Duchess consort of Schleswig and Holstein in Gottorp, 1544-1713

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	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 :...	Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse Philip I of Hesse, , nicknamed der Großmütige was a leading champion of the Protestant Reformation and one of the most important of the early Protestant rulers in Germany.... (Hesse House of Hesse The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry... )	29 June 1543	17 December 1564		1 October 1586 husband's death	13 May 1604	Adolf Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp was the first Duke of Holstein-Gottorp from the line of Holstein-Gottorp of the House of Oldenburg....
	Augusta of Denmark Augusta of Denmark Princess Augusta of Denmark was the third daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark and Sophia of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, and Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp as the wife of Duke John Adolf...	Frederick II of Denmark Frederick II of Denmark Frederick II was King of Denmark and Norway and duke of Schleswig from 1559 until his death.-King of Denmark:Frederick II was the son of King Christian III of Denmark and Norway and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg. Frederick II stands as the typical renaissance ruler of Denmark. Unlike his father, he... (Oldenburg House of Oldenburg The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden... )	8 April 1580	30 August 1596		31 March 1616 husband's death	5 February 1639	John Adolf John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.He was a third son of Duke Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Christine of Hesse-Kassel . He became the first Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck and the Administrator of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen...
Translation	Marie Elisabeth of Saxony Marie Elisabeth of Saxony Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony was duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp as the spouse of Duke Friedrich III of Holstein-Gottorp.- Biography :...	John George I, Elector of Saxony John George I, Elector of Saxony John George I was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656.-Biography:Born in Dresden, he was the second son of the Elector Christian I and Sophie of Brandenburg.... (Wettin)	22 November 1610	21 February 1630		10 August 1659 husband's death	24 October 1684	Frederick III Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.He was the elder son of Duke Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and Augusta of Denmark. His mother was a daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark....
	Frederika Amalia of Denmark Frederika Amalia of Denmark Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark was the second daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp from 1667 to 1695 as the consort of Duke Christian Albert.- Life :Frederica Amalie Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark, was a daughter...	Frederick III of Denmark Frederick III of Denmark Frederick III was king of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death. He instituted absolute monarchy in Denmark and Norway in 1660, confirmed by law in 1665 as the first in western historiography. He was born the second-eldest son of Christian IV of Denmark and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg... (Oldenburg House of Oldenburg The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden... )	11 April 1649	24 October 1667		6 January 1695 husband's death	30 October 1704	Christian Albert Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp Christian Albert was a duke of Holstein-Gottorp and bishop of Lübeck.He was a son of Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and his wife Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony. Christian Albertbecame duke when his father died in the Castle Tönning, besieged by the King Christian V of Denmark...
	Hedvig Sophia of Sweden Hedvig Sophia of Sweden Princess Hedvig Sophia Augusta of Sweden was a Swedish princess and a Duchess Consort of Holstein-Gottorp, the eldest child of King Charles XI of Sweden, and his spouse Queen Ulrica Eleanor. She was heir presumptive to the Swedish throne until her death and the Regent of the duchy of...	Charles XI of Sweden Charles XI of Sweden Charles XI also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period in Swedish history known as the Swedish empire .... (Palatinate-Zweibrücken House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken The House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was the Royal House of Sweden from 1654 to 1720.By this point it had splintered into several different houses... )	26 June 1681	12 May 1698		19 July 1702 husband's death	22 December 1708	Frederick IV Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp Duke Frederick IV of Holstein-Gottorp was Duke of Schleswig.He was born in Gottorp as the elder son of Duke Christian Albrecht of Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Frederika Amalia of Denmark...

Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp, since 1713

Reigning Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp, 1713-1773
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Anna Petrovna of Russia	Peter I of Russia Peter I of Russia Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V... (Romanov)	27 January 1708	22 November 1724		4 March 1728		Charles Frederick Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp Duke Charles Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp was the son of Frederick IV of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife, Hedvig Sophia, daughter of King Charles XI of Sweden...
	Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst	Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst was a German prince of the House of Ascania. He was a ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Dornburg, then, from 1742, a ruler of the entire Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst... (Ascania)	2 May 1729	21 August 1745		17 July 1762 husband's death	17 November 1796	Charles Peter Ulrich Peter III of Russia Peter III was Emperor of Russia for six months in 1762. He was very pro-Prussian, which made him an unpopular leader. He was supposedly assassinated as a result of a conspiracy led by his wife, who succeeded him to the throne as Catherine II.-Early life and character:Peter was born in Kiel, in...
Titular Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp
	Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt	Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1768 - 1790. He was a son of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Müntzenberg.... (Hesse-Darmstadt House of Hesse The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry... )	25 June 1755	29 September 1773		15 April 1776		Paul I Paul I of Russia Paul I was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. He also was the 72nd Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta .-Childhood:...
	Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg	Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg Friedrich Eugen of Württemberg , the fourth son of Duke Karl Alexander and Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis .-Royal duke:... (Württemberg House of Württemberg The Württemberg family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Württemberg. The House has its origins, according to recent research, probably in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty.-History:... )	25 October 1759	26 September 1776		23 March 1801 husband's death	5 November 1828
	Louise of Baden Louise of Baden Elizabeth Alexeievna was the wife of Emperor Alexander I of Russia.-Princess of Baden:...	Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (Baden)	24 January 1779	28 September 1793	23 March 1801 husband's accession	1 December 1825 husband's death	16 May 1826	Alexander I Alexander I of Russia Alexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania....
	Joanna Grudzińska Joanna Grudzinska Joanna Grudzińska was a Polish noble, a Princess of Łowicz and the second wife of Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia, the de facto viceroy of the Kingdom of Poland...	Antoni Grudziński	17 May 1795	27 May 1820	1 December 1825 husband's accession	27 June 1831 husband's death	17 November 1831	Constantine I Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia Constantine Pavlovich was a grand duke of Russia and the second son of Emperor Paul I. He was the Tsesarevich of Russia throughout the reign of his elder brother Alexander I, but had secretly renounced his claim to the throne in 1823...
	Charlotte of Prussia	Frederick William III of Prussia Frederick William III of Prussia Frederick William III was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel .-Early life:... (Hohenzollern House of Hohenzollern The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near... )	13 July 1798	13 July 1817	1 December 1825 husband's accession	2 March 1855 husband's death	1 November 1860	Nicholas I Nicholas I of Russia Nicholas I , was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the Russian monarchs. On the eve of his death, the Russian Empire reached its historical zenith spanning over 20 million square kilometers...
	Marie of Hesse and by Rhine	Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse Louis II was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1830 until 5 March 1848 . He was the son of Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse.... (Hesse and by Rhine House of Hesse The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry... )	8 August 1824	16 April 1841	2 March 1855 husband's accession	13 March 1881 husband's death	8 June 1880	Alexander II Alexander II of Russia Alexander II , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the Emperor of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881...
	Dagmar of Denmark	Christian IX of Denmark Christian IX of Denmark Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish... (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)	26 November 1847	9 November 1866	13 March 1881 husband's accession	1 November 1894 husband's death	13 October 1928	Alexander III Alexander III of Russia Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov , historically remembered as Alexander III or Alexander the Peacemaker reigned as Emperor of Russia from until his death on .-Disposition:...
	Alix of Hesse and by Rhine	Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse Louis IV , was the fourth Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, reigning from 13 June 1877 until his death... (Hesse and by Rhine House of Hesse The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry... )	6 June 1872	26 November 1894		17 July 1918 husband's death	minutes after	Nicholas II Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Prince of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His official short title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until...
	Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the third Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and reigned from 1893 to 1900. He was also a member of the British Royal Family, the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha... (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is a German dynasty, the senior line of the Saxon House of Wettin that ruled the Ernestine duchies, including the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.... )	25 November 1876	8 October 1905	17 July 1918 husband's accession	2 March 1936		Cyril I
	Leonida Georgievna Bagration-Moukhransky	Prince George Bagration of Mukhrani (Mukhrani House of Mukhrani The house of Mukhrani is a Georgian princely family, a collateral branch of the former royal dynasty of Bagrationi of which it sprung early in the 16th century, and received in appanage the domain of Mukhrani located in Kartli, central Georgia... )	23 September 1914	13 August 1948		21 April 1992 husband's accession	-	Vladimir I
The usual understanding (sources include: Stair Sainty, Theroff) is that the heir is the non-dynastic son of Grand Duke Dimitri Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia was a Russian imperial dynast. He is known for being involved in the murder of the mystic peasant faith healer Grigori Rasputin, who he felt held undue sway over Tsar Nicholas II.-Early life:Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich was born at Ilinskoe near Moscow, the... , only son of Grand Duke Paul, himself the youngest brother of Alexander III. This heir is non-dynastic in the Russian sense, but the House of Oldenburg House of Oldenburg The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...  had no full limitations against unequal marriages, and Schleswig Schleswig Schleswig or South Jutland is a region covering the area about 60 km north and 70 km south of the border between Germany and Denmark; the territory has been divided between the two countries since 1920, with Northern Schleswig in Denmark and Southern Schleswig in Germany... , where the (once sovereign) Schloss Gottorf is located, was never part of Holy Roman Empire and under its jurisdiction. These heirs live in USA and have not staked a public claim to titles. If Grand Duke Dmitri's marriage with Audrey Emery is considered unacceptable to Holstein titular succession, the question that arises is which of the various Romanov branches will be accepted. Presumably, marriages with countesses and princesses are at least acceptable, and thus male-line heirs exist. However, if all marriages deemed morganatic by Russian standards are unacceptable in the Gottorp succession, the next in the line of succession is Anton Gunther, Duke of Oldenburg, who is the current head of the branch descending from Christian August, Prince of Holstein-Eutin Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin Prince Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp was Duke of Slesvig-Holstein, prince regent of Eutin, prince-bishop of Lübeck and regent of the duchy of Holstein-Gottorp.... , the younger brother of Duke Frederick IV. He already holds claim to the defunct Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.
	Angelica Philippa Kauffmann	-	21 June 1932	1 October 1952	21 April 1992 husband's accession	10 February 2004 husband's death	-	Paul II Paul Ilyinsky Paul R. Ilyinsky was a three-time mayor of Palm Beach, Florida, and the only child of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia and his morganatic wife, Cincinnati heiress Audrey Emery...
	Martha Murray McDowell	-	15 June 1952	22 September 1979	10 February 2004 husband's accession	INCUMBENT	-	Dimitri I

Duchess consort of Oldenburg-Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, 1773-1829

See also

• Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp
• List of consorts of Schleswig and Holstein
• List of consorts of Holstein-Sonderborg
• List of Russian consorts
• List of Danish consorts
• List of consorts of Oldenburg
• List of Norwegian queens
• List of Finnish consorts
• List of Swedish consorts