Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

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Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp (22 December 1597 – 10 August 1659) was a Duke of

He was the elder son of Duke

Frederick died in 1659 in the fortress of Tönning, while the fortress was besieged in the course of the Second Karl Gustav War between Denmark and Sweden.

Family and children

He was married in Dresden on 21 February 1630 to Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony, daughter of Elector John George I of Saxony and Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia. They had sixteen children, ten of whom lived to adulthood:

1. Catherine II of Russia
   .
2. Magdalene Sibylle (24 November 1631 – 22 September 1719), married on 28 November 1654 to Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. Mother of Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
   , Queen of Denmark.
3. Johann Adolf (29 September 1632 – 19 November 1633), died in infancy.
4. Marie Elisabeth (6 June 1634 – 17 June 1665), married on 24 November 1650 to Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.
5. Friedrich (17 July 1635 – 12 August 1654), died unmarried.
6. Charles X of Sweden
   .
7. Adolf August (1 September 1637 – 20 November 1637), died in infancy.
8. Johann Georg (8 August 1638 – 25 November 1655), died unmarried.
9. Anna Dorothea (13 February 1640 – 13 May 1713), died unmarried.
10. Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (3 February 1641 – 6 January 1695), married on 24 October 1667 to Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark.
11. Gustav Ulrich (16 March 1642 – 23 October 1642), died in infancy.
12. Christine Sabine (11 July 1643 – 20 March 1644), died in infancy.
13. August Friedrich (6 May 1646 – 2 October 1705), Prince-Regent of Eutin and Prince-Bishop of Lübeck; married on 21 June 1676 to Christine of Saxe-Weissenfels (daughter of Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and his first wife Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin); no issue.
14. Adolf (24 August 1647 – 27 December 1647), died in infancy.
15. Elisabeth Sofie (24 August 1647 – 16 November 1647), twin of Adolf, died in infancy.
16. Auguste Marie (6 February 1649 – 25 April 1728), married on 15 May 1670 to Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.

Ancestors

Embassies

• The Voyages and Travells of the Ambassadors Sent by Frederick Duke of Holstein, to the Great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia: Begun in the Year M.DC.XXXIII, and Finish'd in M.DC.XXXIX : Containing a Compleat History of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, and Other Adjacent Countries : with Several Publick Transactions Reaching Near the Present Times : in VII Books (1669)

See also

• History of Schleswig-Holstein
• Globe of Gottorf

References

• Granlund, Lis (2004). "Queen Hedwig Eleonora of Sweden: Dowager, Builder, and Collector". In Campbell Orr, Clarissa (ed.). Queenship in Europe 1660-1815: The Role of the Consort. Cambridge University Press. pp. 56–76.
  ISBN 0-521-81422-7
  .