Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1633–1701)
Princess Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (27 June 1633 – 26 May 1701) was a Danish-German princess of the senior Glücksburg line of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein . She was the first Duchess of Augustenburg by marriage. Augustenborg Palace , and as a consequence the nearby town, were named in honor of her.
Early life and ancestry
The great-granddaughter of king Christian III of Denmark , she was the third daughter, eighth by birth, of Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Sophia Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg (1601-1660).[ 1] Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Family and children
On 15 June 1651, at Copenhagen , she married her first cousin Ernest Günther (14 October 1609 – 18 January 1689), son of Duke Alexander of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and his wife Countess Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1579-1639). They had ten children:
Frederick (10 December 1652 – 3 August 1692)Sofie Amalie (25 August 1654 – 7 December 1655)
Philipp Ernst (24 October 1655 – 8 September 1677)
Sofie Auguste (2 February 1657 – 20 July 1657)
Luise Charlotte (13 April 1658 – 2 May 1740), married on 1 January 1685 to Duke Frederick Louis of Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Ernestine Justine (30 July 1659 – 18 October 1662)
Ernest Augustus (3 October 1660 – 11 May 1731)Dorothea Luise (11 October 1663 – 21 April 1721), Abbess of Itzehoe in 1686-1721
a child, born and died 18 December 1665
Frederick William (18 November 1668 – 3 June 1714)
References
^ Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain; Magdelaine, F. and B. (1994). L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VII -- Oldenbourg (in French). France: Laballery. pp. 27– 28, 32, 46– 48, 64– 66. ISBN 2-901138-07-1 .
Ancestry
Ancestors of Princess Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 16. Frederick I of Denmark 8. Christian III of Denmark 17. Anna of Brandenburg 4. John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 18. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 9. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg 19. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 2. Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 20. Philip I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 10. Ernest III, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 21. Katharina of Mansfeld-Vorderort 5. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 22. George I, Duke of Pomerania -Wolgast 11. Margarethe of Pomerania-Wolgast 23. Amalie of the Palatinate 1. Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 24. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 12. Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 25. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 6. Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 26. Henry IV, Duke of Saxony 13. Sibylle of Saxony 27. Catherine of Mecklenburg 3. Sophia Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg 28. Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 14. Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 29. Maria of Württemberg 7. Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg 30. Joachim II, Elector of Brandenburg 15. Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 31. Hedwig Jagiellon
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