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of Holstein-Gottorp (1575–1616) and had eight children. The marriage was tense as the spouses disagreed on religious matters. When in 1610 John Adolf fired the Lutheran vicar
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Earlier in Augusta's life, another match for her had been considered. Between 1589 and 1590 there had been plans for a marriage between Princess Augusta and
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also stood up rather favourably for the match, but the negotiations still do not seem to have gone beyond the first initial steps.
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Her marriage to John Adolf produced eight children, four boys and four girls. Her last child, a son, did not survive infancy.
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and there promoted arts and culture, music and gardening and schools. She supported and recommended the persecuted writer
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and reinstated Jacob Fabricius in 1616. She was politically influential during the reign of her son. She governed
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Elisabeth Sofie (12 October 1599 – 25 November 1627), married on 5 March 1621 to Duke
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In September 1603 she sent one of her ladies-in-waiting to the court of her sister
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Hedwig (23 December 1603 – 22 March 1657), married on 15 July 1620 to
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repeatedly to negotiate with him on the matter. Both Niels Kaas and
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in 1632. In 1631 she came in conflict with her ruling brother
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In August 1594 there were negotiations for Augusta to marry
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Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
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general provost for Holstein and Schleswig ducal share
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Adolf (15 September 1600 – 19 September 1631).
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Index


Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp
Koldinghus
Husum
John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Issue
Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Dorothea Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
John X of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
House
Oldenburg
Frederick II of Denmark
Sophia of Mecklenburg-GĂĽstrow
Danish Royalty
House of Oldenburg
Main Line


Frederick II
Elizabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-WolfenbĂĽttel
Anne, Queen of Scotland, England, and Ireland
Christian IV
Ulrik, Prince-Bishop of Schwerin
Augusta, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp
Hedwig, Electress of Saxony
Prince John
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Duchess
Holstein-Gottorp
John Adolf

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