Princess Erdmuth Dorothea of ​​Saxe-Zeitz

Princess Erdmuth Dorothea of ​​Saxe-Zeitz (13 November 1661 – 29 April 1720) was the wife of Duke Christian II of Saxe-Merseburg, whom she had seven children with before being widowed in 1694 after which to took an active role in politics acting as the guardian of her eldest son till he reached his majority in 1712. The Dowager Duchess resided in the Schloss Bündorf where she died being buried within Merseburg Cathedral.

Marriage
married reigning Duke Christian II of Saxe-Merseburg on 14 October 1679 at the Schloss Moritzburg in Zeitz.

Children

 * 1) Christian III Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg (7 November 1680 – 14 November 1694)
 * 2) Johann Wilhelm (11 October 1681 – 29 May 1685)
 * 3) August Frederick (10 March 1684 – 13 August 1685)
 * 4) Philipp Ludwig (b. Merseburg, 3 November 1686 – 9 June 1688)
 * 5) Moritz Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg (5 February 1688 – 21 April 1731) married Princess Henriette Charlotte of Nassau-Idstein but had no children.
 * 6) Friedrich Erdmann (20 September 1691 – 2 June 1714) married  Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen but had no children.
 * 7) Christiane Eleonore Dorothea (6 November 1692 – 30 March 1693)