Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderburg-Glucksburg House of Oldenburg

The Family Titles and Styles

The present members of the family bear the title Prince or Princess of Schleswig-Holstein, together with the formal appellation of His or Her Highness.

The Genealogy of the Ducal House

FRIEDRICH Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 22 Mar 1775 (Königsberg 20 Aug 1757-Wellingsbüttel 24 Apr 1816); m. Königsberg 9 Mar 1780 Friederike Gfn von Schlieben (Königsberg 28 Feb 1757-Schleswig 17 Dec 1827)

• 1a) Elisabeth Friederike Sophie Amelie Charlotte (Stargard 13 Dec 1780-Gnadenberg 19 Jan 1862); m. Leipzig 23 Feb 1800 Samuel Frhr von Richthofen (6 Jan 1769-25 Feb 1808)
• 2a) Maria Dorothea Henriette Luise (Lindenau, nr Königsberg 28 Sep 1783-Schloß Pless 24 Nov 1803); m. Lindenau 20 Aug 1803 Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (25 Jun 1769-23 Aug 1830)
• 3a) Friedrich WILHELM Paul Leopold, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg from 6 Jul 1825 (Lindenau 4 Jan 1785-Gottorp 17 Feb 1831); m. Gottorp 26 Jan 1810 Luise Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (Gottorp 28 Sep 1789-Ballenstedt 13 Mar 1867)
• 1b) Luise Marie Friederike (Gottorp 23 Oct 1810-Dresden 11 May 1869); m.1st Harburg 19 May 1837 Friedrich von Lasperg (1 Dec 1796-9 May 1843); m.2d Dresden 3 Oct 1846 Alfred Gf von Hohenthal (5 Dec 1805-16 Nov 1860)
• 2b) Friederike Karoline Juliane (Gottorp 9 Oct 1811-Alexisbad 10 Jul 1902); m. Luisenlund 30 Oct 1834 Alexander Karl Pr of Anhalt-Bernburg (Ballenstedt 2 Mar 1805-19 Aug 1863)
• 3b) KARL, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Gottorp 30 Sep 1813-Luisenlund 24 Oct 1878); m. Copenhagen 19 May 1838 Wilhelmina Pss of Denmark (Kiel 18 Jan 1808-Glücksburg 30 May 1891)
• 4b) FRIEDRICH, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Schleswig 23 Oct 1814-Schleswig 27 Nov 1885); m. Bückeburg 16 Oct 1841 (div 1848) Adelheid Pss zu Schaumburg-Lippe (Bückeburg 9 Mar 1821-Itzehoe 30 Jul 1899); remarried Turin 7 May 1854 his first wife
• 1c) Marie Karoline Auguste Ida Luise (Kiel 27 Feb 1844-Rotenburg 16 Sep 1932); m. Luisenlund 6 Dec 1884 Wilhelm Pr of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (Burgsteinfurt 3 Oct 1831-Rotenburg 17 Jan 1890)
• 2c) FRIEDRICH FERDINAND Georg Christian Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and from 27 Apr 1931 Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel 12 Oct 1855-Luisenlund 21 Jan 1934); m. Primkenau 19 Mar 1885 Karoline Mathilde Pss of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (Augustenburg 25 Jan 1860-Grünholz 20 Feb 1932)
