Dorothea of ​​Pfalz-Simmern

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Double portrait of Prince Georg I von Anhalt-Dessau (1567–1618) and his second wife Dorothea von Pfalz-Simmern (1581–1631), around 1600

Dorothea von Pfalz-Simmern (born January 6, 1581 in Kaiserslautern , † September 18, 1631 in Sandersleben ) was a Countess Palatine of Simmern and by marriage Princess of Anhalt-Dessau .

Life

Dorothea was the only surviving child of Count Palatine Johann Kasimir von Simmern (1543–1592) from his marriage to Elisabeth (1552–1590), daughter of Elector August of Saxony .

She married Prince Johann Georg I of Anhalt-Dessau (1567–1618) in Heidelberg on February 21, 1595 . The wedding was initiated by Elector Friedrich IV of the Palatinate , her guardian. Under the influence of his wife, Johann Georg I openly converted to Calvinism in 1596 . After the death of her husband, Dorothea retired to her Wittum office and Schloss Sandersleben.

Dorothea was buried in the Marienkirche in Dessau . Her two older sons had the grave monument placed in 1631. Dorothea was a member of the Tugendliche Gesellschaft under the name Die Gastfrei .

progeny

Dorothea had the following children from their marriage:

⚭ 1. 1623 Princess Agnes of Hessen-Kassel (1606–1650)
⚭ 2. 1651 Princess Sophie Margarete of Anhalt-Bernburg (1615–1673)
⚭ 1617 Count Wilhelm Heinrich von Bentheim-Steinfurt (1584–1632)
⚭ 1625 Duke Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar (1598–1662)
⚭ 1. 1627 Count Philipp Moritz von Hanau-Münzenberg (1605–1638)
⚭ 2. 1647 Count Friedrich Casimir von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1623–1685)
⚭ 1637 Johanna Elisabeth von Krosigk († after 1686)
⚭ 1642 Landgrave Hermann IV of Hesse-Rotenburg (1607–1658)
⚭ 1651 Count Johann Philipp von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1626–1669)
⚭ 1636 Count Moritz von Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1615–1674)

literature

  • Bernhard Joseph Schleiss: Family calendar of the passing ore house Pfalz-Wittelsbach for the double jubilee and leap year 1792. 1792, p. 39 digitized
  • Johann C. Hönicke: Documentary peculiarities from the Herzogl. Castle and town church of St. Maria in Dessau, especially regarding the Anhalt Princely House. Fritsche, 1833, pp. 95 ff.
  • Dieter Merzbacher, Klaus Conermann, Gabriele Ball: Letters from the Fruitful Society and enclosures. Niemeyer, 2003, p. 162
  • Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Elisabeth von Sachsen and Johann Kasimir von der Pfalz - A marriage and religious conflict, Dresdner Buchverlag, Dresden 2018, ISBN 978-3-946906-06-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andreas Thiele: Narrative genealogical family tables on European history: German imperial, royal, ducal and count houses. Part 2, RG Fischer, 1994, p. 450
personal data
SURNAME Dorothea of ​​Pfalz-Simmern
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Anhalt-Dessau
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1581
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaiserslautern
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1631
Place of death Sandersleben