seat in her marriage for the towns of Reinhardsbrunn and Tenneberg. Under the name "the Chaste", she was a member of the Virtuous Society. She died in Gotha, aged 61. Issue Ernst and Elisabeth Sophie had eighteen children: Johann Ernest (b. Weimar, 18 September 1638 – d. Weimar, 27 November 1638). Elisabeth Dorothea (b. Coburg, 8 January 1640 – d. Butzbach, 24 August 1709), married on 5 December 1666 to Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Johann Ernest (b. Gotha, 16 May 1641 – d. of smallpox, Gotha, 31 December 1657). Christian (b. and d. Gotha, 23 February 1642). Sophie (b. Gotha, 21 February 1643 – d. of smallpox, Gotha, 14 December 1657). Johanna (b. Gotha, 14 February 1645 – d. [of smallpox?] Gotha, 7 December 1657). Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (b. Gotha, 15 July 1646 – d. Friedrichswerth, 2 August 1691). Albert, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (b. Gotha, 24 May 1648 – d. Coburg, 6 August 1699). Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (b. Gotha, 10 September 1649 – d. Meiningen, 27 April 1706). Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild (b. Gotha, 19 November 1650 – d. Römhild, 13 May 1710). Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg (b. Gotha, 6 January 1653 – d. Eisenberg, 28 April 1707). Dorothea Maria (b. Gotha, 12 February 1654 – d. Gotha, 17 June 1682). Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (b. Gotha, 12 June 1655 – d. Hildburghausen, 17 October 1715). Johann Philip (b. Gotha, 1 March 1657 – d. Gotha, 19 May 1657). Johann Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. Gotha, 22 August 1658 – d. Saalfeld, 17 February 1729). Johanna Elisabeth (b. Gotha, 2 September 1660 – d. Gotha, 18 December 1660). Johann Philip (b. Gotha, 16 November 1661 – d. Gotha, 13 March 1662). Sophie Elisabeth (b. Gotha, 19 May 1663 – d. Gotha, 23 May 1663). Their eldest son Frederick was the first to inherit this title. His granddaughter from this son, Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, was a direct matrilineal ancestor of George V of the United Kingdom and Nicholas II of Russia. His younger son John was father to Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. References August Beck: Ernst der Fromme, Herzog zu Sachsen-Gotha und Altenburg, H. Böhlau, 1865, p. 754. (Digitalisat) Ludwig Storch: Das Fürstenhaus von Gotha, Erfurt 1826, p. 155. Notes |- |- 1619 births 1680 deaths People from Halle (Saale) Duchesses of Saxe-Gotha Duchesses of Saxe-Altenburg Daughters of monarchs