecule as ligands. The coordination polyhedron around the cerium atom can be described as a distorted bicapped square antiprism. The coordination of the hydrazone ligand to the metal atom is accomplished through the pyridine nitrogen, the azomethine nitrogen, and the carbonyl oxygen.