Name Dorothea Anhalt-Zerbst | ||
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Born 25 September 1607
Zerbst ( 1607-09-25 ) Father Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst Mother Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Died September 26, 1634, Hitzacker, Germany Spouse Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (m. 1623–1634) Children Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel Parents Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Grandchildren Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg Grandparents Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Dorothea of Saxony | ||
Dorothea von Anhalt-Zerbst (25 September 1607, Zerbst – 26 September 1634, Hitzacker) was a member of the House of Askanier and a princess of Anhalt-Zerbst and by marriage Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
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Life
Dorothea was the daughter of Prince Rudolf of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576–1621) from his first marriage to Dorothea Hedwig (1587–1609), daughter of the Duke Henry Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
On 26 October 1623 she married in Zerbst with Duke August the Younger of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1579–1666). This was August's second marriage. His first marriage had remained childless, like that of his brother Julius Ernest. With the birth of her sons, Dorothea thus became the ancestress of the "New House of Brunswick", which became extinct in 1873. The family tree of the Duchess, as of 1617, can still be found in the library in Wolfenbüttel.
Offspring
From her marriage with Augustus, Dorothy had the following children: