Background
Eleonore Dorothea was a daughter of the prince John George I of Anhalt-Dessau (1567–1618) from his second marriage with Dorothea (1581–1631), daughter of the Count Palatine John Casimir of Simmern.
Eleonore Dorothea was a daughter of the prince John George I of Anhalt-Dessau (1567–1618) from his second marriage with Dorothea (1581–1631), daughter of the Count Palatine John Casimir of Simmern.
The marriage was closed for political reasons: it should deepen the friendly relations between Anhalt and Saxe-Weimer. The marriage was nevertheless described as a very happy one. In 1824, her body was transferred to the new Ducal Crypt at Weimar.
Wilhelm (b Weimar, 26 March 1626 – d Weimar, 1 November 1626)
Johann Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (b Weimar, 11 September 1627 – d Weimar, 15 May 1683)
Johann Wilhelm (b Weimar, 16 August 1630 – d Weimar, 16 May 1639)
Adolf Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (b Weimar, 14 May 1632 – d Eisenach, 22 November 1668)
Johann Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Marksuhl, later of Saxe-Eisenach (b Weimar, 12 July 1634 – d on hunt accident, Eckhartshausen, 19 September 1686).
Grandfather of Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Queen Consort of George II of Great Britain. Wilhelmine Eleonore (b Weimar, 7 June 1636 – d Weimar, 1 April 1653)
Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena (b Weimar, 14 October 1638 – d Jena, 3 May 1678)
Frederick (b Weimar, 19 March 1640 – d Weimar, 19 August 1656)
Dorothea Marie (b Weimar, 14 October 1641 – d Moritzburg, 11 June 1675), married on 3 July 1656 to Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz.