Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (3 February 1587,

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– 16 October 1609,

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) was a princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by birth and by marriage Princess of

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Life

Dorothea Hedwig was the eldest child of the Duke

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(1564–1613) from his first marriage with Dorothea (1563–1587), daughter of the Elector

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(1526–1586). Her birth caused the death of her mother. 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. Her motto was: ''The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom''.Max Löbe: ''Walsprüche: Devisen und Sinnsprüche'', Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009, p. 11

Children

From her marriage with Rudolp, Dorothea Hedwig had the following children: * Daughter (1606–1606) * Dorothea (1607–1634) : married in 1623 Duke Augustus the Younger of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1579–1666) * Eleonor (1608–1680) : married in 1632 Duke

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of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg (1581–1658) * Stillborn daughter (1609–1609)

References

* August B. Michaelis, Julius Wilhelm Hamberger: ''Einleitung zu einer volständigen Geschichte der Chur- und Fürstlichen Häuser in Teutschland'', vol. 3, Meyer, 1785, p. 674

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Middle House of Brunswick Princesses in the Holy Roman Empire 1587 births 1609 deaths Duchesses of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel House of Ascania Deaths in childbirth Royal reburials Daughters of dukes