Dorothea
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Dorothea is a female given name from Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa) meaning "God's Gift". It may refer to:
People
Saints
- Dorothea of Alexandria (died 320), a martyr
- Dorothea of Caesarea (died c. 311), a martyr, patron saint of florists
- Dorothea of Montau (1347–1394), Roman Catholic saint, hermitess and visionary
Aristocracy
- Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661–1705), Countess of Hesse-Darmstadt
- Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1676–1731), last Countess of Hanau
- Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1587–1609), a 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), a princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
- Archduchess Dorothea of Austria (born 1920), Archduchess and Princess of Austria and Princess of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany
- Dorothea of Brandenburg (disambiguation)
- Dorothea of Bulgaria (died c. 1390), Queen of Bosnia
- Princess Dorothea of Courland (1793–1862), Baltic German noblewoman
- Dorothea of Denmark (disambiguation)
- Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1881–1967)
- Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511–1571), queen consort of Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway
- Dorothea of Saxony (1563–1587), Saxon princess
- Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685–1761), Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach by marriage
- Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1587–1645)
- Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670–1748), Duchess of Parma
- Dorothea Susanne of Simmern (1544–1592), a princess of the Electorate of the Palatinate, and Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage
- Dorothea von Biron, a Baltic German noblewoman
- Dorotea Gonzaga (1449–1468), duchess consort of Milan
Others
- Angela Dorothea Merkel (1954-), Chancellor of Germany
- Dorothea Brooke, heroine of George Eliot's 1874 novel Middlemarch
- Dorothea Dix (1802–1887), American social activist
- Dorothea Lambert Chambers (1878-1960), English tennis player
- Maria Dorothea Dunckel (1799–1878), Swedish playwright
- Dorothea Erxleben (1715–1762), the first woman doctor in Germany
- Dorothea Jordan (1761–1816), Irish actress and mistress of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom
- Dorothea Krag (1675–1754), Danish postmaster
- Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), American documentary photographer and photojournalist
- Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer (1664–1737), Dutch writer
- Dorothea Maria Lösch (1730–1799), Swedish marine captain
- Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012), American painter, printmaker, sculptor and writer
- Dorotea Bucca (1360-1436), Italian physician
- Dorotea van Fornenbergh (born between 1647 and 1654, dead after 1697), Dutch stage actress
- Dorota Rabczewska, Polish rock singer
- Dorota Nieznalska, Polish artist
Places
- Dorothea, United States Virgin Islands, a settlement
- Dorothea Quarry, a flooded quarry in the Nantlle Valley, Lleyn
- Fort Dorothea, a late 17th-early 18th century settlement on the Brandenburger Gold Coast in west Africa
- 339 Dorothea, an asteroid
See also
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