Paternal Family Tree: Oldenburg
On 10th April 1502 [his father] King Frederick I of Denmark [aged 30] and Anna of Brandenburg [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg and Margaret of Thuringia. He the son of [his grandfather] Christian I King of Denmark and [his grandmother] Dorothea of Brandenburg. They were half second cousins.
On 9th October 1518 [his father] King Frederick I of Denmark [aged 47] and [his mother] Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden [aged 20] were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years. He the son of [his grandfather] Christian I King of Denmark and [his grandmother] Dorothea of Brandenburg.
On 25th January 1526 Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp was born to King Frederick I of Denmark [aged 54] and Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden [aged 28].
On 10th April 1533 [his father] King Frederick I of Denmark [aged 61] died. His son [his half-brother] Christian [aged 29] succeeded III King of Denmark.
In 1544 Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp [aged 17] was created 1st Duke of Holstein Gotorp.
On 1st January 1559 [his half-brother] Christian III King of Denmark [aged 55] died. His son [his nephew] Frederick [aged 24] succeeded II King of Denmark.
In 1560 Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp [aged 33] was appointed 343rd Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 26]. It isn't entirely clear why he was awarded the Garter. He was a thirty-four years old, unmarried younger son of the [his father] King of Denark. He may have been pursuing a marriage to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 29th March 1560. The xxviiij day Marche cam by water at afternone unto Somersett plasse [Map] the duke of Vanholtt [aged 34]. [Note. To be created Knight of the Garter].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 11th April 1560. The xj day of Aprell toke ys jorney from the byshope of Wynchastur('s) plasse the duke of Swaynland [Note. Possibly King Erix XIV of Sweden [aged 26] but he has been previously referred to a Prince, or Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp [aged 34] who arrived on 29 Mar 1560], the wyche he kept the nobulle howse that ever dyd stranger in England for cher, for he spent more and gayff grett gyftes and reywardes as a ...
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Henry Machyn's Diary. 13th December 1560. The xiij of Desember was stallyd at Wyndsor [Map] the duke of Wanholt [aged 34], knyght of the nobull order of the gartter, and the good erle of Ruttland [aged 34] was the quen('s) [aged 27] depute at that tyme.
Note. P. 247. Installation of the duke of Vanholt at Windsor. Adolphus duke of Holstein, elected 10 June, 1560, installed (by proxy) the 15th Dec. (Beltz.) He died Oct. 1,1586.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 18th February 1561. The iij yere of quen Elezabeth [aged 27] the xviij day of [February] was sant Gorge fest; how all the knyghtes of the garter stod that day in order, the furst
On the Quen['s side.]
The kyng Phelype [aged 33].
The constabulle of France [aged 67].
The yerle of Arundell [aged 48].
The yerle of Darbe [aged 51].
The duke of Northfoke [aged 24].
The lord Pagett [aged 55].
The yerle of Westmerland [aged 36].
The lord chamburlayn, Haward [aged 51].
The yerle of Shrowsbere [aged 33]
The lord Montyguw-Browne [aged 32].
The lord Gray of Wyltun [aged 52].
On the Emperowre('s) syd.
The emperowre Ferna[ndo.] [aged 57]
The prynse of Pyamont [aged 32].
The duke Vanholtt [aged 35].
The markes of Wynchester, tresorer [aged 78].
The yerle of Penbroke [aged 60].
The lord admerall Clynton [aged 49].
The maques of Northamtun-Pare [aged 49].
The yerle of Rutland-Rosse [aged 34].
The yerle of Sussex [aged 36].
The lord of Lugborow [aged 40].
The lord Robart Dudley [aged 28].
The lord of Hunsdon-Care [aged 34].
On 17th December 1564 Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp [aged 38] and Christine Hesse [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse [aged 60] and Christine of Saxony. He the son of King Frederick I of Denmark and Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden [aged 66]. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
In 1568 [his mother] Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden [aged 70] died.
On 21st April 1568 [his son] Frederick II Oldenburg was born to Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp [aged 42] and [his wife] Christine Hesse [aged 24].
On 1st June 1569 [his daughter] Sophia Oldenburg was born to Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp [aged 43] and [his wife] Christine Hesse [aged 25]. She married 17th February 1588 her half first cousin once removed Duke John VII of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and had issue.
On 10th August 1570 [his son] Philip Oldenburg was born to Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp [aged 44] and [his wife] Christine Hesse [aged 27].
On 13th April 1573 [his daughter] Christina Oldenburg was born to Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp [aged 47] and [his wife] Christine Hesse [aged 29].
On 11th March 1574 [his daughter] Elisabeth Oldenburg was born to Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp [aged 48] and [his wife] Christine Hesse [aged 30].
On 27th February 1575 [his daughter] Anna of Holstein-Gottorp was born to Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp [aged 49] and [his wife] Christine Hesse [aged 31]. She married 28th January 1598 Count Enno III of East Frisia and had issue.
On 27th February 1575 [his son] John Adolph Oldenburg was born to Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp [aged 49] and [his wife] Christine Hesse [aged 31].
On 29th May 1576 [his son] Christian Oldenburg was born to Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp [aged 50] and [his wife] Christine Hesse [aged 32]. He died aged less than one years old.
On 22nd April 1577 [his son] Christian Oldenburg died.
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On 20th December 1578 [his daughter] Agnes Oldenburg was born to Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp [aged 52] and [his wife] Christine Hesse [aged 35].
On 1st September 1579 [his son] John Frederick Oldenburg was born to Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp [aged 53] and [his wife] Christine Hesse [aged 36].
On 1st October 1586 Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp [aged 60] died.
On 13th May 1594 [his former wife] Christine Hesse [aged 50] died.
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [1]
Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia [1]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [2]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [1]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [2]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [1]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [3]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [1]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [5]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [3]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [3]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [2]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [10]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [10]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [3]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [6]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [10]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [10]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [11]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [11]
Carl XVI King Sweden [21]
Great x 1 Grandfather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg 
Grandfather: Christian I King of Denmark
Great x 1 Grandmother: Helvig of Schauenburg
father: King Frederick I of Denmark
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hohenzollern II Burgrave Nuremburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Hohenzollern V Burgrave Nuremburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick I Elector Brandenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: John "The Alchemist" Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Rudolf III Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp
Great x 4 Grandfather: Wartislaw Griffins VI Duke Pomerania
Great x 3 Grandfather: Barnim Griffins 6th Duke Pomerania
Great x 2 Grandfather: Wartislaw Griffins 9th Duke Pomerania
Great x 1 Grandfather: Eric II Duke of Pomerania
Grandfather: Bogislaw X Duke of Pomerania
mother: Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden