Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen

Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen (Meiningen, 10 August 1710 – Gotha, 22 October 1767) was the daughter of Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha. She was the wife off Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

Marriage and issue

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

1. Frederick (b. Gotha, 20 January 1735 - d. Gotha, 9 June 1756).
2. Ludwig (b. Gotha, 25 October 1735 - d. Gotha, 26 October 1735).
3. stillborn son (Gotha, 25 October 1735), twin of Ludwig.
4. stillborn twin sons (1739).
5. Fredericka Luise (b. Gotha, 30 January 1741 - d. Gotha, 5 February 1776).
6. Ernst 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).

Ancestry

References

• The Peerage