Tenure 1732–1767 | Name Princess Dorothea | |
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Issue Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Gotha-AltenburgPrince LudwigPrincess Fredericka LuiseErnst IIPrincess SophiePrince August Father Ernest Louis I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Mother Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha Died October 22, 1767, Gotha, Germany Children Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Parents Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Grandchildren Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | ||
Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen (Meiningen, 10 August 1710 – Gotha, 22 October 1767) was the daughter of Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha. She was the wife of Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
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Marriage and issue
On the 17 September 1729 in Meiningen, Luise married Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, her first cousin. They had nine children:
- Frederick Louis, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (b. Gotha, 20 January 1735 – d. Gotha, 9 June 1756).
- Louis (b. Gotha, 25 October 1735 – d. Gotha, 26 October 1735).
- stillborn son (Gotha, 25 October 1735), twin of Louis.
- stillborn twin sons (1739).
- Fredericka Louise (b. Gotha, 30 January 1741 – d. Gotha, 5 February 1776).
- Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (b. Gotha, 30 January 1745 – d. Gotha, 20 April 1804).
- Sophie (b. Gotha, 9 March 1746 – d. Gotha, 30 March 1746).
- August (b. Gotha, 14 August 1747 – d. Gotha, 28 September 1806).
Ancestry
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