Dorothea

Dorothea 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 Maria of Anhalt (1574–1617), Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
• 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)
• Margravine 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 of Bulgaria (died c. 1390), Queen of Bosnia
• Princess Dorothea of Courland (1793–1862), Baltic German noblewoman
• Dorothea of Denmark (disambiguation)
• Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670–1748), Duchess of Parma
• Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1587–1645)
• Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1881–1967)
• Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1654–1682), German princess
• Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1674–1713), Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
• 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 Susanne of Simmern (1544–1592), a princess of the Electoral Palatinate, and Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage

Others

• Dorothea Dix (1802–1887), American social activist
• 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
• Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer (1664–1737), Dutch writer
• Dorothea Maria Lösch (1730–1799), Swedish marine captain

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

Other uses

• USS Dorothea (1898), US Navy gunboat

See also

• Dorothy (disambiguation)
• Dorotea (given name)
• Sophia Dorothea (disambiguation)