John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp


Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.

Life

He was a third son of Duke Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Christine of Hesse-Kassel. He became the first Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck and the Administrator of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. He became the Duke after the deaths of his two elder brothers. After succeeding in 1590 his father as ruling Duke the Bremian Chapter enforced his resignation in favour of his younger brother John Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince-Bishop.

Family and children

He was married on 30 August 1596 to Princess Augusta of Denmark, daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark. They had the following children:
  1. Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp.
  2. Elisabeth Sofie, married on 5 March 1621 to Duke Augustus of Saxe-Lauenburg.
  3. Adolf.
  4. Dorothea Auguste, married in 1633 to Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön.
  5. Hedwig, married on 15 July 1620 to Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach.
  6. Anna.
  7. John.
  8. Christian, died young in 1609.

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