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Tenure 2 August 1898 – 22 February 1921 Spouse Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (m. 1898) Parents Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Louise of Belgium House House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg Grandparents Leopold II of Belgium, Marie Henriette of Austria Similar People Princess Louise of Belgium, Leopold II of Belgium, Marie Henriette of Austria, Frederick VIII - Duke of Schles, Princess Clementine of Orleans | ||
Dorothea Maria Henriette Auguste Louise (30 April 1881 – 21 January 1967) was a princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (German: Prinzessin von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) by birth and the duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (German: Herzogin zu Sachsen) through her marriage to Ernst Gunther, duke of Schleswig-Holstein. Dorothea was born in Vienna, Austria, the second child and only daughter of Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Louise of Belgium.
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Marriage and children
Dorothea married Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, fifth child and third-eldest son of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, on 2 August 1898 in Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Dorothea and Ernst Gunther had no children. In 1920, they adopted Princess Marie Luise (1908–1969) and Prince Johann Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (1911–1941), son and daughter of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg and his wife Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg und Budingen. Marie Luise and Johann Georg were grandchildren of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, an older brother of Christian IX of Denmark.
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Princess Dorothea died at Schloss Taxis, Dischingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, aged 85.