Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz
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Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz (born: 20 March 1691 in Bad Elster
; died: 17 March 1743 in Kassel
) was a duchess of Saxe-Zeitz
by birth and by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel
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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 Christine vobBernhold whom he made Countess Bernold of Eschau while Dorothea Wilhelmine was still alive.
Bad Elster
Bad Elster is a spa town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It lies on the border of Bavaria and the Czech Republic in the Elster gebirge hills. It is situated on the river Weiße Elster, and is protected from extremes of temperature by the surrounding wooded...
; died: 17 March 1743 in Kassel
Kassel
Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
) was a duchess of Saxe-Zeitz
Saxe-Zeitz
The Duchy of Saxe-Zeitz was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation from 1656/57 to 1718. Its capital was Zeitz. It was owned by the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin.- History :...
by birth and by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel
Hesse-Kassel
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel was a state in the Holy Roman Empire under Imperial immediacy that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1567 upon the death of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. His eldest son William IV inherited the northern half and the...
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Life
Dorothea Wilhelmine was a daughter of the Duke Maurice William of Saxe-Zeitz (1664-1718) from his marriage to Maria Amalia (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-ZeitzSaxe-Zeitz
The Duchy of Saxe-Zeitz was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation from 1656/57 to 1718. Its capital was Zeitz. It was owned by the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin.- History :...
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She married on 27 September 1717 in Zeitz
Zeitz
Zeitz is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Weiße Elster, in the middle of the triangle of the federal states Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony.-History:...
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 Christine vobBernhold 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 BritainPrincess Mary of Great BritainThe Princess Mary was a member of the British Royal Family, a daughter of George II and Caroline of Ansbach.-Early life:...
(1723-1772)- Maria Amalia (1721-1744), she died while engaged to be married with Margrave Charles Frederick Albert of Brandenburg-Schwedt
External links
- http://www.vhghessen.de/inhalt/zhg/ZHG_106/04_Loewenstein_Hofhaltung.pdf (PDF file, 56 kB)