Fredericka of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Fredericka of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Fredericka of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
	Frederica, Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels by Antoine Pesne, 1740–46
Duchess consort of Saxe-Weissenfels
Tenure	1736–1746
Born	17 July 1715; Gotha
Died	2 May 1775 (aged 59); Fredericka's Castle, Langensalza
Spouse	Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
House	Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Father	Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Mother	Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst

Fredericka of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (17 July 1715 – 2 May 1775), was a German princess, a member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels.

Born in Gotha, she was the fifteenth of nineteen children born from the marriage of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst. From her eighteen older and younger siblings, only eight survived to adulthood: Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, William, John August, Christian William, Louis Ernest, Maurice, Augusta (by marriage Princess of Wales), and John Adolph.^[1]

^ Friedrich II. Herzog v.Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg in: Genealogy Database by Herbert Stoyan Archived 2014-10-16 at the Wayback Machine [retrieved 11 October 2014].

[1] Friedrich II. Herzog v.Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg in: Genealogy Database by Herbert Stoyan Archived 2014-10-16 at the Wayback Machine [retrieved 11 October 2014].

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