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Map over the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein in 1622 (the parts ruled by the duke of Gottorp are coloured yellow, the parts ruled by the king of Denmark are coloured pink, the parts ruled in common are coloured grey)
The dynastic name Holstein-Gottorp comes as convenient usage from the technically more correct Duke of Schleswig and Holstein at Gottorp. Adolf, the third son of Duke and King Frederick I and the second youngest half-brother of King Christian III , founded the dynastic branch called House of Holstein-Gottorp , which is a cadet branch of the then royal Danish House of Oldenburg .
The Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein in Gottorp, held by Duke Adolf and his successors. In addition, significant parts of Holstein were jointly administered by the dukes of Holstein-Glückstadt and the dukes of Holstein-Gottorp, mainly on the Baltic Sea coast.
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La famiglia degli Holstein-Gottorp è una linea minore del casato degli Oldenburg, fondata nel 1544 da Adolfo di Holstein-Gottorp, fratello minore del re Cristiano III di Danimarca, che nella divisione dell'eredità ottenne il ducato di Schleswig e il ducato di Holstein [1] . I territori di Gottorp erano situati nelle attuali Danimarca e Germania.
Under the terms of the treaty, signed on 18 August 1700, Denmark returned Schleswig to the duke of Holstein-Gottorp, who was an ally of Sweden, and agreed not to fight against Sweden – it was not until 1709 that the Danes re-entered the war, following Sweden’s defeat by Russia at the Battle of Poltava.
Holstein-Gottorp is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, also known as Ducal Holstein, that were ruled by the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, a side branch of the elder Danish line of the German House of Oldenburg.
