Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1 July 1627, in Schwerin – 11 December 1669, in Halle) was a German noblewoman, a member of the House of Mecklenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels.

Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Engraving by Johannes Frentzel, 1654.
Duchess consort of Saxe-Weisselfels
Tenure1657-1669
Born(1627-07-01)1 July 1627
Schwerin
Died11 December 1669(1669-12-11) (aged 42)
Halle
SpouseAugustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
IssueMagdalene Sibylle, Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Prince Augustus
Prince Christian
Princess Anna Maria
Sophie, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
Christine, Princess of Holstein-Gottorp
Henry, Count of Barby
Prince Albert
HouseMecklenburg
FatherAdolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
MotherAnna Maria of Ostfriesland

She was the fourth child and second daughter of Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin by his first wife Anna Maria, daughter of Enno III, Count of Ostfriesland. In older historiography she appears with a third name, Dorothea, but modern historians have discarded it.

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