Dorothea

Dorothea is a female given name from Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa) meaning "God's Gift". It may refer to:

People

Saints

• Dorothea of Alexandria (fl. 320), martyr
• Dorothea of Caesarea (fl. 311), martyr, patron saint of florists
• Dorothea of Montau (1347–1394), Roman Catholic saint, hermitess and visionary

Aristocracy

• Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661–1705), Countess of Hesse-Darmstadt
• Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1676–1731), last Countess of Hanau
• Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1587–1609), princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst by marriage
• Dorothea Maria of Anhalt (1574–1617), Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
• Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1654–1682), German princess
• Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1674–1713), Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
• Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst (1607–1634), princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
• Archduchess Dorothea of Austria (born 1920), Archduchess and Princess of Austria and Princess of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany
• Dorothea of Brandenburg (disambiguation)
• Dorothea of Bulgaria (fl. 1370–1390), Queen of Bosnia
• Princess Dorothea of Courland (1793–1862), Baltic German noblewoman
• Dorothea of Denmark (disambiguation)
• Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1881–1967)
• Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511–1571), queen consort of Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway
• Dorothea of Saxony (1563–1587), Saxon princess
• Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685–1761), Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach by marriage
• Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1587–1645)
• Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670–1748), Duchess of Parma
• Dorothea Susanne of Simmern (1544–1592), princess of the Electoral Palatinate, and Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage
• Dorotea Gonzaga (1449–1468), duchess consort of Milan

Others

• Doda (singer), born Dorota Rabczewska
• Dorota Nieznalska (born 1973), Polish artist
• Dorothea Binz (1920–1947), German concentration camp officer executed for war crimes.
• Dorotea Bucca (1360–1436), Italian physician
• Dorotea van Fornenbergh (fl. 1647–1697), Dutch stage actress
• Dorothea Dix (1802–1887), American social activist
• Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878–1960), English tennis player
• Dorothea Dunckel (1799–1878), Swedish playwright
• Dorothea Erxleben (1715–1762), first woman doctor in Germany
• Dorothea Fairbridge (1860-1931), South African novelist
• Dorothea Hoffman (d. 1710), Swedish hat maker
• Dorothea Jordan (1761–1816), Irish actress and mistress of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom
• Dorothea Kalpakidou (born 1983), Greek discus thrower
• Dorothea Krag (1675–1754), Danish postmaster
• Dorothea Lange (1895–1965), American documentary photographer and photojournalist
• Dorothea Maria Lösch (1730–1799), Swedish marine captain
• Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968), Australian poet and writer
• Dorothea Macnee (1896–1984) British socialite and mother of Patrick Macnee
• Dorothea Ostrelska (fl. 1577) Swedish court dwarf
• Dorothea Puente (1929–2011), American serial killer
• Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012), American painter, printmaker, sculptor and writer
• Dorothea Viehmann (1755–1816), German storyteller
• Dorothea Wierer (born 1990), Italian biathlete
• Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer (1664–1737), Dutch writer
• Angela Merkel (born 1954), Chancellor of Germany, whose middle name is Dorothea
• Christina Doreothea Stuart (fl. 1774), Norwegian artist
• Dorothea Wyss (* around 1430/32, † after 1487) married Niklaus von Flüe, the patron saint of Switzerland

Nautical

• HMS Santa Dorothea (1798), frigate
• USS Dorothea (1898), gunboat
• USS Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67), transport ship

See also

• Dorothy (disambiguation)
• Sophia Dorothea
• Thea (name)
• Tea (given name)