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Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe Zeitz

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Noble family
  
House of Wettin

Name
  
Dorothea of

Father
  
Maurice William, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz

Mother
  
Marie Amalie of Brandenburg

Born
  
20 March 1691 Bad Elster (
1691-03-20
)

Died
  
March 17, 1743, Kassel, Germany

Spouse
  
William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (m. 1717)

Children
  
Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Parents
  
Moritz Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz, Marie Amalie of Brandenburg

Grandchildren
  
William I, Elector of Hesse, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel

Similar People
  
William I - Elector of Hesse, Prince Charles of Hesse‑Kassel, Frederick William - Elector of, George II of Great Britain, Frederick William - Margrave

Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz (20 March 1691, in Bad Elster – 17 March 1743, in Kassel) was a duchess of Saxe-Zeitz by birth and by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel.

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Life

Dorothea Wilhelmine was a daughter of the Duke Maurice William of Saxe-Zeitz (1664-1718) from his marriage to Marie Amalie (1670 - 1739), daughter of the Elector Frederick William I of Brandenburg. By 1710 all her siblings had died and so, after her father's death Dorothea Wilhelmine was the last surviving member of the house of Saxe-Zeitz.

She married on 27 September 1717 in Zeitz with Landgrave William VIII of Hesse-Kassel (1682-1760). Queen Caroline of Great Britain reported to the Duchess of Orleans, the Landgravine "was ugly and had a weird head".

Dorothea Wilhelmine became mentally ill and no longer appeared in public after 1725. The new first lady at court was the Landgrave's favorite Barbara Christine von Bernhold whom he made Countess Bernold of Eschau while Dorothea Wilhelmine was still alive.

Issue

From their marriage, Dorothea Wilhelmine had the following children:

  • Charles (1718-1719)
  • Frederick II (1720-1785), Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
  • married 1740 Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723-1772)
  • Maria Amalia (1721-1744), she died while engaged to be married with Margrave Charles Frederick Albert of Brandenburg-Schwedt
  • References

    Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz Wikipedia