The Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen line was a short-lived name of the main line of the ducal house of

Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg was the name of a branch line of the House of Oldenburg as well as the name of their land. It existed from 1564 until 1668 and was a titular duchy under the King of Denmark, rather than a true territorial dukedom in ...

, after its bankruptcy in 1667. The name is derived from the

Franzhagen Castle The Franzhagen Castle - also known as ''Franzgarten'' or ''Franzhof'' was a castle near the present-day Schulendorf in southern Schleswig-Holstein. Before its destruction in 1716 it was owned by the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. The ca ...

Schulendorf Schulendorf is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after ...

in the duchy of

Saxe-Lauenburg The Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg (german: Herzogtum Sachsen-Lauenburg, called ''Niedersachsen'' (Lower Saxony) between the 14th and 17th centuries), was a '' reichsfrei'' duchy that existed from 1296–1803 and again from 1814–1876 in the extreme so ...

. The castle was inherited by

Eleonore Charlotte of Saxe-Lauenburg-Franzhagen Eleonore Charlotte of Saxe-Lauenburg-Franzhagen (german: Eleonore Charlotte von Sachsen-Lauenburg; born: 8 August 1646 in Marienfließ in Pomerania; died: 26 January 1709 in Franzhagen Castle, Schulendorf) was a duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg by birt ...

, who brought it into her marriage with former Duke Christian Adolph I. After their bankruptcy, the Sonderburg line was reduced to its possession of Franzhagen. The Franzhagen castle was demolished in 1716.

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The real power of government from 1702 was wielded by

, the widow of Christian Adolf I, as the sons had married beneath their station. Anna Barbara Dorothea of Winterfeld never owned more than a house in Billwerder, until her death in 1739.

References

* Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher, Vol. 31–32
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Ludwig Karl von Franzhagen * Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher, Vol. 31–32
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Leopold Christian von Franzhagen German noble families Sonderburg-Franzhagen * 1676 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire {{Germany-noble-stub

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See also

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