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Duchess consort of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Luise Dorothea
Duchess consort of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Tenure23 March 1732 – 22 October 1767
Born(1710-08-10)10 August 1710
Coburg
Died22 October 1767(1767-10-22) (aged 57)
Gotha
Spouse Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ​ ​(m. 1729)​
IssueFrederick, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Prince Ludwig
Princess Fredericka Luise
Ernst II
Princess Sophie
Prince August
HouseSaxe-Meiningen
FatherErnest Louis I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
MotherDorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha

Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen (10 August 1710 – 22 October 1767) was a member of German royalty. She was born in Meiningen, the daughter of Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha. She was Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg as the wife of Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

Marriage and issue

On 17 September 1729 in Meiningen, Luise married Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, her first cousin. They had nine children:

  1. Frederick Louis, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (b. Gotha, 20 January 1735 – d. Gotha, 9 June 1756).
  2. Louis (b. Gotha, 25 October 1735 – d. Gotha, 26 October 1735).
  3. stillborn son (Gotha, 25 October 1735), twin of Louis.
  4. stillborn twin sons (1739).
  5. Fredericka Louise (b. Gotha, 30 January 1741 – d. Gotha, 5 February 1776).
  6. Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (b. Gotha, 30 January 1745 – d. Gotha, 20 April 1804).
  7. Sophie (b. Gotha, 9 March 1746 – d. Gotha, 30 March 1746).
  8. August (b. Gotha, 14 August 1747 – d. Gotha, 28 September 1806).

Luise died in Gotha, aged 57.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen
8. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
4. Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
9. Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
2. Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
10. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
5. Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt
11. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony
1. Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen
12. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (=8)
6. Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
13. Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg (=9)
3. Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha
14. August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
7. Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels
15. Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

References

  1. "German School, 18th century - Princess Louise of Saxe-Meiningen, later Duchess of Saxe-Gotha (1710-1767)". www.rct.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen House of Saxe-MeiningenCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 10 August 1710 Died: 22 October 1767
German royalty
Preceded byMagdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess consort of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
23 March 1732 – 22 October 1767 		VacantTitle next held byCharlotte of Saxe-Meiningen
Princesses of Saxe-Meiningen by birth
Generations indicate descent from Bernhard I, the first Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and founder of the Saxe-Meiningen line.
1st generationPrincess Elisabeth
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