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Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen
Tenure27 April 1706 – 18 April 1713
Born(1674-01-22)22 January 1674
Gotha
Died18 April 1713(1713-04-18) (aged 39)
Meiningen
SpouseErnst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
IssueJoseph Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
Prince Friedrich August
Ernest Louis II
Luise Dorothea, Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Charles Frederick
HouseSaxe-Gotha-Altenburg
FatherFrederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
MotherMagdalena Sybille of Saxe-Weissenfels

Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (22 January 1674 – 18 April 1713) was Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen as the first wife of Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. She was the daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and his first wife, Magdalena Sybille of Saxe-Weissenfels. She married Ernst Ludwig I on the 19 September 1704.

Issue

  1. Josef Bernhard (b. Meiningen, 27 May 1706 d. Rome, 22 March 1724)
  2. Friedrich August (b. Meiningen, 4 November 1707 d. Meiningen 25 Dec 1707)
  3. Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (b. Coburg, 8 August 1709 d. Meiningen, 24 February 1729)
  4. Luise Dorothea (b. Meiningen, 7 December 1710 d. Gotha, 22 October 1771) married on 17 September 1729 to Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
  5. Karl Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (b. Meiningen, 18 July 1712 d. Meiningen, 28 March 1743).

Ancestry

8. John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
4. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
9. Dorothea Maria of Anhalt
2. Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
10. Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
5. Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
11. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1. Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha
12. Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony
6. August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
13. Magdalene Sybille of Prussia
3. Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels
14. Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
7. Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
15. Anna Maria of Ostfriesland
Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg House of Saxe-Gotha-AltenburgCadet branch of the AprilBorn: 22 January Died: 1674 18 Royal titles Preceded byElisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen 27 April 1706–18 April 1713 VacantTitle next held byElisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg