Dorothea of ​​Anhalt-Zerbst

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Dorothea von Anhalt-Zerbst, Duchess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

Dorothea von Anhalt-Zerbst (born September 25, 1607 in Zerbst , † September 26, 1634 in Hitzacker ) from the Ascanian dynasty was a princess of Anhalt-Zerbst and by marriage Duchess of Braunschweig and Lüneburg and princess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel .

Life

Dorothea was a daughter of Prince Rudolf von Anhalt-Zerbst (1576–1621) from his first marriage to Dorothea Hedwig (1587–1609), daughter of Duke Heinrich Julius of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel .

On October 26, 1623 she became the second wife of Duke August the Younger of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1579–1666) in Zerbst . August's first marriage, like that of his brother Julius Ernst , remained childless. With the birth of her sons, Dorothea became the ancestor of the " New House of Braunschweig ", which went out in 1884 . The Duchess' family register from 1617 is preserved in the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel.

progeny

Dorothea had the following children from their marriage:

  • Heinrich August (1625–1627)
  • Rudolf August (1627–1704), Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
⚭ 1. 1650 Countess Christiane Elisabeth von Barby (1634–1681)
⚭ 2. 1681 Raisin Elisabeth Menthe (1663–1701)
⚭ 1663 Duke Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg (1627–1698)
⚭ 1653 Duke Friedrich of Württemberg-Neuenstadt (1615–1682)
  • Anton Ulrich (1633–1714), Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
⚭ 1656 Princess Elisabeth Juliane of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg (1634–1704)

literature

  • Wilhelm Havemann: History of the Lands Braunschweig and Lüneburg. Dieterich, 1855, p. 712.
  • Eduard Vehse: History of the courts of the House of Braunschweig in Germany and England. Hoffmann and Campe, 1853, p. 164.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Gerhard Schildt (ed.): The Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte. A region looking back over the millennia . 2nd Edition. Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2001, ISBN 3-930292-28-9 , pp. 579 .
  2. ^ Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology, Schwerin: Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher , Volume 20-21, 1855, p. 148
personal data
SURNAME Dorothea of ​​Anhalt-Zerbst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1607
PLACE OF BIRTH Zerbst
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1634
Place of death Hitzacker