Dorothea of Pfalz-Simmern
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:
- Johann Kasimir (1596–1660), Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
- ⚭ 1. 1623 Princess Agnes of Hessen-Kassel (1606–1650)
- ⚭ 2. 1651 Princess Sophie Margarete of Anhalt-Bernburg (1615–1673)
- Anna Elisabeth (1598-1660)
- ⚭ 1617 Count Wilhelm Heinrich von Bentheim-Steinfurt (1584–1632)
- Friedrich Moritz (1600–1610)
- Eleonore Dorothea (1602–1664)
- ⚭ 1625 Duke Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar (1598–1662)
- Sibylle Christine (1603–1686)
- ⚭ 1. 1627 Count Philipp Moritz von Hanau-Münzenberg (1605–1638)
- ⚭ 2. 1647 Count Friedrich Casimir von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1623–1685)
- Heinrich Waldemar (1604–1606)
- Georg Aribert (1606–1643)
- ⚭ 1637 Johanna Elisabeth von Krosigk († after 1686)
- Kunigunde Juliane (1608–1683)
- ⚭ 1642 Landgrave Hermann IV of Hesse-Rotenburg (1607–1658)
- Susanna Margarete (1610–1663)
- ⚭ 1651 Count Johann Philipp von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1626–1669)
- Johanna Dorothea (1612–1695)
- ⚭ 1636 Count Moritz von Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1615–1674)
- Eva Katharine (1613–1679)
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
- ^ 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 | |
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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 |