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Dorothea is a female given name from Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa) meaning "God's Gift". It may refer to:

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Saints

  • Dorothea of Alexandria (fl. 320), martyr
  • Dorothea of Caesarea (fl. 311), martyr, patron saint of florists
  • Dorothea of Montau (1347–1394), Roman Catholic saint, hermitess and visionary

    • Aristocracy

  • Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661–1705), Countess of Hesse-Darmstadt
  • Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1676–1731), last Countess of Hanau
  • Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1587–1609), princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst by marriage
  • Dorothea Maria of Anhalt (1574–1617), Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
  • Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1654–1682), German princess
  • Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1674–1713), Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
  • Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst (1607–1634), princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
  • Archduchess Dorothea of Austria (born 1920), Archduchess and Princess of Austria and Princess of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany
  • Dorothea of Brandenburg (disambiguation)
  • Dorothea of Bulgaria (fl. 1370–1390), Queen of Bosnia
  • Princess Dorothea of Courland (1793–1862), Baltic German noblewoman
  • Dorothea of Denmark (disambiguation)
  • Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1881–1967)
  • Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511–1571), queen consort of Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway
  • Dorothea of Saxony (1563–1587), Saxon princess
  • Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685–1761), Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach by marriage
  • Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1587–1645)
  • Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670–1748), Duchess of Parma
  • Dorothea Susanne of Simmern (1544–1592), princess of the Electoral Palatinate, and Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage
  • Princess Dorothea of Courland (1793–1862), Baltic German noblewoman
  • Dorotea Gonzaga (1449–1468), duchess consort of Milan

    • Others

  • Doda (singer), born Dorota Rabczewska
  • Dorota Nieznalska (born 1973), Polish artist
  • Dorotea Bucca (1360–1436), Italian physician
  • Dorotea van Fornenbergh (fl. 1647–1697), Dutch stage actress
  • Dorothea Dix (1802–1887), American social activist
  • Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878–1960), English tennis player
  • Dorothea Dunckel (1799–1878), Swedish playwright
  • Dorothea Erxleben (1715–1762), first woman doctor in Germany
  • Dorothea Jordan (1761–1816), Irish actress and mistress of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom
  • Dorothea Kalpakidou (born 1983), Greek discus thrower
  • Dorothea Krag (1675–1754), Danish postmaster
  • Dorothea Lange (1895–1965), American documentary photographer and photojournalist
  • Dorothea Maria Lösch (1730–1799), Swedish marine captain
  • Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968), Australian poet and writer
  • Dorothea Macnee (1896–1984) British socialite and mother of Patrick Macnee
  • Dorothea Puente (1929–2011), American serial killer
  • Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012), American painter, printmaker, sculptor and writer
  • Dorothea Viehmann (1755–1816), German storyteller
  • Dorothea von Velen (1670–1732), mistress of Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, and a reformer of women's rights
  • Dorothea Wierer (born 1990), Italian biathlete
  • Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer (1664–1737), Dutch writer
  • Angela Merkel (born 1954), Chancellor of Germany, whose middle name is Dorothea

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