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Princess Augusta
Princess Augusta
Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Born	27 June 1633; Glücksburg
Died	26 May 1701 (aged 67); Augustenborg Palace, Augustenborg, Denmark
Spouse	Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Issue	Frederick; Princess Sophie Amalie; Prince Philipp Ernst; Princess Sophie Auguste; Louise Charlotte, Duchess of Beck; Princess Ernestine Justine; Ernest Augustus; Dorothea Louise, Princess-Abbess of Itzehoe; Prince Frederick William
House	House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (by birth); House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (by marriage)
Father	Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Mother	Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg

Princess Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (27 June 1633 – 26 May 1701) was a Danish-German princess of the senior Glücksburg line of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. She was the first Duchess of Augustenburg by marriage. Augustenborg Palace, and as a consequence the nearby town, were named in honor of her.

Early life and ancestry

The great-granddaughter of king Christian III of Denmark, she was the third daughter, eighth by birth, of Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Sophia Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg (1601-1660).^[1] She was sister of Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Family and children

On 15 June 1651, at Copenhagen, she married her first cousin Ernest Günther (14 October 1609 – 18 January 1689), son of Duke Alexander of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and his wife Countess Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1579-1639). They had ten children:

Frederick (10 December 1652 – 3 August 1692)
Sofie Amalie (25 August 1654 – 7 December 1655)
Philipp Ernst (24 October 1655 – 8 September 1677)
Sofie Auguste (2 February 1657 – 20 July 1657)
Luise Charlotte (13 April 1658 – 2 May 1740), married on 1 January 1685 to Duke Frederick Louis of Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Ernestine Justine (30 July 1659 – 18 October 1662)
Ernest Augustus (3 October 1660 – 11 May 1731)
Dorothea Luise (11 October 1663 – 21 April 1721), Abbess of Itzehoe in 1686-1721
a child, born and died 18 December 1665
Frederick William (18 November 1668 – 3 June 1714)

References

^ Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain; Magdelaine, F. and B. (1994). L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VII -- Oldenbourg (in French). France: Laballery. pp. 27–28, 32, 46–48, 64–66. ISBN 2-901138-07-1.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

16. Frederick I of Denmark

8. Christian III of Denmark

17. Anna of Brandenburg

4. John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg

18. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

9. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

19. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

2. Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

20. Philip I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

10. Ernest III, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

21. Katharina of Mansfeld-Vorderort

5. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

22. George I, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast

11. Margarethe of Pomerania-Wolgast

23. Amalie of the Palatinate

1. Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

24. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

12. Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

25. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

6. Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

26. Henry IV, Duke of Saxony

13. Sibylle of Saxony

27. Catherine of Mecklenburg

3. Sophia Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg

28. Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

14. Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

29. Maria of Württemberg

7. Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg

30. Joachim II, Elector of Brandenburg

15. Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

31. Hedwig Jagiellon

Royal titles
Princess Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg Born: 27 June 1633 Died: 26 May 1701
Preceded by New Title	Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 1651 – 1689	Succeeded by Marie Therese of Velbrück

[huberty-1] Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain; Magdelaine, F. and B. (1994). L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VII -- Oldenbourg (in French). France: Laballery. pp. 27–28, 32, 46–48, 64–66. ISBN 2-901138-07-1.

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