Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Princess Auguste
Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Born	(1633-06-27)27 June 1633 Glücksburg
Died	Augustenborg Palace, Augustenborg, Denmark
Spouse	Ernest Günther
Issue	Frederick Princess Sophie Amalie Prince Philipp Ernst Princess Sophiie Auguste Louise Charlotte, Duchess of Beck Princess Ernestine Justine Ernest Augustus Dorothea Louise, Princess-Abbess of Itzehoe Prince Frederick William
House	House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (by birth) House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (by marriage)
Father	Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Mother	Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg
Religion	Lutheranism

Princess Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (27 June 1633 – 26 May 1701) was a Danish-German princess of the senior Glücksburg line of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. She was the first Duchess of Augustenborg by marriage. The royal line, the palace, and the town of Augustenborg, were named in honor of her.

The great-granddaughter of king Christian III of Denmark, she was the third daughter, eighth by birth, of Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Sophia Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg. She was sister of Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Family and children

On 15 June 1651, at Copenhagen, she married her first cousin Ernest Günther (14 October 1609 – 18 January 1689), son of Duke Alexander of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and his wife Countess Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. They had ten children:

1. Frederick (10 December 1652 – 3 August 1692)
2. Sofie Amalie (25 August 1654 – 7 December 1655)
3. Philipp Ernst (24 October 1655 – 8 September 1677)
4. Sofie Auguste (2 February 1657 – 20 July 1657)
5. Luise Charlotte (13 April 1658 – 2 May 1740), married on 1 January 1685 to Duke Frederick Louis of Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
6. Ernestine Justine (30 July 1659 – 18 October 1662)
7. Ernest Augustus (3 October 1660 – 11 May 1731)
8. Dorothea Luise (11 October 1663 – 21 April 1721), Abbess of Itzehoe in 1686-1721
9. a child, born and died 18 December 1665
10. Frederick William (18 November 1668 – 3 June 1714)

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 27 June 1633 – 15 June 1651: Her Serene Highness Princess Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
• 15 June 1651 – 18 January 1689: Her Serene Highness The Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
• 18 January 1689 – 26 May 1701: Her Serene Highness The Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Ancestry

Family of Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

16. Frederick I of Denmark               8. Christian III of Denmark                       17. Anna of Brandenburg               4. John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg                             18. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg               9. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg                       19. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel               2. Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg                                   20. Philip I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen               10. Ernest III, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen                       21. Katharina of Mansfeld-Vorderort               5. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen                             22. George I, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast               11. Margarethe of Pomerania-Wolgast                       23. Amalie of the Palatinate               1. Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg                                         24. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg               12. Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg                       25. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel               6. Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg                             26. Henry IV, Duke of Saxony               13. Sibylle of Saxony                       27. Catherine of Mecklenburg               3. Sophia Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg                                   28. Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               14. Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg                       29. Maria of Württemberg               7. Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg                             30. Joachim II, Elector of Brandenburg               15. Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel                       31. Hedwig Jagiellon

Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg Born: 27 June 1633 Died: 26 May 1701
Regnal titles
Preceded by New Title	Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 1651 – 1689	Succeeded by Marie Therese of Velbrück