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Jan 25, 1526 Duborg castle, Schleswig Holstein, Germany Died on 01 Oct 1586 (aged 60)
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
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About Adolf Duke Of Holstein Gottorp
- Adolf of Denmark or Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp (25 January 1526 – 1 October 1586) was the first Duke of Holstein-Gottorp from the line of Holstein-Gottorp of the House of Oldenburg. He was the third son of King Frederick I of Denmark and his second wife, Sophie of Pomerania.
- King Frederick I had his son educated by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse.
- He spent four years at the Landgrave's castle in Kassel. In 1544, Adolf, his brother Johann, and their half-brother King Christian III of Denmark, divided the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein.
- The areas were divided according to approximately equal tax proceeds.
- Adolf, as the youngest, was entitled the first choice.
- Since he selected the part with the castle Gottorp, the line of the house Oldenburg created by him was called Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp.
