Augusta Dorothea of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Auguste Dorothea of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel ( born December 16, 1666 Wolfenbüttel; † July 11, 1751 at Castle Augustenburg at Arnstadt ), was a daughter of Duke Anton Ulrich of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel and his wife Juliane von Holstein - Norburg.
Life
Auguste Dorothea married on August 7, 1684 in Wolfenbüttel Count Anton Günther II of Schwarzburg- Sondershausen. This 1697 Imperial Prince and resided in Arnstadt. She got from her husband a piece of land on which they had built the castle August to 1710 in 1699. There you put on a great collection in which objects were made of porcelain, paintings, jewelery and other handicraft products. When her Graf Anton Günther died in 1716 she spent her widowhood (35 years) in order to create on the now-defunct Augustenburg along with her ladies the famous puppet cabinet "Mon Plaisir ". It is a replica of a baroque residence in miniature, in the courtly life but also the bustle of the market and the craft are presented. This is shown today with around 400 figures and 2600 inventory parts in 82 offices in Arnstadt " New Palace ". Many of the figures and ceramic goods of these dolls city are of the Fayencemanufraktur in Dorotheenthal, which had been established at the request of the Princess near Augustenburg. Auguste Dorothea invested in nearly fifty years of their assets in this collection, especially in the furnishing of "Mon Paisir " and has left large debts in 1751 when she died. She was buried in the church in the Ursuline convent of Erfurt.
Sibling
- August Friedrich (1657-1676)
- Elisabeth Eleonore (1658-1729) ∞ with Johann Georg of Mecklenburg, 1681 ∞ with Bernhard I of Saxe- Meiningen
- Anna Sophie (1659-1742) ∞ with Karl Gustav von Baden -Durlach
- August Wilhelm (1662-1731)
- Henriette Christine (1669-1753), Abbess of Gander Home
- Ludwig Rudolf (1671-1735) ∞ with Christine Louise of Oettingen- Oettingen
And several brothers and sisters who died in infancy: August Leopold (1661-1662), August Heinrich (1663-1664), August Karl ( * / † 1664), August Franz ( 1665-1666 ), Amalia Antonia (* / † 1668) and Sibylle Rosalia (1672-1673)