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{{Infobox royalty
| name        = Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
| title       = Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg
| image       = Princess Elizabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenberg.jpg
| father      = [[Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|Henry Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]
| mother      = [[Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|Elizabeth of Denmark and Norway]]
| house       = [[House of Welf]]
| spouse      = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[August of Saxony]]|1 January 1612|26 December 1615|end=d.}}
* {{marriage|[[John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg|John Philip of Saxe-Altenburg]]|25 October 1618|1 April 1639|end=d}}
}}
| issue       = [[Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg|Elisabeth Sophie, Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]]
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1593|6|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Wolfenbüttel]]
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1650|3|25|1593|6|23|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Altenburg]]
}}
'''Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel''' (23 June 1593 &ndash; 25 March 1650) was a German princess of [[Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]] who became a Duchess of [[Saxe-Altenburg]] by marriage.
== Life ==
Elisabeth was born in [[Wolfenbüttel]], the daughter of Duke [[Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|Henry Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]] (1564–1613) from his second marriage with [[Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|Elizabeth]] (1573–1625), eldest daughter of King [[Frederick II of Denmark]].
Elisabeth married first on 1 January 1612 in [[Dresden]], to Duke [[August of Saxony]] (1589–1615), the administrator of the diocese of Naumburg. August suddenly died at the age of 26, after only three years of marriage.
Elisabeth's second husband was [[John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg|John Philip of Saxe-Altenburg]] (1597–1639).  They married on 25 October 1618 in [[Altenburg]].
Elisabeth died on 25 March 1650 in [[Altenburg]] and was buried in the Brethren Church in Altenburg, to which she had donated a beaker.<ref>C. E. von Malortie: ''contributions to the history of Brunswick-Lüneburg house and yard'', Volume 2, Han'sche Hofbuchhandlung, 1864, p. 154</ref> The motto of the Duchess, who was with both an [[House of Wettin|Albertine]] and an [[House of Wettin|Ernestine]],<ref>Theodore O. Weigel, Gustav Eduard Köhler: ''album of autographs for two hundred years celebration on 24 October 1848 of the Peace Treaty of Westphalia on 24 October 1648'', T. O. Weigel, 1849, p. 9</ref> was: ''All my delight is in God''.<ref>Max Lbe. ''Mottos: devices and aphorisms'', Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009, p. 210</ref> An oval gold ducats exists, depicting Elisabeth exists, showing her effigy on the [[obverse]] and a crowned "E" on the reverse.  Elisabeth was a member of the virtuous society under the name ''the Pious''.<ref>Erika Alma Metzger, Richard E. Schade, ''Language societies, gallant female poets'', Rodopi, 1989, p. 617</ref>
== Offspring ==
Elisabeth suffered four miscarriages during her first marriage:
* A miscarried daughter (1612)
* A miscarried daughter (1613)
* A miscarried son (1614)
* A miscarried son (1615)
From her second marriage, Elisabeth had only one surviving daughter:
* [[Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg|Elisabeth Sophie]] (1619–1680), married in 1636 Duke [[Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha|Ernst I of Saxe-Gotha]] (1601–1675)
* Stillborn daughter (1620)
* Miscarriage (1621)
* Stillborn son	(1622)
* Miscarriage (1623)
* Stillborn daughter (1624)
* Miscarriage (1625)
* Miscarried daughter (1626)
* Miscarriage (1628)
* Miscarriage (1629)
* Miscarriage (1630)
* Stillborn son (1631)
* Stillborn son	(1632)
== References ==
* ''New Journal for the History of the Germanic peoples'', Volume 1, Issue 1–4, Anton, 1832, p.&nbsp;88 [https://books.google.com/books?id=hlUAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA88 digitized]
* Ute like to eat:''princesses at the Saxon court'', Leipzig University Press, 2007, p.&nbsp;128
* Moritz Theodor Frommelt: ''Sachsen-Altenburg geography or history'', Klinkhardt, 1838, p.&nbsp;129
== Footnotes ==
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== External links ==
* http://www.portrait-hille.de/kap07/bild.asp?catnr1=83302&seqnr=3715
* http://thepeerage.com/p662.htm#i6611
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