Auguste Dorothea of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1666–1751)
Auguste Dorothea von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (born December 16, 1666 in Wolfenbüttel ; † July 11, 1751 at Augustenburg Castle near Arnstadt ) was a daughter of Duke Anton Ulrich von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and his wife Juliane von Holstein-Norburg.
Life
Auguste Dorothea married Count Anton Günther II of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen on August 7, 1684 in Wolfenbüttel . He became Prince of the Reich in 1697 and resided in Arnstadt.
In 1699, her husband gave her a piece of land on which she had Augustenburg Castle built until 1710, which only stood for about 50 years. She put on a large collection there, which included porcelain items, paintings, jewelry and other handicrafts. When Count Anton Günther died in 1716, she spent her widowhood (35 years) on the Augustenburg, which no longer exists , creating the famous “ Mon plaisir ” doll cabinet together with her court ladies . It is a replica of a baroque residential town in miniature format, in which the courtly life, but also the market bustle and the craft businesses are depicted. This is shown today with around 400 figures and 2,600 items in inventory in 82 rooms in the New Palace in Arnstadt . Many of the figures and ceramic products in this doll town come from the faience factory in Dorotheental , which was founded near Augustenburg at the request of the princess. In around fifty years, Auguste Dorothea invested all of her fortune in this collection, especially in the furnishings for “Mon paisir”, and when she died in 1751 she left heavy debts.
Like her father, she became a Catholic, surrounded herself with priests and nuns and set up a small private monastery in her castle. She was buried in the church in the Ursuline convent in Erfurt .
siblings
- August Friedrich (1657–1676)
- Elisabeth Eleonore (1658–1729) ∞ with Johann Georg von Mecklenburg , 1681 ∞ with Bernhard I of Saxony-Meiningen
- Anna Sophie (1659–1742) ∞ with Karl Gustav von Baden-Durlach
- August Wilhelm (1662–1731)
- Henriette Christine (1669–1753), Abbess of Gandersheim
- Ludwig Rudolf (1671–1735) ∞ with Christine Luise von Oettingen-Oettingen
As well as several siblings who died in infancy: Leopold August (1661–1662), August Heinrich (1663–1664), August Karl (* / † 1664), August Franz (1665–1666), Amalia Antonia (* / † 1668) and Sibylle Rosalia (1672–1673)
literature
- Friedrich Apfelstedt , Börner a. Donhof: local history for the residents of the principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. 3rd part: History of the Princely Schwarzburg House . Eupel, Sondershausen 1856. (Hardcover - May 1998)
- Friedrich Apfelstedt: The House of Kevernburg-Schwarzburg from its origins to our time. ISBN 3-910132-29-4 .
- Wolfgang Leber: The doll town Mon Plaisir. (10th edition) Museum of the City of Arnstadt, Arnstadt 1986, OCLC 75011919 .
- Matthias Klein, Carola Müller The Doll City in the Castle Museum in Arnstadt. (with English summary and captions in English). 3rd edition Königstein i. Ts. 1999 (= The Blue Books). ISBN 3-7845-1172-4 .
- Martin Fimpel: Auguste Dorotea, Princess of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt, b. Duchess of Braunschweig and Lüneburg (Wolfenbüttel). In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 59-60 .
- Cremer, Annette Caroline: Mon Plaisir. The doll town of Auguste Dorothea von Schwarzburg (1666–1751). Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2015. ISBN 978-3-412-22399-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 59-60 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Auguste Dorothea of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1666 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolfenbüttel |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 11, 1751 |
| Place of death | Arnstadt |