Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp (5 December 1630 in

Gottorp Gottorf Castle (german: Schloss Gottorf, da, Gottorp Slot, Low German: ''Gottorp'') is a castle and estate in the city of Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is one of the most important secular buildings in Schleswig-Holstein, and ha ...

– 12 December 1680 in Coswig) was regent of Anhalt-Zerbst in during the minority of her son from 1667 until 1674.

Life

She was a daughter of

Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp (22 December 1597 – 10 August 1659) was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. He was the elder son of Duke Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Augusta of Denmark. His mother was a daughter of King Frederic ...

and

Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony (22 November 1610 – 24 October 1684) was duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp as the spouse of Duke Friedrich III of Holstein-Gottorp. As a widow, she became known as a patron of culture. Biography She w ...

. On 16 September 1649 in Gottorp, she married

John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst John VI of Anhalt-Zerbst (Zerbst, 24 March 1621 – Zerbst, 4 July 1667), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst. He was the only son of Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, by his second wife Mag ...

. After her husband died in 1667, she became regent for her minor son Charles William, until he came of age in 1674.

Issue

She had fourteen children: #John Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. Zerbst, 11 October 1650 – d. Zerbst, 13 March 1651). #George Rudolph, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. Zerbst, 8 September 1651 – d. Zerbst, 26 February 1652). # Karl William, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. Zerbst, 16 October 1652 – d. Zerbst, 8 November 1718). # Anthony Günther, Prince of Anhalt-Mühlingen (b. Zerbst, 11 January 1653 – d. Zerbst, 10 December 1714). #John Adolph (b. Zerbst, 2 December 1654 – d. Zerbst, 19 March 1726). # John Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg (b. Zerbst, 4 May 1656 – d.

Dornburg Dornburg is a town in the Saale-Holzland district, in Thuringia, Germany. It sits atop a small hill of 400 ft above the Saale. Since 1 December 2008, it is part of the town Dornburg-Camburg. History Within the German Empire (1871–1918), ...

, 1 November 1704). #Joachim Ernest (b. Zerbst, 30 July 1657 – d. Zerbst, 4 June 1658). #Magdalene Sophie (b. Zerbst, 31 October 1658 – d. Zerbst, 30 March 1659). #Frederick (b. Zerbst, 11 July 1660 – d. Zerbst, 24 November 1660). #Hedwig Marie Eleonore (b. Zerbst, 30 January 1662 – d. Zerbst, 30 June 1662). # Sophie Auguste (b. Zerbst, 9 March 1663 – d.

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, 14 September 1694), married on 11 October 1685 to

Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (Weimar, 22 June 1664 – Weimar, 10 May 1707), was a duke of Saxe-Weimar. Life He was the second son of Johann Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. ...

. #A daughter (b. and d. Zerbst, 12 February 1664). #Albert (b. and d. Zerbst, 12 February 1665). #Augustus (b. Zerbst, 23 August 1666 – d. Zerbst, 7 April 1667). Duchesses of Holstein-Gottorp German princesses German female regents 17th-century women rulers 1630 births 1680 deaths 17th-century German people Princesses of Anhalt-Zerbst Royal reburials {{Germany-duchess-stub