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2 unusual facts about John Adolphus


John Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön

Duke John Adolphus died on 2 July 1704 in Ruhleben, a few days after his son, Adolphus Augustus, had been killed in a riding accident.

He was born on 8 April 1634 in Ahrensbök, the eldest son of the first Duke of Plön, Joachim Ernest and Dorothea Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp.


Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön

John Adolphus, also known as Hans Adolf (b 1634; d 1704), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, married Dorothea of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel


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