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Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

1526 - 1586

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp has received more than 148,754 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp is the 239th most popular nobleman (up from 286th in 2019).

Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp was a German prince and the father of Catherine the Great. He was the grandson of King Frederick I of Denmark and the nephew of King Frederick II of Denmark. Adolf was the son of Christian August, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

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  • 24

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  • 7.30

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  • 2.05

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 239 out of 1,415. Before him are Anthony, Duke of Brabant, Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil, Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Prince John of the United Kingdom, and Julia, Princess of Battenberg. After him are Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Henry I, Duke of Brabant, Bruno the Great, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1526, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 6. Before him are Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Catherine Jagiellon, Akechi Mitsuhide, Elizabeth of Austria, and Augustus, Elector of Saxony. After him are Rafael Bombelli, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Bâkî, Benedict the Moor, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz. Among people deceased in 1586, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 6. Before him are Stephen Báthory, Margaret of Parma, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Augustus, Elector of Saxony, and Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma. After him are Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Primož Trubar, Luis de Morales, Birbal, Ignazio Danti, and Philip Sidney.

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