Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp (born: 5 December 1630 in Gottorp

Gottorp

Gottorf Castle is a castle and estate in the city of Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the ancestral home of the Holstein-Gottorp branch of the House of Oldenburg...

; died: 12 December 1680 in Coswig

Coswig

Coswig can refer to two towns in Germany, both on the river Elbe:*Coswig, Saxony, in the district of Meißen, Saxony*Coswig, Anhalt, in the district of Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt...

) was a daughter van Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

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....

 and Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony.

Marriage and issue

On 16 September 1649 in Gottorp, she married John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

John VI of Anhalt-Zerbst , was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst....

. They had the following children:

• John Frederick (1650-1651)
• George (1651-1652)
• Charles William
  Karl, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
  Karl William, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst , was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst....
  
   (1652-1718)
• Anthony Günther
  Anthony Günther, Prince of Anhalt-Mühlingen
  Anthony Günther, Prince of Anhalt-Mühlingen was a German prince of the House of Ascania, the first ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Mühlingen....
  
   (1653-1714), married Augusta of Biberstein (1659-1736)
• John Adolph (1654-1726)
• John Louis I
  John Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg
  John Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg , was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dornburg....
  
   (1656-1704), married Christina of Zeutsch (1666-1669)
• Joachim Ernest (1657-1658)
• Magdalena (1658-1659)
• Frederick (1660-1660)
• Hedwig (1662-1662)
• Sophie Augusta (1663-1694), married John Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1664-1707)
• August (1666-1667)

After her husband died in 1667, she became regent for her minor son Charles William, until he came of age in 1674.