Princess Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach explained

Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg
Countess of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Father:John Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Mother:Johanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach
Spouse:Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Issue:Charlotte, Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt
House:Hohenzollern
Birth Place:Ansbach
Death Place:Hanau
Burial Date:17 or 25 March 1731
Burial Place:St. John's Church, Hanau (currently known as Old St. John's Church)

Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach (12 August 1676[1]  - 13 March 1731) 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.

On 20 (or 30) August 1699, Dorothea Friederike married Count 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.

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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