Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg

Dorothea of Saxony ( born January 7, 1591 in Dresden, † November 17, 1617 ibid ) was abbess of the rich immediate and free secular Quedlinburg.

Life

Dorothea was a daughter of the Elector Christian I of Saxony (1560-1591) and his wife Sophie (1568-1622), daughter of the Elector Johann Georg of Brandenburg. Your baptism was first held without the usual exorcism, and thus was a major within the church and domestic policy measure in the politics of her father dar.

Dorothea was elected Abbess of Quedlinburg April 18, 1610. Vogt and patron of the congregation at that time was Dorothea's brother Christian II, Elector of Saxony. On 19 July of the same year it was confirmed by Emperor Rudolf II in office.

Their relatively short tenure was quiet. It approved the city Quedlinburg to some rights and improved the income of preachers and teachers. In the former Augustinian monastery in 1615 it sent a coin and made from their coinage use.

During a visit to their brothers in Dresden, on the occasion of the anniversary of the Reformation in 1617, Dorothea fell seriously ill and died unexpectedly only 26 years old. She was buried in Freiberg. Since Dorothea had not appointed Koadjutorin, was for the chapter, the choice of successor.

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