Duchess Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (22 December 1670 – 28 December 1728) was a princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Duchess in Saxony by birth, and by marriage a Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
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Ancestry
She was the daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1646–1691) and Magdalena Sibylle, Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels (1648–1680).
Her father was a fourth-generation descendant of John Frederick, Elector of Saxony in direct male line. He was also a fourth-generation descendant of his wife Sybille of Cleves who was daughter of John III, Duke of Cleves and older sister of both Anne of Cleves and Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.
The Elector was father to John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1530–1573). He married Dorothea Susanne of Simmern, a daughter of Frederick III, Elector Palatine.
They were parents to John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1570–1605). He married Dorothea Maria of Anhalt, a granddaughter of Christoph, Duke of Württemberg and great-granddaughter of Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg.
John and Dorothea Maria were parents to Ernst I, Duke of Saxe Coburg. He married his cousin Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. As a result their son Frederick I inherited both Duchies as the Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg in 1675.
Marriage
She married Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (15 October 1667- 24 June 1718). They had the following children:
Via her eponymous daughter, Anna Sophie was an ancestor of both Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and their cousins Carlota of Mexico and Leopold II of Belgium
Ancestry
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Ancestors of Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
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16. Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
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8. John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
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17. Dorothea Susanne of Simmern
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4. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
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18. Joachim Ernst, Prince of Anhalt
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9. Dorothea Maria of Anhalt
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19. Eleonore of Württemberg
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2. Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
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20. Frederick Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
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10. Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
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21. Anna Maria of the Palatinate-Neuburg
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5. Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
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22. Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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11. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
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23. Elisabeth of Denmark
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1. Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
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24. Christian I of Saxony
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12. Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony
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25. Sophie of Brandenburg
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6. August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
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26. Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
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13. Magdalene Sybille of Prussia
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27. Marie Eleonore of Cleves
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3. Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels
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28. John VII of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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14. Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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29. Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
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7. Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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30. Enno III, Count of East Frisia
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15. Anna Maria of East Frisia
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31. Anna of Holstein-Gottorp
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