John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

John Adolf
John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Reign	18 October 1590 – 31 March 1616
Predecessor	Philip
Successor	Frederick III
Born	27 February 1575 Gottorf Castle
Died	31 March 1616(1616-03-31) (aged 41) Schleswig
Burial	Schleswig Cathedral
Spouse	Augusta of Denmark
House	Holstein-Gottorp, Oldenburg
Father	Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Mother	Christine of Hesse

Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp (27 February 1575 – 31 March 1616) 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 (or Hesse-Cassel). He became the first Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck (1586–1607) and the Administrator of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (1589–1596). 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 (22 December 1597 – 10 August 1659).
2. Elisabeth Sofie (12 October 1599 – 25 November 1627), married on 5 March 1621 to Duke Augustus of Saxe-Lauenburg.
3. Adolf (15 September 1600 – 19 September 1631).
4. Dorothea Auguste (12 May 1602 – 13 March 1682), married in 1633 to Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön.
5. Hedwig (23 December 1603 – 22 March 1657), married on 15 July 1620 to Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach.
6. Anna (19 December 1605 – 20 March 1623).
7. John (18 March 1606 – 21 February 1655).
8. Christian, died young in 1609.

Ancestors

Ancestors of John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

16. Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg 8. Christian I of Denmark 17. Helvig of Schauenburg 4. Frederick I of Denmark 18. John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach 9. Dorothea of Brandenburg 19. Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg 2. Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 20. Eric II, Duke of Pomerania 10. Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania 21. Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp 5. Sophie of Pomerania 22. Casimir IV Jagiellon 11. Anna Jagiellon 23. Elizabeth of Austria 1. John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 24. Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse 12. William II, Landgrave of Hesse 25. Mechthild of Württemberg-Urach 6. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse 26. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg 13. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 27. Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin 3. Christine of Hesse 28. Albert III, Duke of Saxony 14. George, Duke of Saxony 29. Sidonie Podiebrad 7. Christine of Saxony 30. Casimir IV Jagiellon (= 22) 15. Barbara Jagiellon 31. Elizabeth of Austria (= 23)

See also

• History of Schleswig-Holstein