| Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst | |
| Father: | Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst |
| Mother: | Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
| Spouse: | Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
| Issue: | Henry August Rudolph August Sibylle Ursula Klara Auguste Anton Ulrich |
| Birth Date: | 25 September 1607 |
| Birth Place: | Zerbst |
| Death Place: | Hitzacker |
Dorothea von Anhalt-Zerbst (25 September 1607, Zerbst - 26 September 1634, Hitzacker) was a member of the House of Askanier and a princess of Anhalt-Zerbst and Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by marriage to Augustus the Younger.
Dorothea was the daughter of Prince Rudolf of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576–1621) from his first marriage to Dorothea Hedwig (1587–1609), daughter of the Duke Henry Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
On 26 October 1623 she married in Zerbst with Duke August the Younger of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1579–1666). This was August's second marriage. His first marriage had remained childless, like that of his brother Julius Ernest. With the birth of her sons, Dorothea thus became the ancestress of the "New House of Brunswick", which became extinct in 1873.[1] The family tree of the Duchess, as of 1617, can still be found in the library in Wolfenbüttel.[2]
From her marriage with Augustus, Dorothy had the following children:
married firstly, in 1650 Countess Christiane Elisabeth of Barby (1634-1681)
married secondly, in 1681 Rosine Elisabeth Menthe (1663-1701)
married in 1663 Duke Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg (1627-1698, son of Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
married in 1653 Duke Frederick of Württemberg-Neuenstadt (1615-1682)
married in 1656 princess Elisabeth Juliane of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg (1634-1704)