Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Dorothea Marie of Saxe- Gotha -Altenburg ( * January 22, 1674 in Gotha, † April 18, 1713 in Meiningen, Germany ), was a princess of Saxe- Gotha -Altenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxe- Meiningen.
Life
Dorothea Marie was a daughter of Duke Friedrich I of Saxe- Gotha -Altenburg (1646-1691) from his marriage to Magdalena Sibylle (1648-1681), daughter of Duke Augustus of Saxe - Weissenfels. The princess was very carefully trained and received instruction in religion, science, languages and music.
They married on September 19, 1704 in the peace flintlock their cousin, the later Duke Ernst Ludwig I of Saxe- Meiningen ( 1672-1724 ), with whom she had become engaged in May this year. On the occasion of the marriage of a Gedenkmümze was coined. As dowry Dorothea Marienburg Castle Lauter received at Rödental where Ernst Ludwig had built his hunting lodge in 1706 Ludwigsburg.
Marriage has been described as happy, with her husband, told the Duchess whose passion for music and poetry. Dorothea Marie suffered from "river in the face" and therefore usually lived in the country; especially in the vicinity of Bad Love stone in Frauenbreitungen and Dreißigacker. Dorothea Marie was charity work and supported primarily Meininger orphanage.
Ernst Ludwig planned in Dreißigacker to build a pleasure palace that he wanted to name in honor of his wife Dorothee castle, but the Duchess died as early as 1718 that this plan prevented.
Dorothea Marie was buried in the crypt of the Castle Church in Meiningen. Also in commemoration of her death a coin was minted and a " honor memory" printed.
Progeny
From their marriage Dorothea Marie had the following children:
- Joseph Bernard (1706-1724)
- Friedrich August (* / † 1707)
- Ernst Ludwig II (1709-1729), Duke of Saxe- Meiningen
- Luise Dorothea (1710-1767)
- Karl Friedrich (1712-1743), Duke of Saxe- Meiningen