Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
{{Short description|16th Century Duke of Holstein-Gottorp}}
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| noble family = House of Holstein-Gottorp
| father = Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
| mother = Christine of Hesse
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| birth_date = 21 April 1568
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1587|6|15|1568|4|21|df=yes}}
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Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (21 April 1568 – 15 June 1587) was a Danish-German nobleman. He was the eldest son of Duke Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife, Christine of Hesse (1543–1604).
He inherited the ducal share of rule in the royal Danish-ducal condominium of the duchies of Holstein and of Schleswig when his father died in 1586, and died only a year later.
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Ancestors
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| 1= 1. Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
| 2= 2. Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
| 3= 3. Christine of Hesse
| 4= 4. Frederick I of Denmark
| 5= 5. Sophie of Pomerania
| 6= 6. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
| 7= 7. Christine of Saxony
| 8= 8. Christian I of Denmark
| 9= 9. Dorothea of Brandenburg
| 10= 10. Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania
| 11= 11. Anna Jagiellon
| 12= 12. William II, Landgrave of Hesse
| 13= 13. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
| 14= 14. George, Duke of Saxony
| 15= 15. Barbara Jagiellon
| 16= 16. Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg
| 17= 17. Hedvig of Holstein
| 18= 18. John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
| 19= 19. Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
| 20= 20. Eric II, Duke of Pomerania
| 21= 21. Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp
| 22= 22. Casimir IV Jagiellon
| 23= 23. Elizabeth of Austria
| 24= 24. Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse
| 25= 25. Mechthild of Württemberg-Urach
| 26= 26. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg
| 27= 27. Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin
| 28= 28. Albert III, Duke of Saxony
| 29= 29. Sidonie Podiebrad
| 30= 30. Casimir IV Jagiellon (= 22)
| 31= 31. Elizabeth of Austria (= 23)
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{{S-hou|House of Holstein-Gottorp|21 April|1568|15 June|1587|House of Oldenburg}}
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{{S-bef|before=Adolf and|before2=Frederick II of Denmark}}
{{s-ttl|title=Duke of Holstein and Schleswig|regent1=Frederick II of Denmark|years1=1586–1587|years=1586–1587}}
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Category:Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp
Category:16th-century German nobility
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