Anna of Holstein-Gottorp
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Anna of Holstein-Gottorp (27 February 1575 – 24 April 1610) was a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 noblewoman.

She was a daughter of Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and Langravine Christine of Hesse
Christine of Hesse
Christine of Hesse-Kassel was Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp as the spouse of Duke Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp. She exerted some political influence as a widow in 1586.- Biography :...

 (daughter of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse).

On 28 January 1598 she married Count Enno III of Ostfriesland. They had the following children:
  1. Anna Maria, Countess of Ostfriesland
    Anna Maria of Ostfriesland
    Anna Maria of Ostfriesland was a German noblewoman.She was a daughter of Count Enno III of Ostfriesland and Anna of Holstein-Gottorp. Her paternal grandmother was Katharina of Sweden, a daughter of Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife Margareta Leijonhufvud.On 4 September 1622 she married Adolf...

     (1601–1633), married Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
    Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
    Adolf Frederick I was the reigning Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from his father's death in 1592 until 1628 and again 1631–1658...

     (1588–1658)
  2. Rudolf Christian, Count of Ostfriesland (1602–1628)
  3. Ulrich II, Count of Ostfriesland
    Ulrich II, Count of Ostfriesland
    Ulrich II of East Frisia, was count of East Frisia, was the fifth child and the third son of Enno III of East Frisia and Anna of Holstein-Gottorp. He inherited the East Frisia after the unexpected death of his brother Rudolf Christian on 17 April 1628. He reigned during the Thirty Years' War...

    (1605–1648)
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