Background
She was a daughter of John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Augusta of Denmark.
She was a daughter of John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Augusta of Denmark.
Joachim Ernest and Dorothea Augusta had six children:
John Adolphus, also known as Hans Adolf (b 1634. Doctorate 1704), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, married Dorothea of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Augustus (b 1635. Doctorate 1699), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg
Ernestine (b 10 October 1636.
Doctorate 18 March 1696)
Joachim Ernest II (b 5 October 1637.
Doctorate 5 October 1700), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Rethwisch m Isabella of Merode-Westerloo (b 1649. Doctorate 5 January 1701)
Bernard (b 31 January 1639.
Doctorate 13 January 1676), Danish general
Agnes Hedwig (b 29 September 1640. Doctorate 20 November 1698), married Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Charles Henry (b 20 March 1642.
Doctorate 20 January 1655 in Vienna)
Sophia Eleonora (b 30 July 1644.
Doctorate 22 January 1688/9), married Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein.