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
# Frederick (b. Gotha, 20 January 1735 - d. Gotha, 9 June 1756).
# Ludwig (b. Gotha, 25 October 1735 - d. Gotha, 26 October 1735).
# stillborn son (Gotha, 25 October 1735), twin of Ludwig.
# stillborn twin sons (1739).
# Fredericka Luise (b. Gotha, 30 January 1741 - d. Gotha, 5 February 1776).
# Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (b. Gotha, 30 January 1745 - d. Gotha, 20 April 1804).
# Sophie (b. Gotha, 9 March 1746 - d. Gotha, 30 March 1746).
# August (b. Gotha, 14 August 1747 - d. Gotha, 28 September 1806).

Ancestry

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1= 1. Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen
2= 2. Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
3= 3. Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha
4= 4. Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
5= 5. Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt
6= 6. Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
7= 7. Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels
8= 8. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
9= 9. Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
10= 10. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
11= 11. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony
12= 12. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (=8)
13= 13. Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg (=9)
14= 14. August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
15= 15. Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
16= 16. Johann, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
17= 17. Dorothea Maria of Anhalt
18= 18. Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
19= 19. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
20= 20. Ludwig V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
21= 21. Magdalena von Brandenburg
22= 22. John George I, Elector of Saxony
23= 23. Magdalene Sybille of Prussia
24= 24. Johann, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (=16)
25= 25. Dorothea Maria of Anhalt (= 17)
26= 26. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
27= 27. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony
28= 28. John George I, Elector of Saxony (= 22)
29= 29. Magdalene Sybille of Prussia (= 23)
30= 30. Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
31= 31. Anna Maria of Ostfriesland

References

[http://www.thePeerage.com/p293.htm#i2927 The Peerage]