Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (22 January 1674 – 18 April 1713) was the wife of Ernst Ludwig
I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
She was the daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and his first wife, Magdalena Sybille of Saxe-Weissenfels.
She married Ernst Ludwig I on the 19 September 1704.
Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Dorothea Maria of Saxe- Gotha-Altenburg( 12 February 1654 in Gotha – 17 June 1682 in Gotha), was a German princess member of the House of Wettin in the Ernestine branch of Saxe- Gotha- Altenburg.
She was the twelfth child and fourth daughter of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe- Gotha by his wife Elisabeth Sophie, the only daughter of John Philip, Duke of Saxe- Altenburg.
Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (Gotha, 28 November 1774 – Gotha, 11 February 1825), was the last duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
He was the third but second surviving son of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Charlotte de Saxe-Meiningen.
After the death of his older brother August without sons (1822), Frederick (the only surviving male of the house) inherited the duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
Frederick fought - after military training - in the Napoleonic campaigns and was heavily wounded.
As a consequence of these injuries, he was constantly ill until his death.
Because of his illness, he traveled for a long time seeking a cure.
During these stays outside of his duchy, he left the government in hands of his secret advisor Bernhard August von Lindenau.
He only reigned three years and died unmarried; with him, the line of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ended.
After his death, his lands were repartitioned among his Wettin relations.
Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld received Gotha, and changed his title to "Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha", although the two duchies remained technically separate in a personal union.
Altenburg was thereafter ruled by the Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, whose dukedom was transferred to Saxe-Meiningen along with Saxe-Saalfeld, which Saxe-Coburg gave up in return for receiving Saxe-Gotha.
Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen
Luise Dorothea of Saxe- Meiningen( 10 August 1710 – 22 October 1767) was a member of German royalty.
She was born in Meiningen, the daughter of Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe- Meiningen and Dorothea Marie of Saxe- Gotha.
She was the wife of Frederick III, Duke of Saxe- Gotha- Altenburg.
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen
Princess Charlotte of Saxe- Meiningen( 11 September 1751, Frankfurt am Main, Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire – 25 April 1827, Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia) was a member of the House of Saxe- Meiningen and a Princess of Saxe- Meiningen by birth and a member of the House of Saxe- Gotha- Altenburg and Duchess consort of Saxe- Gotha- Altenburg through her marriage to Ernest II, Duke of Saxe- Gotha- Altenburg.
Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Frederick III, Duke of Saxe- Gotha-Altenburg( 14 April 1699 – 10 March 1772), was a duke of Saxe- Gotha- Altenburg.
Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Johann August of Saxe- Gotha-Altenburg( 17 February 1704 – 8 May 1767), was a German prince, member of the House of Saxe- Gotha- Altenburg.
He was born in Gotha, the fifth but second surviving son of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe- Gotha- Altenburg and Magdalene Augusta of Anhalt- Zerbst.
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (Gotha, 30 January 1745 – Gotha, 20 April 1804) was the reigning Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg from 1772 to 1804.
He was the third but second surviving son of Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen.
The death of his older brother Frederick in 1756 made him the heir to the duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Duchess Anna Sophie of Saxe- Gotha-Altenburg( 22 December 1670 – 28 December 1728) was a princess of Saxe- Gotha- Altenburg and Duchess in Saxony by birth, and by marriage a Princess of Schwarzburg- Rudolstadt.
Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (15 July 1646 Gotha, Duchy of Saxe-Gotha – 2 August 1691 Friedrichswerth), was a duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
He was the fourth but eldest surviving son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg.
When Ernst inherited the duchy of Saxe-Altenburg (1672), he made Frederick the regent of that duchy.
In 1674 Ernst, who was already ill, made Frederick the regent of his entire lands.
After the death of his father (1675)
Frederick assumed the throne of both duchies.
However, on the basis of his family's house law, he had to allow his six younger brothers to take part in the government.
At first, they agreed to a common household of all seven brothers in the Schloss Friedenstein, though this arrangement endured only until 1676.
Afterwards, negotiations began for the division of the paternal inheritance.
This was finally accomplished on 24 February 1680; Frederick kept Gotha, Tenneberg, Wachsenburg, Ichtershausen, Georgenthal, Schwarzwald, Reinhardsbrunn, Volkenrode, Oberkranichfeld, Orlamünde, Altenburg and Tonna.
These towns virtually formed the old duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
They consisted of three large and coherent areas around Gotha, Kahla and Altenburg, as well as six smaller enclaves.
Frederick continued the work of his father.
In order to prevent future disputes between his descendants, he established primogeniture for his house in 1685 (with Imperial assent granted in 1688).
Around 1680 he established himself in the "Lustschloss Friedrichswerth", near the village of Erffa, approximately 20 km of Gotha, which was renamed in his honour Friedrichswerth.
In 1683 Frederick created the (still in existence today) Theatre of Gotha ("Gothaer Schloßtheater").
He was also an eager diary writer; these diaries became one of the most important sources of his time.
Frederick took part in the Great Turkish War against the Turks, and in the War of the Grand Alliance against France.
He ruined the finances of his small duchy, however, using them to maintain a standing army, which by the time of his death counted over 10,000 men.

Question: Where was the place of death of Dorothea Marie Of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg's father?
Answer: Friedrichswerth