Christian Adolf I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen


Christian Adolf I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen was a German nobleman. He was the second son of Duke John Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and his wife,and Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst.
When he was 8-years-old his older brother, John Frederick, died, making him heir to his father's estate. On his father's death in 1653, he inherited his father's small duchy, only for it to go bankrupt in 1667 and be returned to the Danish Crown.
In 1676, he married Eleonore Charlotte of Saxony-Lauenburg, granddaughter of Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg. Christian Adolf obtained the estate Franzhagen from the marriage, and from here he started the brief Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen line. The couple had three sons:
He died on 2 January 1702 in Hamburg, and his line would end with the death of his grandson Christian Adolf II.