• 1d) Viktoria Adelheid Helene Luise Marie Friederike (Grünholz 31 Dec 1885-Coburg 3 Oct 1970); m. Glücksburg 11 Oct 1905 Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Pr of Great Britain and Ireland, etc (Claremont House 19 Jul 1884-Coburg 6 Mar 1954)
• 2d) Alexandra Viktoria Auguste Leopoldine Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine (Grünholz 21 Apr 1887-Lyon 15 Apr 1957); m.1st Berlin 22 Oct 1908 (div 1920) Pr August Wilhelm of Prussia (Potsdam 29 Jan 1887-Stuttgart 26 Mar 1949); m.2d Grünholz 7 Jan 1922 (div 1933) Arnold Rümann (1884-1951)
• 3d) Helene Adelheid Viktoria Marie (Grünholz 1 Jun 1888-Hellerup 30 Jun 1962); m. Glücksburg 28 Apr 1909 Harald Pr of Denmark (Charlottenlund 8 Oct 1876-Copenhagen 30 Mar 1949)
• 4d) Adelheid Luise (Grünholz 19 Oct 1889-Salzburg 11 Jun 1964); m. Potsdam 1 Aug 1914 Friedrich Fst zu Solms-Baruth (Klitschdorf 25 Mar 1886-Windhoek, So. Africa 12 Sep 1951)
• 5d) Wilhelm FRIEDRICH Christian Günther Albert Adolf Georg, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (Grünholz 23 Aug 1891-Grünholz 12 Feb 1965); m. Coburg 15 Feb 1916 Marie Melita Pss zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Langenburg 18 Jan 1899-Munich 8 Nov 1967)
• 1e) Hans Viktor Alexander Friedrich Ernst Gottfried August Heinrich Albert Waldemar (Schloß Luisenlund 12 May 1917-k.a. Zedlinsk, Poland 10 Aug 1944)
• 2e) Wilhelm Alfred Ferdinand (Schloß Luisenlund 24 Sep 1919-Kiel 17 Jun 1926)
• 3e) Friedrich Ernst PETER, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (Schloß Luisenlund 30 Apr 1922-Bienebek 30 Sep 1980); m. Glücksburg 9 Oct 1947 Marie Alix Pss zu Schaumburg-Lippe (b. Bückeburg 2 Apr 1923)
• 1f) Marita (b. Schloß Luisenlund 5 Sep 1948); m. Glücksburg 23 May 1975 Wilfried Frhr von Plotho (b. Bliestorf 10 Aug 1942)
• 2f) CHRISTOPH, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (b. Schloß Luisenlund 22 Aug 1949); m. Glücksburg 23 Sep 1981 (rel) 3 Oct 1981 Elisabeth Pss zur Lippe-Weissenfeld (b. Munich 28 Jul 1957)
• 1g) Sophie (b. Eckernförde 9 Oct 1983)
• 2g) Friedrich Ferdinand (b. Eckernförde 19 Jul 1985)
• 3g) Constantin (b. Eckernförde 14 Jul 1986)
• 4g) Leopold (b. Eckernförde 5 Sep 1991)
• 3f) Alexander (b. Bienebek 9 Jul 1953); m. Munich 29 Aug 1994 (rel) San Cabaneta, Majorca 3 Sep 1994 Barbara Beata Fertsch (Friedberg 27 Jul 1961-28 Apr 2009)
• 1g) Elena (b. Hamburg 25 Jan 1995)
• 2g) Julian Nicolaus (b. Hamburg 20 Oct 1997)
• 4f) Ingeborg (b. Bienebek 9 Jul 1956); m. Glücksburg 1 Jun 1991 Nikolaus Broschek (b. Munich 30 May 1941)
• 4e) Marie Alexandra Caroline-Mathilde Viktoria Irene (Schloß Luisenlund 9 Jul 1927-Friedrichshafen 14 Dec 2000); m. Grünholz 27 Jul 1970 Douglas Barton-Miller (b. San Francisco 8 Dec 1929)
• 6d) Viktoria Irene Adelheid Auguste Alberta Feodora Karoline-Mathilde (Grünholz 1 May 1894-Salzburg 28 Jan 1972); m. Glücksburg 27 May 1920 Hans Gf zu Solms-Baruth (Klitschdorf 3 Apr 1893-Salzburg 9 Oct 1971)
