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Dorothea Augusta of Schleswig Holstein Gottorp

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Noble family
  
House of Oldenburg

Mother
  
Augusta of Denmark


Name
  
Dorothea of

Died
  
March 13, 1682

Father
  
John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

Born
  
12 May 1602 (
1602-05-12
)

Role
  
John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp's daughter

Spouse
  
Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon

Children
  
Augustus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon-Norburg

Parents
  
John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Augusta of Denmark

Grandchildren
  
Prince Christian Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon-Norburg

Similar People
  
Frederick II of Denmark, Sophie of Mecklenburg‑Gustrow, Christian IV of Denmark, Christian I of Denmark, Sophie Elisabeth Pentz

Dorothea Auguste (12 May 1602 – 13 March 1682) was a German noblewoman. She was a daughter of John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Augusta of Denmark.

She married in 1633 to Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön. Joachim Ernest and Dorothea Augusta had six children:

  • John Adolphus, also known as Hans Adolf (b 1634; d 1704), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, married Dorothea of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
  • Augustus (b 1635; d 1699), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg
  • Ernestine (b 10 October 1636; d 18 March 1696)
  • Joachim Ernest II (b 5 October 1637; d 5 October 1700), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Rethwisch m Isabella of Merode-Westerloo (b 1649; d 5 January 1701)
  • Bernard (b 31 January 1639; d 13 January 1676), Danish general
  • Agnes Hedwig (b 29 September 1640; d 20 November 1698), married Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
  • Charles Henry (b 20 March 1642; d 20 January 1655 in Vienna)
  • Sophia Eleonora (b 30 July 1644; d 22 January 1688/9), married Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
  • References

    Dorothea Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp Wikipedia