Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.
Portrait by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl
Portrait of Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp by Anselm van Hulle
Holstein-Gottorp is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, also known as Ducal Holstein, that were ruled by the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, a side branch of the elder Danish line of the German House of Oldenburg. Other parts of the duchies were ruled by the kings of Denmark.
Gottorf Castle, after which the house of Holstein-Gottorp is named