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Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1 June 1569 at Gottorf Castle – 14 November 1634 in Schwerin) was regent of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1603 to 1608. Life [ edit ] Sophia was the eldest daughter of Duke Adolph of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Christine of Hesse .
Frederick IV (18 October 1671 – 19 July 1702) was the reigning Duke of Holstein - Gottorp . He was born in Gottorf Castle as the elder son of Duke Christian Albert of Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark. He was married on 12 May 1698 to Princess Hedwig Sophia of Sweden and they had an only child, Charles Frederick, who ...
Christian Albert was a son of Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and his wife Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony. He became duke when his father died in the Castle Tönning, besieged by the King Christian V of Denmark. He was forced to flee at that point, and the remainder of his life was characterized by his fight with Denmark.
Adolf Frederick, or Adolph Frederick ( Swedish: Adolf Fredrik, German: Adolf Friedrich; 14 May 1710 – 12 February 1771) was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death in 1771. He was the son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, and Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach. He was an uncle of Catherine the Great and husband to ...
Apr 26, 2022 · Genealogy for Adolf of Denmark and Norway of Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1526 - 1586) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
House. House of Holstein-Gottorp. Dorothea Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (12 May 1602 – 13 March 1682) was a German noblewoman from the House of (Schleswig-)Holstein-Gottorp, a cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg. She became the first Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön [1] as the wife of Duke Joachim Ernest (1595–1671).
The Ducal Palace Gottorp in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein.. This page lists the members of the important cadet (junior ducal) branch of the house of Oldenburg that held about one third of the two border territories—the Duchy of Schleswig under the Danish throne, and the German Duchy of Holstein—who are known to history either as the Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp or as the Dukes of ...
