Adolf von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, was born 25 January 1526 in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany to Frederik I of Denmark (1471-1533) and Sophia von Pommern (1498-1568) and died 1 October 1586 Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany of unspecified causes. He married Christine von Hessen (1543-1604) 16 December 1564 JL in Gottorf Castle, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
He was the first Duke of Holstein-Gottorp from the line of Holstein-Gottorp of the House of Oldenburg.
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