_Christian III OLDENBURG __________+
                                                                                              | (1503 - 1558)                     
                                                   _John II of SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG _|
                                                  | (1545 - 1622)                             |
                                                  |                                           |_Dorothea of ASCANIA ______________+
                                                  |                                             (1511 - 1571)                     
 _Joachim Ernest SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG ___|
| (1595 - 1671)                                   |
|                                                 |                                            _Joachim Ernest ASCANIA ___________+
|                                                 |                                           | (1536 - 1586) m 1570              
|                                                 |_Agnes Hedwig of ASCANIA __________________|
|                                                   (1572 - 1616)                             |
|                                                                                             |_Eleonore of WÜRTTEMBERG _________+
|                                                                                               (1551 - 1617) m 1570              
|
|--Augustus of SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG 
|  (1635 - 1699)
|                                                                                              _Adolf SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP _+
|                                                                                             | (1525 - 1586)                     
|                                                  _John Adolf SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP ____|
|                                                 | (1574 - 1616)                             |
|                                                 |                                           |_Christine of HESSE _______________+
|                                                 |                                             (1543 - 1604)                     
|_Dorothea Auguste of SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP _|
  (1602 - 1681)                                   |
                                                  |                                            _Frederick II OLDENBURG ___________+
                                                  |                                           | (1534 - 1588)                     
                                                  |_Augusta of OLDENBURG _____________________|
                                                    (1580 - 1638)                             |
                                                                                              |_Sophie of MECKLENBURG-SCHWERIN ___+
                                                                                                (1557 - 1631)