Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, then Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (12 October 1855 – 21 January 1934), was the fourth Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and became the fifth

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 ...

in 1931 and the head of the

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Family and succession

Friedrich Ferdinand was born in

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, the eldest son of

Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (23 October 1814 – 27 November 1885) was the third Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg from 1878 to 1885. Friedrich was the second-eldest son of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke o ...

and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe and a nephew of

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. Friedrich Ferdinand succeeded to the headship of the

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and title duke upon the death of his father on 27 November 1885. When the Head of the

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Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein died on 27 April 1931, Friedrich Ferdinand became the Head of the

and inherited the title

Marriage and issue

Friedrich Ferdinand married

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, daughter of

Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Given name Nobility = Anhalt-Harzgerode = *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) = Austria = * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from ...

and his wife

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(and sister of Augusta Victoria, German Empress), on 19 March 1885 at Primkenau. Friedrich Ferdinand and Karoline Mathilde had six children: * Princess ''Viktoria Adelheid'' Helene Luise Marie Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (31 December 1885 – 3 October 1970) * Princess ''Alexandra Viktoria'' Auguste Leopoldine Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (21 April 1887 – 15 April 1957) * Princess ''Helene Adelheid'' Viktoria Marie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1 June 1888 – 30 June 1962) * Princess ''Adelheid'' Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (19 October 1889 – 11 June 1964) * ''Wilhelm Friedrich'' Christian Günther Albert Adolf Georg, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (23 August 1891 – 10 February 1965) * Princess ''Karoline'' Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (11 May 1894 – 28 January 1972)

Death

Friedrich Ferdinand died in 1934 at Hause Eckernförde close to Güby in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, aged 78.

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:
Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat
' (1908), Herrenhaus p. 219 *

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: Grand Cross of Albert the Bear, ''1886'' * : Knight of the Elephant, ''8 April 1876'' *

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: Grand Cross of the

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: Grand Cross of the Redeemer * : Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown and Collar *

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: ** Knight of the Red Eagle, 1st Class, ''22 March 1886''; Grand Cross, ''7 September 1890'' ** Knight of the Black Eagle, ''24 December 1892''; with Collar, ''17 January 1893'' * : Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, ''11 October 1905''''The Edinburgh Gazette''
issue 11771, p. 1013 * : Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, ''1877''''Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg'' (1907), "Königliche Orden" p
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Ancestry

References

{{Authority control Princes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Members of the Prussian House of Lords 1855 births 1934 deaths Nobility from Kiel Generals of Cavalry (Prussia) Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order People from the Duchy of Holstein