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Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp (5 December 1630 in Gottorp – 12 December 1680 in Coswig) was regent of Anhalt-Zerbst in during the minority of her son from 1667 until 1674.
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Sophia was the eldest daughter of Duke Adolph of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Christine of Hesse. She married on 17 February 1588 in Reinbek to Duke John VIIof Mecklenburg. John was a weak ruler who was unable to rule his indebted and corrupt country. Sophia almost lived in poverty. In 1592, her husband stabbed himself with seven stab wounds. Init...
Krause (1892), "Sophie", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie(in German), vol. 34, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 674–676
Jul 15, 2020 · In the early hours of 2 May 1729, 16-year-old Princess Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein Gottorp, wife of the 39-year-old Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, gave birth to her first child in a merchant’s house in Szczecin (in present-day Poland).
Apr 29, 2020 · The Young Empress Catherine: Destined for Glory. Empress Catherine was born on 2 nd of May 1729, as Princess Sophie Augusta Fredericka Von Anhalt Zerbst Dornburg, in the Baltic Sea port of Stettin in Pomerania, now Szczecin in Poland. She was born into a ruling German family of Anhalt.
Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp was regent of Anhalt-Zerbst in during the minority of her son from 1667 until 1674.
Nov 5, 2016 · English: Portrait of Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp (1630-1680) , wife of John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1621-1667)
