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In addition, they had seven older half-siblings from Duke Augustus" two previous marriages, of whom only four survive adulthood: Rudolph Augustus, Sibylle Ursula (by marriage Duchess of Holstein-Glücksburg), Clara Augusta (by marriage Duchess of Württemberg-Neustadt) and Anthony Ulrich, all born from Augustus" second marriage with Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst. In Wolfenbüttel on 18 January 1663, Marie Elisabeth married firstly Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach. They had five sons:
Karl August, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Eisenach (Eisenach, 31 January 1664 - Eisenach, 14 February 1665).
Frederick William, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Eisenach (Eisenach, 2 February 1665 - Eisenach, 3 May 1665).
Adolf William, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Eisenach (Eisenach, 26 June 1666 - Eisenach, 11 December 1666). Ernest August, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Eisenach (Eisenach, 28 August 1667 - Eisenach, 8 February 1668).
William August, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (Eisenach, 30 November 1668 - Eisenach, 23 February 1671). They had one son:
Ernest August (Saalfeld, 1 September 1677 – Saalfeld, 17 August 1678).
Her widower remarried morganatically one year later and died childless in 1699.
