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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).
Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1587–1609)Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst. Born on February 3, 1587; died on October 16, 1609; daughter of Dorothea of Saxony (1563–1587) and Henry Julius, duke of Brunswick (r. 1589–1613); married Rudolf, prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, on December 29, 1605.
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 Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by marriage to Augustus the Younger. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst has received more ...
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Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst, wife of August of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, owned two emblem books, both preserved today at the Herzog August Bibliothek, that were customized for her as Stammbücher, or alba amicorum, and given to her as a child.
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Dorothea Hedwig married on 29 December 1605 in Wolfenbüttel to Prince Rudolf von Anhalt-Zerbst (1576–1621). She died while giving birth to her fourth child, a still-born princess who was born an hour after the mother's death. The Princess was buried in the Bartholomai Church in Zerbst.
- Bartholomai Church in Zerbst
- 16 October 1609 (aged 22), Zerbst
- 3 February 1587, Wolfenbüttel
- Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
When Dorothea Marie von Anhalt-Zerbst Prinzessin von Anhalt-Zerbst was born on 2 July 1574, in Bernburg, Anhalt, Germany, her father, Prinz Joachim Ernst von Anhalt-Zerbst, was 37 and her mother, Eleanore von Württemberg Herzogin von Württemberg, was 22. She married Johan II Maria Wilhelm von Sachsen-Weimar (geb.
Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst. 1: In 1603, Anhalt-Zerbst lost territory to Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Plötzkau and Anhalt-Köthen. 2: In 1667, Anhalt-Zerbst lost territory to create Anhalt-Mühlingen and Anhalt-Dornburg. Anhalt-Zerbst was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the House of Ascania, with its residence at ...
