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Christine of Hesse
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Christine of Hesse-Kassel (29 June 1543 – 13 May 1604) was duchess of Holstein-Gottorp as a wife of Duke Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp.
Christine was born in Kassel as a daughter of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse and his wife Christine of Saxony.
On 17 December 1564 she was married to Duke Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and had the following children:
- Frederick II of Holstein-Gottorp (21 April 1568 – 15 June 1587).
- Sofie (1 June 1569 – 14 November 1634), married on 17 February 1588 to Duke John V of Mecklenburg.
- Philipp of Holstein-Gottorp (10 August 1570 – 18 October 1590).
- Christine (13 April 1573 – 8 December 1625), married on 27 August 1592 to King Charles IX of Sweden.
- Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp (27 February 1575 – 31 March 1616).
- Anna (27 February 1575 – 24 April 1625), married 28 January 1598 to Count Enno III of Ostfriesland.
- Christian, died young in 1577.
- Agnes (20 December 1578 – 1627).
- Johann Friedrich, Archbishop of Bremen, (1 September 1579 – 3 September 1634).
- Elisabeth, died young in 1584.
Through her daughter Anna, Christine of Hesse-Kassel is a direct matrilineal ancestor of Nicholas II of Russia. This implies that all of her female-line relatives (including Elisabeth of Luxembourg) are members of mitochondrial haplogroup T.
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