Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel


Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was a princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by birth and by marriage Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst.

Life

Dorothea Hedwig was the eldest child of the Duke Henry Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from his first marriage with Dorothea, daughter of the Elector August of Saxony. Her birth caused the death of her mother.
Dorothea Hedwig married on 29 December 1605 in Wolfenbüttel to Prince Rudolf von Anhalt-Zerbst. 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.

Children

From her marriage with Rudolp, Dorothea Hedwig had the following children: