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, father =

Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein '' , title = Duke of Schleswig-Holstein , predecessor = Friedrich , successor = Wilhelm Friedrich , succession = Head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg , house = Glücksburg , spouse = , issue ...

, mother =

Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg , title = Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein , house = Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg , spouse = , issue = Victoria Adelaide, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alexandra Victoria, Princess August Wilhelm of P ...

Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, from 1934 Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (in

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: ''Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Günther Albert Adolf Georg Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg'' then ''Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein''; 23 August 1891 – 10 February 1965), was the sixth

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein The following is a list of rulers (usually dukes) who ruled both Duchy of Schleswig, Schleswig and Duchy of Holstein, Holstein, starting from the first Holstein count who received Schleswig, until both territories were annexed by the Kingdom of P ...

and Head of the

House of Oldenburg The House of Oldenburg is a German dynasty with links to Denmark since the 15th century. It has branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg. The cu ...

from 21 January 1934 until his death on 10 February 1965.

Early life

Prince Friedrich was born on 23 August 1891 at Grünholz Castle in

. He was the fifth child and only son of Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderbug-Glücksburg and his wife,

. Prince Friedrich's father was the eldest son of

Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (23 October 1814 in Schleswig, Schleswig – 27 November 1885 in Luisenlund, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, Germany) was the third Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Fried ...

and a nephew of

Christian IX of Denmark Christian IX (8 April 181829 January 1906) was King of Denmark from 1863 until his death in 1906. From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. A younger son of Frederick William, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein- ...

. Upon the death of his father in 1885, he had succeeded to the headship of the

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and the title of

duke Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are rank ...

Marriage

Friedrich married his second cousin,

Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg , succession = Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein , reign =21 January 1934 – 10 February 1965 , reign-type = Tenure , house = Hohenlohe-Langenburg , spouse = , issue = Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-HolsteinPr ...

, daughter of

Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Ernst Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Maximilian, 7th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (13 September 1863 – 11 December 1950), was a German aristocrat and Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He served as the Regent of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha duri ...

and his wife

Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, (1 September 1878 – 16 April 1942) was the fourth child and third daughter of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. As the wife o ...

, on 5 February 1916 at

. Friedrich and Marie Melita had four children.

Later life

When the Head of the

House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg () was a branch of the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg of the House of Oldenburg. The line descended from Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. Like all of the secondary ...

Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (Albert John Charles Frederick Alfred George; 26 February 1869 – 27 April 1931), was a grandson of Queen Victoria. He was the second son of Victoria's daughter Princess Helena by her husband Prince Christian ...

, died on 27 April 1931, Friedrich's father Friedrich Ferdinand became the Head of the

and inherited the title of

. On 21 January 1934, Duke Friedrich Ferdinand died, and Friedrich became head of the

. Duke Friedrich died on 10 February 1965 in

Issue

* ''Hans Albrecht'', Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (12 May 1917 – 10 August 1944) *Prince ''Wilhelm Alfred'' Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (24 September 1919 – 17 June 1926) * Friedrich Ernst ''Peter'', seventh Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (30 April 1922 – 30 September 1980), married with Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe, and father of the current head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein, Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein * Princess ''Marie Alexandra'' of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (9 July 1927 – 14 December 2000)

Ancestry

References

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