Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen - Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Aldenburg
Biography
Birth: Aug 10, 1710 in Meiningen
Death: Oct 22, 1767 in Gotha
Daughter of Ernst Ludwig I (1672-1724), Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1674-1713). She married, in 1729, Frederick of Saxe-Gotha-Aldenburg, who in 1732 suceeded his father as Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Aldenburg. The couple had nine children.
Also known as
- Duchess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Aldenburg
Life with James Boswell
Boswell was presented to the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, presumably by Siegmund Carl von Thüngen, on October 17, 1764. He dined at the court and described the Duke and Duchess as "plain Old People". Boswell found the court "easy and cordial" and he noted in his journal that they even "made a Whist-Party for me".
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Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen is mentioned in:
- Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1763-1764
