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Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke Of Schleswig-Holstein
'' , title = Duke of Schleswig-Holstein , reign = 21 January 1934 – 10 February 1965 , reign-type = Tenure , predecessor = Friedrich Ferdinand , successor = Peter II , succession = Head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein , house = Glücksburg , spouse = , issue = Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-HolsteinPrince Wilhelm AlfredPeter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Princess Marie Alexandra , image = PrinceFriedrich2.jpg , image_size = 200px , birth_date = , birth_place = Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, German Empire , death_date = , death_place = Coburg, Bavaria, West Germany , father = Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein , mother = Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, from 1934 Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (in German: ''Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Günther Albert Adol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 = Victoria Adelaide, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alexandra Victoria, Princess August Wilhelm of Prussia Helena, Princess Harald of Denmark Adelaide, Princess of Solms-Baruth Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Karoline Mathilde, Countess Hans of Solms-Baruth , image = DukeFRIEDRICHFERDINAND.jpg , image_size = 190px , birth_date = , birth_place = Kiel, Holstein, Denmark (now Germany) , death_date = , death_place = Primkenau, Province of Silesia, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany , father = Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg , mother = Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, then Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick VIII, Duke Of Schleswig-Holstein
'' , house = Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg , father = Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg , mother = Countess Louise Sophie Danneskiold-Samsøe , birth_date = , birth_place = Augustenburg, Schleswig, Denmark , death_date = , death_place = Wiesbaden, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg ( da, Frederik Christian August af Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Augustenborg; german: Friedrich Christian August Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg; July 6, 1829 – January 14, 1880) was the German pretender to the throne of second duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 1863, although in reality Prussia took overlordship and real administrative power. Life He was the eldest son of Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and Countess Louise Sophie of Danneskiold-Samsøe. He was ethnically perhaps the most Danish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Adelheid Of Schaumburg-Lippe
Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe (9 March 1821 – 30 July 1899) was a member of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe and a Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe by birth. Through her marriage to Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Adelheid was a sister-in-law of Christian IX of Denmark and Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg from 14 October 1878 to 27 November 1885. Family Adelheid was the second-eldest daughter of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Adelheid was a younger sister of Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. Marriage and issue Adelheid married Prince Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (later Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg), the second-eldest son of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel, on 16 October 1841 in Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe. Friedrich and Adelheid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prinz Friedrich Und Prinzessin Marie Melita Zu Holstein-Glücksburg
Prinz is a German title that translates into English as "prince", see also '' Fürst'' (sovereign prince). Prinz may also refer to: * Prinz (brand), a brand formerly used by the British photographic and electronics retail chain, Dixons * NSU Prinz, automobile produced in West Germany by NSU Motorenwerke AG from 1957 to 1973 * Prinz (crater), an impact crater on the Moon People * Alfred Prinz (1930-2014), Austrian composer * Birgit Prinz (born 1977), German retired footballer * Bret Prinz (born 1977), American baseball player * Dietrich Prinz (1903-1989), German computer scientist * Günter Prinz (1929-2020), German newspaper journalist * Jesse Prinz, American professor * Joachim Prinz (1902-1988), American-German rabbi * LeRoy Prinz (1895-1983), American choreographer * Matthias Prinz (born 1956), German lawyer * Nina Prinz (born 1982), German motorcycle racer * Rosemary Prinz (born 1930), American television actress * Thomas Prinz (born 1959), German ambassador * Wolfgang Prinz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoph, Prince Of Schleswig-Holstein
Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (legal name in German: ''Christoph Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein''; born 22 August 1949), has been the head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (commonly known as the House of Glücksburg) and, by agnatic primogeniture, of the entire House of Oldenburg since 1980.''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XVI. ''Haus Holstein''. C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, pp.44-50. (German). . He is the current titular eighth Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Duke of Glücksburg, traditionally styled as ''His Highness''. He is a male-line descendant of Christian I of Denmark, and is also descended cognatically from numerous more recent monarchs, including Queen Victoria, Emperor Alexander II of Russia and several more recent Danish kings. House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg The House of Oldenburg — in one of its cadet branches — is patrilineally the royal house of Denmark (since 1448), Norway (1450–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Marie Alix Of Schaumburg-Lippe
Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe (Marie Alix zu Schaumburg-Lippe; 2 April 1923 – 1 November 2021) was Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein as the wife of Peter II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 1965 to 1980. Biography Family Marie Alix was the only daughter of and . She was the niece of Adolf II, the last ruler of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe who abdicated following the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the Principality became the Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe. Marie Alix's younger brother, Prince Georg Moritz of Schaumburg-Lippe, was killed in a car accident in 1970 without marrying or having children. Marriage and issue Marie Alix married Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, third son of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg in Glücksburg on 9 October 1947. Peter and Marie Alix had four children: * (born 5 September 1948 in Schleswig), she married Wilfred Eberhard Manfred Baron von Plotho (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of Schleswig-Holstein. Prince Albert was the head of the House of Oldenburg, and also the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and the fourth Duke of Schleswig-Holstein between 1921 and 1931. Early life and military career Prince Albert grew up at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park. He was known as "Abby" to his family. He was baptised in the private chapel at Windsor Castle on 31 March 1869. His godparents were the Dowager Queen of Denmark (represented by Queen Victoria), the Princess of Wales (represented by Princess Louise), Princess Louis of Hesse and by Rhine (represented by the Duchess of Roxburghe), the Duke of Edinburgh (represented by Prince Arthur), the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (represented by Prince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 lines from the Sonderburg branch, the heads of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg were first known as Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein and Dukes of Sonderburg. The family took its name from its ancestral home, Augustenborg Palace in Augustenborg, Denmark, Augustenborg, Denmark. History The branch originated from Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Ernest Günther, a member of the ducal house of Schleswig-Holstein (its branch of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Sønderborg) and a cadet of the royal house of Denmark. He was the third son of Alexander, Duke of Sonderburg, Alexander, 2nd Duke of Sonderborg (1573–1627), and thus a grandson of John II, Duke of Sonderburg, John the Younger (1545� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of Ernst II, she was Princess consort of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. She was a granddaughter of both Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Tsar Alexander II of Russia. Early life Alexandra was born Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh on 1 September 1878 at Rosenau Castle, Coburg.Zeepvat, p. 258 Her father was Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second-eldest son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her mother was Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, the only surviving daughter of Alexander II of Russia and Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. She was baptised ''Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria'' on 2 October 1878 at Edinburgh Palace, Coburg, presumably by her mother's chaplain. Her godparents included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 during the minority of his wife's cousin, Duke Charles Edward, from 1900 to 1905. Biography Family Born in Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg on 13 September 1863, Ernst was the oldest of three children, and the only son, of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Princess Leopoldine of Baden, daughter of Prince William of Baden. He was also the grand-nephew of Queen Victoria: i.e., his paternal great-grandmother was Victoria (of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and later by her first marriage of Leiningen), the mother of Queen Victoria, and his grandmother was Feodora of Leiningen, Queen Victoria's half-sister. He married the Queen's granddaughter, Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh, daughter of The Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Got ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ranked below princess nobility and grand dukes. The title comes from French ''duc'', itself from the Latin language, Latin ''dux'', 'leader', a term used in Roman Republic, republican Rome to refer to a military commander without an official rank (particularly one of Germanic peoples, Germanic or Celts, Celtic origin), and later coming to mean the leading military commander of a province. In most countries, the word ''duchess'' is the female equivalent. Following the reforms of the emperor Diocletian (which separated the civilian and military administrations of the Roman provinces), a ''dux'' became the military commander in each province. The title ''dux'', Hellenised to ''doux'', survived in the Eastern Roman Empire where it cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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