Dorothy Catherine of Brandenburg-Ansbach was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach and by marriage burggravine of Meissen.
Background
Dorothy Catherine was a daughter of the Margrave George of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484–1543) from his third marriage to Emilie (1516–1591), daughter of Duke Henry of Saxony.
Career
The wedding of the financially ailing burgrave was celebrated with a completely inappropriate splendor: 1,500 guest were there, with 970 horses, 250 of them noblemen. The wedding celebration plunged Henry in considerable debt, which caused him to conclude the treaty of Annaberg with Elector August of Saxony a few weeks later, on March 13. This treaty led to the loss of Vogtland.
They were born between 1557 and 1567.
They all died in infancy. Dorothy Catherine died in 1604 and was buried next to her husband in the Mountain Church in Schleiz.
