Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Spouse	Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Father	John Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Mother	Eleonore Erdmuthe Louise of Saxe-Eisenach
Born	12 August 1676(1676-08-12) Ansbach
Died	13 March 1731(1731-03-13) (aged 54) Hanau

Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach (12 August 1676^[1], Ansbach – 13 March 1731, Hanau) was the daughter of Margrave John Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1654 – 1686) and his first wife, Margravine Johanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach (1651 – 1680). She was a half-sister of Queen Caroline of Great Britain, the wife of King George II

Alliance coat of arms of Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Frederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Ansbach, faience from Ansbach, probably made in 1724 on the occasion of their silver wedding

On 20 (or 30) August 1699, Dorothea Friederike Count married Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg.^[2] She was the last Countess of Hanau. The marriage produced one daughter: Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna (1700 – 1726). Charlotte was the sole heiress of the county of Hanau and married on 5 April 1717 Crown Prince Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691 – 1768).

Friederike Dorothea died on 13 March 1731 and was buried on 17 or 25 March 1731^[3] in the family vault of the Hanau counts in the St. John's Church (Hanau) (currently known as Old St. John's Church) in Hanau.^[4] The tomb was largely destroyed in the bombing of the Second World War.

References

• Reinhard Dietrich: The state constitution in the Hanau Territory, Hanau's History Magazine 34, Hanau 1996, ISBN 3-9801933-6-5
• Rudolf Lenz: Catalogue of funeral sermons and other writings of sadness in the Hesse Higher Education and State Library = Marburger staff research journal 11, Sigmaringen 1990
• Uta Lowenstein: The county of Hanau from the end of the 16th Century until the seizure by Hesse, in: New Magazine for Hanau's History, 2005, p. 11ff.
• Reinhard Suchier: genealogy of the Countly House of Hanau, in: Festschrift of the Hanau Historical Association for his fifty-year jubilee celebration on 27 August 1894, Hanau 1894
• Reinhard Suchier: The grave monuments and coffins of the member sof the Houses of hanau and hesse buried in Hanau, in: Program of the Royal Grammar School in Hanau, Hanau 1879, p. 1-56
• Richard Wille: The last Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg, in: Communications of the district of Hanau, Hesse Society for History and Geography vol 12, Hanau, 1886, p. 56-68.
• Ernst J. Zimmerman.Hanau city and country Third Edition, Hanau, 1919, ND 1978

Footnotes

1. ^ there are 7 documents relating to her birthdays in the 1715-1719 time frame in Hessian State Archive in Marburg, file 15, box 242, No. 9
2. ^ for the dower, see: Hessian State Archive in Marburg, file: 81, government Hanau A45,1
3. ^ Suchier, grave monuments, p. 53
4. ^ funeral sermons for her burial found in the Hessian State Archives, Marburg, file: Coll 15, Box 242, No. 5 and 6; anonymous: The wonderful but blessed ways of the Lord. Reference: Lenz, No. 172; anonymous.The joyful courage a heavenly-minded soul Hanau 1731. Reference: Hanau City Library - Dept. Hanau-Hessen, Signature: I e 2 F 4

Persondata
Name	Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Alternative names	Dorothea Friederike von Hanau
Short description	German aristocrat
Date of birth	12 August 1676
Place of birth	Ansbach
Date of death	13 March 1731
Place of death	Hanau