Christian Adolf I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen explained

Christian Adolf I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen
Noble Family:House of Oldenburg
Father:John Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
Mother:Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
Spouse:Eleonore Charlotte of Saxony-Lauenburg
Birth Date:3 June 1641
Birth Place:Sønderborg
Death Place:Hamburg

Christian Adolf I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen (3 June 1641  - 2 January 1702) was a German nobleman and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen.

Early life

He was the second son of Duke Johann Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and his wife, and Countess Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst.

Biography

When he was 8 years old, his older brother, John Frederick, died, making him heir to his father's estate. On his father's death in 1653, he inherited his father's small duchy, only for it to go bankrupt in 1667 and be returned to the Danish Crown.

In 1676, he married Eleonore Charlotte of Saxony-Lauenburg, granddaughter of Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg. Christian Adolf obtained the estate Franzhagen from the marriage, and from here he started the brief Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen line. The couple had three sons:

He died on 2 January 1702 in Hamburg, and his line would end with the death of his grandson Christian Adolf II.