- John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
John II ( _da. Hans den yngre; _de. Johann II.;
25 March 1545 –9 October 1622 ) was aDuke ofSchleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg .John was born in
Haderslev as the fourth son of KingChristian III of Denmark and his wifeDorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg . His elder brother kingFrederick II of Denmark allotted him a portion of Schleswig, Sonderburg (today DanishSønderborg ) as his ducal seat. He acted actively in Danish government, for example supporting his sister-in-law the queen when his nephewChristian IV of Denmark was underage. There were as much as plans for him to marry the dowager queen in 1588 or 1589, him repudiating his second, young wife. John died inGlücksburg .Family and children
John married two times. Firstly, he married in
Kolding onAugust 19 ,1568 withElisabeth von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen . They had the following children:
# Dorothea (9 October 1569 –5 July 1593 ), married on23 November 1589 to DukeFriedrich IV of Liegnitz
# Duke Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Ærø (1622-33) (24 October 1570 –4 June 1633 )
# Ernst (17 January 1572 –26 October 1596 )
# Duke Alexander of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg (1622-27) (20 January 1573 –13 May 1627 )
# August (26 July 1574 –26 October 1596 )
# Marie, Abbess ofItzehoe (22 August 1575 –6 December 1640 )
# Duke Johann Adolf of Schleswig-Holstein-Nordborg (1622-24) (17 September 1576 –21 February 1624 )
# Anna (7 October 1577 –30 January 1616 ), married on31 May 1601 to DukeBogislaw XIII of Pomerania-Barth
# Sofie (30 May 1579 –3 June 1618 ), married on8 March 1607 to DukePhilipp II of Pomerania-Stetten
# Elisabeth (24 September 1580 –21 December 1653 ), married on19 February 1615 to DukeBogislaw XIV of Pomerania-Barth
# Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Nordborg (1624-58) (26 October 1581 –22 July 1658 )
# Duke Philipp of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg (1622-63) (15 March 1584 –27 September 1663 )
# Albrecht (16 April 1585 –30 April 1613 )
# Margarete (24 February 1583 –10 April 1638 ), married on27 February 1603 to CountJohann II of Nassau-Siegen Secondly, he married on
14 February 1588 to PrincessAgnes Hedwig of Anhalt and they had the following children:
# Eleonore (4 April 1590 –13 April 1669 )
# Anna Sabine (7 March 1593 –18 July 1659 ), married on1 January 1618 to DukeJulius Friedrich of Württemberg
# Johann Georg (9 February 1594 –25 January 1613 )
# Duke Joachim Ernst I of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg-Plön (1622-71) (29 August 1595 –5 October 1671 )
# Dorothea Sibylle, born and died in 1597
# Dorothea Marie, died young in 1600
# Bernhard, born and died in 1601
# Agnes Magdalene, born and died in 1607
# Eleonore Sofie (24 February 1603 –5 January 1675 ), married on28 February 1624 to PrincesChristian II of Anhalt-Bernburg .
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