• 3c) Luise Karoline Juliane (Kiel 6 Jan 1858-Marburg an der Lahn 2 Jul 1936); m. Schloß Luisenlund 29 Apr 1891 Georg Viktor Fst zu Waldeck und Pyrmont (Arolsen 14 Jan 1831-Marienbad 12 May 1893)
• 4c) Marie Wilhelmine Luise Ida Friederike Mathilde Hermine (Schloß Grünholz 31 Aug 1859-Itzehoe 26 Jun 1941)
• 5c) Albrecht Christian Adolf Karl Eugen (Kiel 15 Mar 1863-Glücksburg 23 Apr 1948); m.1st Meerholz 14 Oct 1906 Ortrud Gfn zu Isenburg-Büdingen in Meerholz (Meerholz 15 Jan 1879-Gotha 28 Apr 1918); m.2d Büdingen 19 Sep 1920 Hertha Pss zu Isenburg-Büdingen in Büdingen (Büdingen 27 Dec 1883-Glücksburg 30 May 1972)
• 1d) Viktoria Marie Luise Agnes Calma Elisabeth Irmgard (Berlin 8 Dec 1908-Wiesbaden 29 Dec 1969); m.1st Primkenau 19 Apr 1934 (div 1955) Rudolf Karl Frhr von Stengel (Munich 7 Dec 1899-Rieden 21 Sep 1969); m.2d Glücksburg 8 Oct 1962 Friedrich Christian Pr zu Schaumburg-Lippe (Bückeburg 5 Jan 1906-Wasserburg am Inn 20 Sep 1983)
• 2d) Friedrich Wilhelm August Ferdinand Alexander Karl Eduard Ernst Gustav (Frankfurt 29 Dec 1909-k.a. Trier 6 Jun 1940)
• 3d) Johann Georg Wilhelm Viktor Heinrich Konstantin Günther Friedrich Christian (Gotha 24 Jul 1911-k.a.in Russia 23 Jun 1941)
• 4d) Friedrich Ferdinand Karl Ernst August Wilhelm Harald Kasimir Nicola (Gotha 14 May 1913-Glücksburg 31 May 1989); m. Willigrad bei Schwerin 1 Sep 1943 Anastasia Dss of Mecklenburg (Gelbensande bei Ribnitz, Mecklenburg 11 Nov 1922-Hamburg 25 Jan 1979)
• 1e) Elisabeth Marie Alexandra (b. Schleswig 10 Sep 1945); m. Glücksburg 2 Jan 1975 (rel) 5 Jan 1975 Ferdinand Heinrich Pr zu Isenburg und Büdingen (Frankfurt 19 Oct 1940-Büdingen 8 Mar 1989)
• 2e) Irene Olga Adelheid (b. Flensburg 11 Oct 1946)
• 3e) Margaretha Friederike Luise (b. Flensburg 10 Feb 1948)
• 4e) Sibylla Ursula Ortrud (b. Flensburg 11 Sep 1955); m. Glücksburg 24 Oct 1980 (rel) 25 Oct 1980 Dieter Franz (b. Kirchberg an der Jagst 26 Mar 1950)
• 5d) Ortrud Bertha Adelheid Hedwig (Flensburg 19 Dec 1925-Hannover 6 Feb 1980); m.(civ) Schloß Marienburg 31 Aug 1951 (rel) Hannover 4 Sep 1951 Ernst August Pr of Hannover (Braunschweig 18 Mar 1914-Hannover 9 Dec 1987)
• 5b) Wilhelm (Gottorp 10 Apr 1816-Fredensborg 5 Sep 1893)
• 6b) Christian, who in 1863 became King Christian IX of Denmark (1818-1906); see Denmark
• 7b) Luise (Gottorp 18 Nov 1820-Itzehoe 30 Nov 1894)
• 8b) Julius (Gottorp 14 Oct 1824-Itzehoe 1 Jun 1903); m.(morganatically) Itzehoe 2 Jul 1883 Elisabeth von Ziegesar, cr Gfn von Roest 1 Jul 1883 (Wiesa 18 Jun 1856-Montreux 20 Nov 1887)
• 9b) Johann (Hans) (Gottorp 5 Dec 1825-Copenhagen 27 May 1911)
• 10b) Nikolaus (Gottorp 22 Dec 1828-Berlin 18 Aug 1849)