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Princess Dorothea
Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein
Tenure	2 August 1898 – 22 February 1921
Born	(1881-04-30)30 April 1881 Vienna,Austria-Hungary
Died	21 January 1967(1967-01-21) (aged 85) Schloss Taxis,Dischingen,Baden-Württemberg,West Germany
Burial	St. Augustin, Coburg
Spouse	Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein ​ ​ (m. 1898; died 1921)​
Names German:Dorothea Maria Henriette Auguste Louise
House	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry
Father	Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Mother	Princess Louise of Belgium

Princess Dorothea Maria Henriette Auguste Louise of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (30 April 1881 – 21 January 1967) was aprincess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (German:Prinzessin von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) by birth and theduchess of Schleswig-Holstein (German:Herzogin zu Schleswig-Holstein) through her marriage toErnst Gunther, duke of Schleswig-Holstein. Dorothea was born inVienna,Austria, the second child and only daughter ofPrince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha andPrincess Louise of Belgium.^{[citation needed]}

Dorothea marriedErnst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, fifth child and third-eldest son ofFrederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wifePrincess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, on 2 August 1898 inCoburg,Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.^{[citation needed]}

Dorothea and Ernst Gunther had no children. In 1920, they adopted Princess Marie Luise (1908–1969) and Prince Johann Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1911–1941), son and daughter of PrinceAlbrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and his wife Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg und Büdingen. Marie Luise and Johann Georg were grandchildren ofFriedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, an older brother ofChristian IX of Denmark.

Princess Dorothea died atSchloss Taxis,Dischingen,Baden-Württemberg,Germany, aged 85.

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