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Adolf of Denmark or Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp (25 January 1526 –1 October 1586) was the first Duke of Holstein-Gottorp from the line of Holstein-Gottorp of the House of Oldenburg. He was the third son of King Frederick I of Denmark and his second wife, Sophie of Pomerania .
Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. Holstein-Gottorp ( pronounced [ˌʃleːsvɪç ˈhɔlʃtaɪn] ⓘ) is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, also known as Ducal Holstein, that were ruled by the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, a side branch of the elder Danish ...
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.
Arms of Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, KG. He was the third son of King Frederick I of Denmark and his second wife, Sophie of Pomerania. King Frederick I had his son educated by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. He spent four years at the Landgrave's castle in Kassel. In 1544, Adolf, his brother Johann, and their half-brother King Christian III ...
Adolf, Duke of Holstein - Gottorp. Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp ( 25 January 1526 & ndash; 1 October 1586) was the first Duke of Holstein - Gottorp from the line of Holstein - Gottorp of the House of Oldenburg. He was the third son of King Frederick I of Denmark and his second wife Sophie of Pomerania.
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Johann Adolf (1575- 1616) Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. Johann Adolf (1575- 1616) Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp from 1590, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen 1589–1596 and Prince-Bishop of Lübeck 1586–1607 both as Lutheran Administrator. Married Princess Augusta of Denmark (1580 – 1639) daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark.
