Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Wilhelm Friedrich | |||||
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Duke of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||
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Head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||
Tenure | 21 January 1934 – 10 February 1965 | ||||
Predecessor | Friedrich Ferdinand | ||||
Successor | Peter | ||||
Born | Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, German Empire | 23 August 1891||||
Died | 10 February 1965 Coburg, Bavaria, West Germany | (aged 73)||||
Spouse |
Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(m. 1916) | ||||
Issue | Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein Prince Wilhelm Alfred Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Princess Marie Alexandra | ||||
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House | Glücksburg | ||||
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 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 and Head of the House of Oldenburg from 21 January 1934 until his death on 10 February 1965.[citation needed]
Early life
[edit]Prince Friedrich was born on 23 August 1891 at Grünholz Castle in Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom of Prussia. He was the fifth child and only son of Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderbug-Glücksburg and his wife, Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.[citation needed]
Prince Friedrich's father was the eldest son of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and a nephew of Christian IX of Denmark. Upon the death of his father in 1885, he had succeeded to the headship of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and the title of duke.[citation needed]
Marriage
[edit]Friedrich married his second cousin, Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, daughter of Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, on 5 February 1916 at Coburg. Friedrich and Marie Melita had four children.[citation needed]
Later life
[edit]When the Head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, died on 27 April 1931, Friedrich's father Friedrich Ferdinand became the Head of the House of Oldenburg and inherited the title of Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.[citation needed]
On 21 January 1934, Duke Friedrich Ferdinand died, and Friedrich became head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.[citation needed]
Duke Friedrich died on 10 February 1965 in Coburg, Bavaria, West Germany.[citation needed]
Issue
[edit]- 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 late 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), married on 27 July 1970 Douglas Barton-Miller (born 8 December 1929)
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Ancestry
[edit]Ancestors of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein |
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