Dorothea of ​​Saxony (1591-1617)

Dorothea of ​​Saxony, abbess of Quedlinburg

Dorothea von Sachsen (born January 7, 1591 in Dresden ; † November 17, 1617 ibid) was the abbess of the empire-direct and free-worldly monastery Quedlinburg .

Life

Dorothea was a daughter of Elector Christian I of Saxony (1560–1591) and his wife Sophie (1568–1622), daughter of Elector Johann Georg von Brandenburg. Her baptism took place for the first time without the usual exorcism and thus represented an important internal church and internal political measure in her father's politics.

Dorothea was elected abbess of Quedlinburg on April 18, 1610. At that time, the bailiff and protector of the monastery was Dorothea's brother Christian II , Elector of Saxony. On July 19 of the same year she was confirmed in office by Emperor Rudolf II .

Her relatively short term in office was calm. It granted the city of Quedlinburg some rights and improved the income of preachers and teachers. In 1615 she set up a coin in the former Augustinian monastery and made use of her coin rack .

During a visit to her brothers in Dresden, on the occasion of the Reformation anniversary in 1617, Dorothea fell seriously ill and surprisingly died only 26 years old. She was buried in Freiberg . Since Dorothea had not appointed a coadjutor , it was up to the chapter to choose her successor.

ancestors

Pedigree of Dorothea of ​​Saxony
Great-great-grandparents	Duke Albrecht the Courageous (1443–1500) ⚭ 1464 Sidonia of Bohemia (1449–1510)	Duke Magnus II (1441–1503) ⚭ 1478 Sophie of Pomerania (1460–1504)	King Friedrich I (1471–1533) ⚭ 1502 Anna of Brandenburg (1487–1514)	Duke Magnus I of Saxony-Lauenburg (1470–1543) ⚭ 1509 Katharina von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1488–1563)	Elector Joachim I (1484–1535) ⚭ 1502 Elisabeth of Brandenburg (1485–1555)	Duke Georg of Saxony (1471–1539) ⚭ 1496 Barbara of Poland (1478–1534)	Margrave Friedrich II of Brandenburg (1460–1536) ⚭ 1479 Sofia Jagiellonka (1464–1512)	Charles I (1476–1536) ⚭ 1488 Anna von Sagan
Great grandparents	Duke Heinrich the Pious (1473–1541) ⚭ 1512 Catherine of Mecklenburg (1487–1561)		King Christian III (1503–1559) ⚭ 1525 Dorothea von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1511–1571)		Elector Joachim II (1505–1571) ⚭ 1524 Magdalene of Saxony (1507–1534)		Duke Georg von Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484–1543) ⚭ 1525 Hedwig von Münsterberg-Oels (1508–1531)
Grandparents	Elector August of Saxony (1526–1586) ⚭ 1548 Anna of Denmark (1532–1585)				Elector Johann Georg von Brandenburg (1525–1598) ⚭ 1548 Sabina von Brandenburg-Ansbach (1529–1575)
parents	Elector Christian I of Saxony (1560–1591) ⚭ 1582 Sophie of Brandenburg (1568–1622)
Dorothea of ​​Saxony

literature

• Hermann Lorenz: Quedlinburg history. Volume 1: History of the Abbey and City of Quedlinburg. City Magistrate, Quedlinburg 1922.

Web links

Commons : Dorothea von Sachsen (1591–1617)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Johann H. Fritsch: History of the former Reichsstift Quedlinburg p. 26 ff.
• Gottfried C. Voigt: History of the Quedlinburg Abbey, p. 375 ff.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang Sommer: The Lutheran Court Preachers in Dresden , Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, 2006, p. 108 ( digitized version )

predecessor	Office	Successor
Maria of Saxe-Weimar	Abbess of Quedlinburg 1610 - 1617	Dorothea Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg