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Ernst Gunther, Duke Of Schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-augustenburg

Ernst Gunther of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg ( 14 October 1609 – 18 January 1689 ) was the first Duke Of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg from 1647 until his death.

He was third son of Alexander, Duke Of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and his wife Countess Dorothea Of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen .

FAMILY AND CHILDREN

On 15 June 1651 Duchess Auguste Of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg ( 27 June 1633 – 26 May 1701 ), daughter of Duke Philipp Of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg and Princess Sofie Hedwig Of Saxe-Lauenburg . They had ten children:
# Frederick ( 10 December 1652 – 3 August 1692 )
# Sofie Amalie ( 25 August 1654 – 7 December 1655 )
# Philipp Ernst ( 24 October 1655 – 8 September 1677 )
# Sofie Auguste ( 2 February 1657 – 20 July 1657 )
# Luise Charlotte ( 13 April 1658 – 2 May 1740 ), married on 1 January 1685 to Duke Frederick Louis Of Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
# Ernestine Justine ( 30 July 1659 – 18 October 1662 )
# Ernst August ( 3 October 1660 – 11 May 1731 )
# Dorothea Luise ( 11 October 1663 – 21 April 1721 ), Abbess of Itzehoe in 1686-1721
# a child, born and died 18 December 1665
# Frederick William ( 18 November 1668 – 3 June 1714 )