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Ernest Gunther I SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG-AUGUSTENBURG #77908

14 OCT 1609 - 18 JAN 1688/89

Personal Information

  • BIRTH: 14 OCT 1609, Sønderborg, Sonderjylland, Denmark
  • DEATH: 18 JAN 1688/89, Augustenborg, Sonderjylland, Denmark

Notes

Founder of the House of SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG-AUGUSTENBURG
Cadet branch of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg

Ernest Günther I of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (14 October 1609 - 18 January 1689) was a Duke of Schleswig-Holstein of its Sonderburg line. He was the first to have his ducal seat in Augustenborg Palace, which he built and named in honor of his wife. He ruled from 1647 until his death in 1689.

He was third son of Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and his wife, Countess Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1579-1639).

Parents

Family 1 :

 

                                                                  _Christian III OLDENBURG _+
                                                                 | (1503 - 1558)            
                                            _John II OLDENBURG __|
                                           | (1545 - 1622)       |
                                           |                     |_Dorothea of ASCANIA _____+
                                           |                       (1511 - 1571)            
 _Alexander SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG _|
| (1572 - 1627)                            |
|                                          |                      _Ernest III WELF _________+
|                                          |                     | (1518 - 1567)            
|                                          |_Elisabeth of WELF __|
|                                            (1549 - 1585)       |
|                                                                |_Margaret of GRIFFIN _____
|                                                                  (1518 - 1569)            
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|--Ernest Gunther I SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG-AUGUSTENBURG 
|  (1609 - 1688)
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|_Dorothea of SCHWARZBURG-SONDERHASUEN ____|
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