Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Born	21 April 1568
Died	15 June 1587(1587-06-15) (aged 19)
Noble family	House of Holstein-Gottorp
Father	Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Mother	Christine of Hesse

Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (21 April 1568 – 15 June 1587) was a Danish-German nobleman. He was the eldest son of Duke Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife, Christine of Hesse (1543–1604).

He inherited the ducal share of rule in the royal Danish-ducal condominium of the duchies of Holstein and of Schleswig when his father died in 1586, and died only a year later.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

16. Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg 8. Christian I of Denmark 17. Hedvig of Holstein 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. Frederick II, 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)