Magdalene Sibylle of Holstein-Gottorp
Magdalena Sibylla of Schleswig -Holstein - Gottorp, and Magdalena Sybille or Magdalene Sybille, (* 1631 in Gottorp Castle, † 1719 in Güstrow ) was 1654-1695 wife of the reigning Duke of Mecklenburg in the part of the country Mecklenburg- Güstrow Gustav Adolf.
Origin
Magdalene Sybille of Schleswig -Holstein - Gottorp was the daughter of Duke Friedrich III. born of Schleswig -Holstein - Gottorp (1597-1659) and his wife Maria Elisabeth of Saxony ( 1610-1684 ).
Duchess of Mecklenburg
On December 28, 1654 Magdalene Sybille married the reigning Duke of Mecklenburg in the part of the country Mecklenburg- Güstrow Gustav Adolf.
Progeny
The couple had eleven children, but no surviving male heirs. This leads to a succession dispute, which was settled with the Hamburg comparison of 1701 and Mecklenburg newly formed inside.
- Johann (* December 2, 1655; † February 6, 1660 )
- Eleonore (* June 1, 1657; † February 24, 1672 )
- Marie ( born June 19, 1659 † January 6, 1701 )
- Magdalene (* July 5, 1660, † February 19, 1702 )
- Sophie ( born June 21, 1662 † June 1, 1738 )
- Christine ( * August 14, 1663; † August 3, 1749 )
- Karl ( * November 18, 1664, † March 15, 1688 )
- Hedwig Eleonore (* January 12, 1666; † August 9, 1735 )
- Luisa (* August 28, 1667, † March 15, 1721 )
- Elisabeth ( * September 3, 1668; † August 25, 1738 )
- Auguste (* December 27, 1674, † May 19 1756 )
Widow
After the death of her husband stayed Magdalene Sybille still for 26 years widowed Duchess and entertained in Güstrow a small yard. However, the former residence lost after the extinction of the line of Mecklenburg- Güstrow its former glory and its importance.