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Countess Palatine Dorothea of Simmern

Countess Palatine Dorothea of Simmern
Princess of Anhalt-Dessau
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Double portrait of Prince George I of Anhalt-Dessau and his second wife Countess Palatine Dorothea of Simmern, circa 1600
Born (1581-01-06)6 January 1581
Kaiserslautern
Died 19 September 1631(1631-09-19) (aged 50)
Sandersleben
Burial Church of St. Mary in Dessau
Spouse John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Issue John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Anna Elisabeth, Countess of Bentheim-Steinfurt
Frederick Maurice
Eleonore Dorothea, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
Sibylle Christine, Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg and Hanau-Lichtenberg
Henry Waldemar
George Aribert
Kunigunde Juliane, Landgravine of Hesse-Rotenburg
Susanna Margarete of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Johanna Dorothea, Countess of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
Eva Katharine
House House of Wittelsbach
Father John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern
Mother Elisabeth of Saxony

Countess Palatine Dorothea of Simmern (6 January 1581 – 18 September 1631) was a Countess Palatine of Simmern by birth and Princess of Anhalt-Dessau by marriage.

Dorothea was born in Kaiserslautern, the only surviving child of the Count Palatine John Casimir of Simmern (1543–1592) from his marriage to Elisabeth (1552–1590), the daughter of Elector August of Saxony.

She married on 21 February 1595 in Heidelberg to Prince John George I of Anhalt-Dessau (1567–1618). She was his second wife. She was led to the altar by her guardian, Elector Palatine Frederick IV. Under her influence, her husband openly converted to Calvinism in 1596. After his death, she retired to her widow seat Sandersleben Castle.

She was a member of the Virtuous Society under the nickname die Gastfreie ("the Hospitable").

Dorothea died in Sandersleben, aged 50, and was buried in the Church of St. Mary in Dessau. Her two eldest sons added a tomb stone to her grave in 1631.

From her marriage Dorothea had the following children:


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