Countess Dorothea (of Simmern)1

F, #14579, b. 6 January 1581, d. 18 September 1631
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Names and TItles

Married: Countess of Anhalt-Dessau.1
Countess Dorothea (of Simmern) was born on 6 January 1581 in Pfalz, Bavaria.1 She married Prince Johann Georg I (of Anhalt-Dessau) on 31 August 1595 in Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.1 Countess Dorothea (of Simmern) died on 18 September 1631 in Sandersleben, Anhalt, Germany, at age 50.1
She became the mother of Prince Johann Kasimir (of Anhalt-Dessau) on 7 December 1596.1 Countess Dorothea (of Simmern) became the mother of Princess Anna Elisabeth (of Anhalt-Dessau) on 5 April 1598.1 Countess Dorothea (of Simmern) became the mother of Prince Friedrich Moritz (of Anhalt) on 18 February 1600.1 Countess Dorothea (of Simmern) became the mother of Princess Eleonore Dorothea (of Anhalt-Dessau) on 6 February 1602.1 Countess Dorothea (of Simmern) became the mother of Count Sibylle Christine (of Anhalt) on 11 July 1603.1 Countess Dorothea (of Simmern) became the mother of Prince Heinrich Waldemar (of Anhalt) on 7 November 1604.1 Countess Dorothea (of Simmern) became the mother of Prince Georg Aribert (of Anhalt-Dessau) on 3 June 1606.1 Dorothea's son Prince Heinrich Waldemar (of Anhalt) died on 25 September 1606.1 Countess Dorothea (of Simmern) became the mother of Princess Kunigunde Juliane (of Anhalt) on 17 February 1608.1 Countess Dorothea (of Simmern) became the mother of Princess Susanne Margarethe (of Anhalt-Dessau) on 23 August 1610.1 Dorothea's son Prince Friedrich Moritz (of Anhalt) died on 25 August 1610.1 Dorothea's daughter Princess Susanne Margarethe (of Anhalt-Dessau) died on 3 October 1610.1 Countess Dorothea (of Simmern) became the mother of Princess Dorothea (Johanne) (of Anhalt-Dessau) on 24 March 1612.1 Countess Dorothea (of Simmern) became the mother of Princess Eva Katharine (of Anhalt) on 11 September 1613.1 Countess Dorothea (of Simmern) became a widow with the death of her husband, Prince Johann Georg I (of Anhalt-Dessau) on 24 May 1618 in Dessau, Anhalt, Germany, at age 51.1 Dorothea's daughter Princess Anna Elisabeth (of Anhalt-Dessau) died on 10 April 1620.1 Dorothea's daughter was married at wedding of Princess Eleonore Dorothea (of Anhalt-Dessau) and Duke Wilhelm 'The Great' (of Saxe-Weimar) on 23 May 1625 in Weimar, Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Thuringia.1

11 Children of Countess Dorothea (of Simmern) and Prince Johann Georg I (of Anhalt-Dessau)

Children
Last Edited4 Feb 2004

Citations

  1. [S227] Samuel H. Sloan, ROYALFAM.GED (461 Peachstone Terrace, San Rafael CA: n.pub.). There are some wild errors in the data.