Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
| Princess Auguste | |
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| Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg | |
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| Born |
27 June 1633 Glücksburg |
| Died | 26 May 1701 (aged 67) 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
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:
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