Dorothea Susanne of Simmern was a princess of the Electorate of the Palatinate and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar.
Background
Dorothea Susanne was the daughter of elector palatine Frederick III (1515–1576) from his marriage to Marie (1519–1567), daughter of Margrave Casimir of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.
Career
Dorothea Susanne died in 1592 and was buried in the church of Saint Peter und Paul in Weimar. Her motto was I Know That My Redeemer Lives. Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (b Weimar, 25 April 1562 - d Weimar, 7 July 1602). first married in 1583 Princess Sophia of Württemberg (1563-1590)
married secondly in countess palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg
Sibylle Marie (b Weimar, 7 November 1563 - d Altenburg, 20 February 1569). stillborn son (Weimar, 9 October 1564).
John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (b Weimar, 22 May 1570 - d Weimar, 18 July 1605). married in 1593 princess Dorothea Maria of Anhalt (1574-1614)
Maria (b Weimar, 7 October 1571 - d Quedlinburg, 7 March 1610), Abbess of Quedlinburg (1601–1610).
