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Personal data Dorothea Hedwig von BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBUTTEL 


Household of Dorothea Hedwig von BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBUTTEL

She is married to Rudolph von ANHALT-ZERBST.

They got married on December 29, 1605 at Wolfenbüttel, Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, she was 18 years old.


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Notes about Dorothea Hedwig von BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBUTTEL

Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (3 February 1587, Wolfenbüttel - 16 October 1609, Zerbst) was a princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by birth and by marriage Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst.

Dorothea Hedwig was the eldest child of the Duke Henry Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1564-1613) from his first marriage with Dorothea (1563-1587), daughter of the Elector August of Saxony (1526-1586). Her birth caused the death of her mother.

Dorothea Hedwig married on 29 December 1605 in Wolfenbüttel to Prince Rudolf von Anhalt-Zerbst (1576-1621). She died while giving birth to her fourth child, a still-born princess who was born an hour after the mother's death. The Princess was buried in the Bartholomai Church in Zerbst.[1] Her motto was: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

From her marriage with Rudolp, Dorothea Hedwig had the following children:

Daughter (1606-1606)
Dorothea (1607-1634) married in 1623 Duke Augustus the Younger of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1579-1666)
Eleonor (1608-1680) married in 1632 Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg (1581-1658)
Stillborn daughter (1609-1609)
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Hedwig_of_Brunswick-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel

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Birthday February 3, 1587

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1587: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 8 » Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
    • July 22 » Roanoke Colony: A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
    • October 31 » Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.

Day of marriage December 29, 1605

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1605: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 16 » The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.
    • August 8 » The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
    • September 27 » The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
    • November 5 » Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested.
    • November 8 » Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed.

Day of death October 16, 1609

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1609: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 4 » Moriscos are expelled from the Kingdom of Valencia.
    • April 9 » Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".
    • July 30 » Beaver Wars: At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on behalf of his native allies.
    • August 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
    • September 11 » Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
    • September 12 » Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.


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