Marie Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
| Marie Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | |
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| Duchess consort of Saxe-Eisenach | |
| Reign | 1663-1668 |
| Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg | |
| Reign | 1680–1687 |
| Born |
7 January 1638 Brunswick |
| Died | 15 February 1687 (aged 49) Coburg |
| Spouse |
Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach Albert, Duke of Saxe-Coburg |
| Issue | Karl August, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Eisenach Frederick William, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Eisenach Adolf William, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Eisenach Ernest August, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Eisenach William August, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach Prince Ernest August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
| Father | Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| Mother | Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg |
Marie Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (7 January 1638 - 15 February 1687), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Welf and by her two marriages Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach and Saxe-Coburg.
Born in Brunswick, she was the second of the three children of Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and his third wife, Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg. Marie Elisabeth and her older brother Ferdinand Albert are the only surviving children of their parents' marriage. In addition, they had seven older half-siblings from Duke Augustus' two previous marriages, of whom only four survive adulthood: Rudolph Augustus, Sibylle Ursula (by marriage Duchess of Holstein-Glücksburg), Clara Augusta (by marriage Duchess of Württemberg-Neustadt) and Anthony Ulrich, all born from Augustus' second marriage with Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst.
In Wolfenbüttel on 18 January 1663, Marie Elisabeth married firstly Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach. They had five sons:
Duke Adolf William died on 21 November 1668, leaving his widow heavily pregnant with their fifth and last child. Nine days later, William August was born and became Duke of Saxe-Eisenach from the moment of his birth, under the guardianship of his uncle John George; however, being a sickly child like all his four older brothers, died aged 2, and Saxe-Eisenach passed to John George.
In Gotha on 18 July 1676, Marie Elisabeth married secondly Albert, co-Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg with his brothers; after their marriage, the couple settled in Saalfeld, who was designed as Albert's residence. They had one son:
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