List of consorts of Holstein-Gottorp

See Also: Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp

The Duchesses of Holstein-Gottorp were the consorts of the rulers of Holstein-Gottorp.

Duchess consort of Schleswig and Holstein in Gottorp, 1544–1713[]

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Christine of Hesse	Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (Hesse)	29 June 1543	17 December 1564		1 October 1586 husband's death	13 May 1604	Adolf
	Augusta of Denmark	Frederick II of Denmark (Oldenburg)	8 April 1580	30 August 1596		31 March 1616 husband's death	5 February 1639	John Adolf
	Marie Elisabeth of Saxony	John George I, Elector of Saxony (Wettin)	22 November 1610	21 February 1630		10 August 1659 husband's death	24 October 1684	Frederick III
	Frederika Amalia of Denmark	Frederick III of Denmark (Oldenburg)	11 April 1649	24 October 1667		6 January 1695 husband's death	30 October 1704	Christian Albert
	Hedvig Sophia of Sweden	Charles XI of Sweden (Palatinate-Zweibrücken)	26 June 1681	12 May 1698		19 July 1702 husband's death	22 December 1708	Frederick IV

Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp, since 1713[]

Reigning Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp, 1713–1773
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Anna Petrovna of Russia	Peter I of Russia (Romanov)	27 January 1708	22 November 1724		4 March 1728		Charles Frederick
	Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst [1]	Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (Ascania)	2 May 1729	21 August 1745		17 July 1762 husband's death	17 November 1796	Charles Peter Ulrich
Titular Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp[]
	Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt	Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmstadt)	25 June 1755	29 September 1773		15 April 1776		Paul I
	Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg [1]	Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (Württemberg)	25 October 1759	26 September 1776		23 March 1801 husband's death	5 November 1828
	Louise of Baden [1][2]	Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (Baden)	24 January 1779	28 September 1793	23 March 1801 husband's accession	1 December 1825 husband's death	16 May 1826	Alexander I
	Joanna Grudzińska		17 May 1795	27 May 1820	1 December 1825 husband's accession	27 June 1831 husband's death	17 November 1831	Constantine I
	Charlotte of Prussia [1][2]	Frederick William III of Prussia (Hohenzollern)	13 July 1798	13 July 1817	1 December 1825 husband's accession	2 March 1855 husband's death	1 November 1860	Nicholas I
	Marie of Hesse and by Rhine [1][2]	Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse (Hesse and by Rhine)	8 August 1824	16 April 1841	2 March 1855 husband's accession	8 June 1880		Alexander II
	Dagmar of Denmark [1][2]	Christian IX of Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)	26 November 1847	9 November 1866	13 March 1881 husband's accession	1 November 1894 husband's death	13 October 1928	Alexander III
	Alix of Hesse and by Rhine [1][2]	Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (Hesse and by Rhine)	6 June 1872	26 November 1894		17 July 1918 husband's death	minutes after	Nicholas II
	Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha [3]	Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)	25 November 1876	8 October 1905	17 July 1918 husband's accession	2 March 1936		Cyril I
	Leonida Georgievna Bagration-Moukhransky [3]	(Mukhrani)	23 September 1914	13 August 1948		21 April 1992 husband's accession	-	Vladimir I
The usual understanding (sources include: Stair Sainty, Theroff) is that the heir is the non-dynastic son of Grand Duke Dimitri, only son of Grand Duke Paul, himself the youngest brother of Alexander III. This heir is non-dynastic in the Russian sense, but the House of Oldenburg had no full limitations against unequal marriages, and Schleswig, where the (once sovereign) Schloss Gottorf is located, was never part of Holy Roman Empire and under its jurisdiction. These heirs live in USA and have not staked a public claim to titles. If Grand Duke Dmitri's marriage with Audrey Emery is considered unacceptable to Holstein titular succession, the question that arises is which of the various Romanov branches will be accepted. Presumably, marriages with countesses and princesses are at least acceptable, and thus male-line heirs exist. However, if all marriages deemed morganatic by Russian standards are unacceptable in the Gottorp succession, the next in the line of succession is Anton Gunther, Duke of Oldenburg, who is the current head of the branch descending from Christian August, Prince of Holstein-Eutin, the younger brother of Duke Frederick IV. He already holds claim to the defunct Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.
	Angelica Philippa Kauffmann	-	21 June 1932	1 October 1952	21 April 1992 husband's accession	10 February 2004 husband's death	-	Paul II
	Martha Murray McDowell	-	15 June 1952	22 September 1979	10 February 2004 husband's accession	INCUMBENT	-

Duchess consort of Oldenburg-Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, 1773–1829[]

Notes[]

See also[]

• Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp
• List of consorts of Schleswig and Holstein
• List of consorts of Holstein-Sonderborg
• List of Russian consorts
• List of Danish consorts
• List of consorts of Oldenburg
• List of Norwegian queens
• List of Finnish consorts
• List of Swedish consorts