Dorothea

Dorothea, also spelt Dorothee (German), Dorothée (French), and Dorotea, is a female given name from Greek (Dōrothéa) meaning "god's gift". In English it is more commonly spelt Dorothy. People with this name include: Aristocracy Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670–1748), Duchess of Parma Dorotea Gonzaga (1449–1468), duchess consort of Milan Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1591–1617), Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1676–1731), last Countess of Hanau Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1587–1609), princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst by marriage Dorothea Maria of Anhalt (1574–1617), Duchess of Saxe-Weimar Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1654–1682), German princess Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1674–1713), Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst (1607–1634), princess of Anhalt-Zerbst Dorothea of Brandenburg (disambiguation) Dorothea of Bulgaria (fl. 1370–1390), Queen of Bosnia Dorothea of Denmark (disambiguation) Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511–1571), queen consort of Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway Dorothea of Saxony (1563–1587), Saxon princess Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1587–1645) Dorothea Susanne of Simmern (1544–1592), princess of the Electoral Palatinate, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661–1705), Countess of Hesse-Darmstadt Princess Dorothea of Courland (1793–1862), Baltic German noblewoman Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1881–1967) Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685–1761), Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach by marriage Saints Dorothea of Alexandria (fl. 320), martyr Dorothea of Caesarea (fl. 311), martyr, patron saint of florists Dorothea of Montau (1347–1394), Roman Catholic saint, hermitess and visionary