Dorothea Maria Henriette Auguste Louise (30 April 1881, Vienna

Vienna

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, Austria

Austria

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 – 21 January 1967, Schloss Taxis

Schloss Taxis

Schloss Taxis is a privately owned castle in Dischingen in the Heidenheim district of Baden-Württemberg in Germany...

, Dischingen

Dischingen

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, Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

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, Germany

Germany

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) was a princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is a German dynasty, the senior line of the Saxon House of Wettin that ruled the Ernestine duchies, including the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha....

  by birth and the duchess of Schleswig-Holstein  through her marriage to Ernst Gunther

Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

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, duke of Schleswig-Holstein. Dorothea was the second child and only daughter of Philipp, prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and his wife Louise-Marie

Princess Louise-Marie of Belgium

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, princess of Belgium

Monarchy of Belgium

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Marriage and children

Dorothea married Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein was a son of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He inherited his father's title as titular duke of Schleswig-Holstein....

, fifth child and third-eldest son of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Duke Frederick VIII , succeeded nominally as the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 1863 while Prussia actually took overlordship and real administrative power.-Life:...

 and his wife Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

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, on 2 August 1898 in Coburg

Coburg

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, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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Dorothea and Ernst Gunther had no children. In 1920, they adopted Princess Marie Luise (1908–1969) and Prince Johann Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1911–1941), son and daughter of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

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 and his wife Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg und Büdingen. Marie Luise and Johann Georg were grandchildren of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

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, an older brother of Christian IX of Denmark

Christian IX of Denmark

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Titles and styles

• Her Serene Highness Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony (30 April 1881 – 2 August 1898)
• Her Highness The Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (2 August 1898 – 22 February 1921)
• Her Highness The Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (22 February 1921 – 21 January 1967)

Ancestry