Dorothea Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
German duchess
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| Intro | German duchess | ||||||||||
| A.K.A. | Dorothea Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp | ||||||||||
| A.K.A. | Dorothea Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp | ||||||||||
| Places | Germany | ||||||||||
| was | Noble | ||||||||||
| Work field | Royals | ||||||||||
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| Birth | 12 May 1602, Gottorf Castle | ||||||||||
| Death | 13 March 1682Plön (aged 79 years) | ||||||||||
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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