Dorothea (also spelled Dorothée, Dorotea or other variants) is a female given name from Greek (Dōrothéa) meaning "God's Gift". It may refer to:

People

* Dorothea Binz (1920–1947), German concentration camp officer executed for war crimes * Dorothea Brooking (1916–1999), British children's television producer and director * Dorothea Dix (1802–1887), American social activist * Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878–1960), English tennis player *

Dorothea Dunckel Maria Dorothea Dunckel née ''Altén'' (13 March 1799 – 30 November 1878), was a Swedish poet, translator and playwright. Dunckel was born to the secretary Martin Altén and Kristina Dorotea Landwertz. She wrote her first theatre play-manuscr ...

(1799–1878), Swedish playwright * Dorothea Erxleben (1715–1762), first woman doctor in Germany *

Dorothea Fairbridge Dorothea Ann Fairbridge referred as Dora Fairbridge (1862 – 25 August 1931) was a South African author and co-founder of the Guild of Loyal Women. Biography Fairbridge was the daughter of a distinguished lawyer, scholar and Cape Town parliame ...

(1860–1931), South African novelist *

Dorothea Gerard Dorothea Mary Stanislaus Gerard (Mme Longard de Longgarde, 9 August 1855 – 29 September 1915) was a Scottish-born novelist and romance-writer who often wrote about controversial and unconventional subjects and "whose general conservatism co-e ...

(1855–1915), Scottish novelist *

Dorothea Hoffman Dorothea Hoffman (died 1710), was Swedish milliner and hatmaker. She was the daughter of the Elder (administrative title) Fischer of the hatmaker's guild in Norrköping. She married the hatmaker Mårten Hoffman (d. 1702) in Stockholm, with whom sh ...

(d. 1710), Swedish hat maker * Dorothea Jordan (1761–1816), Irish actress and mistress of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom * Dorothea Kalpakidou (born 1983), Greek discus thrower * Dorothea Krag (1675–1754), Danish postmaster * Dorothea Lange (1895–1965), American documentary photographer and photojournalist * Dorothea Lasky (born 1978), American poet * Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968), Australian poet and writer * Dorothea Macnee (1896–1984) British socialite and mother of Patrick Macnee * Dorothea Maria Lösch (1730–1799), Swedish marine captain * Dorothea Ostrelska (fl. 1577) Swedish court dwarf * Dorothea Puente (1929–2011), American serial killer * Dorothea Röschmann (born 1967), German soprano * Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012), American painter, printmaker, sculptor and writer * Dorothea Viehmann (1755–1816), German storyteller * Dorothea Waddingham (1899–1936), English murderer * Dorothea Wierer (born 1990), Italian biathlete * Dorothea Wyss (–after 1487) married Niklaus von Flüe, the patron saint of Switzerland * Dorothée (born 1953) French singer and television presenter *

Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer, also ''Johanna Dorothea Zoutelande'' or ''Madame de Zoutelandt'', (1664–1737) was a Dutch writer, memoirist and translator. She was also a suspected traitor as a suspected spy. She was arrested in 1703 under the name d ...

(1664–1737), Dutch writer * Dorota Nieznalska (born 1973), Polish artist * Dorotea Bucca (1360–1436), Italian physician *

Dorotea van Fornenbergh Dorotea van Fornenbergh (born between 1647 and 1654 – died after 1697), was a Dutch stage actor. Life Born to theatre director Jan Baptist van Fornenbergh (1624–1697) and actor Helena Heusen (ca. 1622–1680), married in 1696 to Johan H ...

(fl. 1647–1697), Dutch stage actress * Doda (singer), (born Dorota Rabczewska; 1984), Polish singer-songwriter and actress * Angela Merkel (born 1954), Chancellor of Germany, whose middle name is Dorothea * Christina Doreothea Stuart (fl. 1774), Norwegian artist *

Dorothea Barth Jörgensen Dorothea Barth Jörgensen is a Swedish model. In 2007, she won the Swedish Elite Model Look. The year after, she signed with the modelling agency Elite Model Management. She frequently works for Victoria's Secret. Early life In 2007, she won th ...

(born 1990), Swedish fashion model

Saints

* Dorothea of Alexandria (fl. 320), martyr *

Dorothea of Caesarea Dorothea of Caesarea (''Dorothea, Dora''; often just called ''Saint Dorothy'', died ca. 311 AD) is a 4th-century virgin martyr who was executed at Caesarea Mazaca. Evidence for her actual historical existence or ''acta'' is very sparse. She is cal ...

(fl. 311), martyr, patron saint of florists * Dorothea of Montau (1347–1394), Roman Catholic saint, hermitess and visionary

Aristocracy

* Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670–1748), Duchess of Parma * Dorotea Gonzaga (1449–1468), duchess consort of Milan *

Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg Princess Dorothea of Saxony (7 January 1591 - 17 November 1617) reigned as Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg from 1610 until her death. Dorothea was born in Dresden to Christian I, Elector of Saxony, and his wife, Princess Sophie of Brandenburg. He ...

(1591-1617), Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg * Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1676–1731), last Countess of Hanau * Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1587–1609), princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst by marriage * Dorothea Maria of Anhalt (1574–1617), Duchess of Saxe-Weimar *

Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (12 February 1654 in Gotha – 17 June 1682 in Gotha), was a German princess member of the House of Wettin in the Ernestine branch of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. She was the twelfth child and fourth daughter ...

(1654–1682), German princess * Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1674–1713), Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen * Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst (1607–1634), princess of Anhalt-Zerbst * Dorothea of Brandenburg (disambiguation) * Dorothea of Bulgaria (fl. 1370–1390), Queen of Bosnia *

Dorothea of Denmark (disambiguation) Dorothea of Denmark may refer to: *Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430–1495), wife of Christopher III of Denmark and later Christian I of Denmark *Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia (1504–1547), daughter of Frederick I of Denmark and first wife A ...

* Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511–1571), queen consort of Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway * Dorothea of Saxony (1563–1587), Saxon princess *

Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg Duchess Dorothea Sophia of Saxe-Altenburg (19 December 1587 – 10 February 1645) was Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg. She was the fourth child and second daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and his first wife, Sophie of Württem ...

(1587–1645) * Dorothea Susanne of Simmern (1544–1592), princess of the Electoral Palatinate, and Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage * Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661–1705), Countess of Hesse-Darmstadt *

Princess Dorothea of Courland Dorothea von Biron, Princess of Courland, Duchess of Dino, Duchess of Talleyrand and Duchess of Sagan, known as Dorothée de Courlande or Dorothée de Dino (21 August 1793 – 19 September 1862), was a Baltic German noblewoman, and the ruling Du ...

(1793–1862), Baltic German noblewoman *

Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , succession = Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein , image = Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.jpg , caption = , reign = 2 August 1898 – 22 February 1921 , reign-type = Tenure , spouse = Ernst Gunt ...

(1881–1967) * Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685–1761), Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach by marriage

Fictional characters

* Dorothea Arnault, a character from the video game '' Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' * Dorothea Brooke, the heroine in the novel '' Middlemarch'' * Dorotea, woman discovered in the Sierra Morena by Cardenio in Miguel de Cervantes' novel '' Don Quixote'' * Dorothea, the subject of the song of the same name written by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift * Dorotea Benedetti, a character from the novel '' Pattern Recognition'' by William Gibson

Nautical

* HMS ''Santa Dorothea'' (1798), frigate * USS ''Dorothea'' (1898), gunboat * USS ''Dorothea L. Dix'' (AP-67), transport ship

People

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