Dorothea Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (12 May 1602 – 13 March 1682) was a German noblewoman from the House of (Schleswig-)Holstein-Gottorp, a cadet branch of the

House of Oldenburg The House of Oldenburg is a Germans, German dynasty with links to Denmark since the 15th century. It has branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Duchy of Schleswig, Schleswig, Duchy ...

. She became the first Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön as the wife of Duke Joachim Ernest (1595–1671).

Life

Johann Adolf, duke of Holstein-Plön, painted by Johann Valentin Tischbein, ca 1750

Dorothea Augusta was born on 12 May 1602 as the fourth child and second daughter of

John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 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 Luthe ...

and his wife, Princess

Augusta of Denmark Princess Augusta of Denmark (8 April 1580 – 5 February 1639) was the Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp as the wife of Duke John Adolf. She was the third daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark and Sophia of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. She was politi ...

. She had seven siblings, including three sisters, six of whom survived

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. In 1633, she married

Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön Joachim Ernest of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (29 August 1595 – October 5, 1671), also ''Joachim Ernest of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön'', was the first Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, which emerged from a division of the Duchy ...

. On the occasion of their marriage, Joachim Ernest built a new residence and seat of government,

Plön Castle Plön Castle (german: Plöner Schloss) in Plön is one of the largest castles in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein and the only one located on a hill.

, in the seat of his

duchy A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a Middle Ages, medieval country, territory, fiefdom, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a ruler hierarchically second to the king or Queen regnant, queen in Western European tradition. There once exis ...

, the town of

Plön Plön (; Holsatian: ''Plöön'') is the district seat of the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and has about 8,700 inhabitants. It lies right on the shores of Schleswig-Holstein's biggest lake, the Great Plön Lake, as well as on ...

, which was completed in 1636. The couple ruled over only a small territory, as Joachim Ernest and his four brothers had divided the duchy of their father among themselves, resulting in five small ones. Their estate included Plön,

Ahrensbök Ahrensbök (Holsatian: ''Ahrensböök'') is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 17 km northwest of Lübeck, and 45 km southeast of Kiel. History Ahrensbök came in ...

and Reinfeld.

Issue

Dorothea Augusta had eight children with his husband, seven of whom survived childhood: * Duke

John Adolphus John Adolphus (1768–1845) was an England, English barrister and historian. Life Born 7 August 1768, he was of German background. His grandfather had been domestic physician to Frederick the Great, and wrote a French romance, ''Histoire des D ...

of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (8 April 1634 – 2 July 1704), who became Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, married Dorothea of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and had issue * Duke

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of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (9 May 1635 – 17 September 1699), who became Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg, married Princess Elisabeth Charlotte of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1647–1723) and had issue * Duchess Ernestine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (10 October 1636 – 18 March 1696) * Duke Joachim Ernest II of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (5 October 1637 – 5 October 1700), who became Duke of

Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Rethwisch The ducal line of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Rethwisch descended from the line of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön. It was founded by Joachim Ernest II (born 5 October 1637; died 5 October 1700) who as the third son of the Duke of Plön, ...

, who married Isabella of Merode-Westerloo (c. 1649 – 5 January 1701) * Duke

Bernard Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brav ...

of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (31 January 1639 – 13 January 1676), Danish general * Duchess Agnes Hedwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (29 September 1640 – 20 November 1698), who married Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and had issue * Duke Charles Henry of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (20 March 1642 – 20 January 1655), who died at the age of 13 * Duchess Sophia Eleonora of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (30 July 1644 – 22 January 1689), who married

Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein Wolfgang Julius of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (3 August 1622, Neuenstein – 26 December 1698) was a German Field Marshal and the last Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein. He was the son of Kraft III of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (14 November 1582, Langenb ...

and had no issue

Ancestry

References

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