Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
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Anna Sophie, Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (22 December 1670 — 28 December 1728) was a duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
She was the daughter of Friedrich I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1646-1691) and Magdalena Sibylle, Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels (1648-1680).
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[edit] Ancestry
She was the daughter of Friedrich I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1646-1691) and Magdalena Sibylle, Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels (1648-1680).
Her father was a fourth-generation descendant of John Frederick, Elector of Saxony in direct male line. He was also a fourth-generation descendant of his wife Sybille of Cleves who was daughter of Johann III, Duke of Cleves and older sister of both Anne of Cleves and Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.
The Elector was father to John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1530 - 1573). He married Dorothea Susanne Wittelsbach, a daughter of Frederick III, Elector Palatine.
They were parents to John, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1570 - 1605). He married Dorothea Marie of Anhalt-Zerbst, a granddaughter of Christoph, Duke of Württemberg and great-granddaughter of Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg.
John and Dorothea Maria were parents to Ernst I, Duke of Saxe Coburg. He married his cousin Elizabeth Sophie, Heiress of Saxe-Altenburg. As a result their son Friedrich I inherited both Duchies as the Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg in 1675.
[edit] Marriage
She married Ludwig Friedrich I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1667-1718). They had the following children:
- Friedrich Anton
- Amalie Magdalene
- Sophie Luise
- Sophie Juliane
- Wilhelm Ludwig
- Christiane Dorothea
- Albrecht Anton
- Emilie Juliane
- Anna Sophie, ancestor of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and their cousins Carlota of Mexico and Leopold II of Belgium
- Dorothea Sofie
- Luise Friederike
- Magdalene Sibylle
- Ludwig Günther IV
[edit] Genetics
Anna Sophie is a direct matrilineal ancestor of Nicholas II of Russia. Provided the genealogy is correct, this implies that she and all her matrilineal relatives are members of mitochondrial haplogroup Haplogroup T.
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