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Johan of Schleswig-Holstein (9 July 1583 – 28 October 1602) was the youngest son of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway and Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He went to Russia in 1602 as the bridegroom of Boris Godunov's daughter Ksenia (Xenia), but fell ill and died before the marriage could take place.
- 9 July 1583
- Frederick II of Denmark and Norway
- 28 October 1602 (aged 19)
- Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Christoph Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein (22 August 1949 – 27 September 2023) was 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 between 1980 and 2023.
- Friedrich Ferdinand Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein
- Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
- 30 September 1980 – 27 September 2023
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- Patrilineal Ancestry of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm
- Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
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"House of Glücksburg" is the shortened form of "House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg"—a collateral branch of the House of Oldenburg. The house derives its name from two regions and two towns on the JutlandPeninsula. The two regions of Schleswig and Holstein are divided by the Eider River. While Schleswig for centuries constituted the s...
Glücksburg is a small coastal town on the German southern side of the fjord of Flensburg that divides Germany from Denmark. In 1460, Glücksburg came, as part of the conjoined Dano-German duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, to Count Christian of Oldenburg whom, in 1448, the Danes had elected their king as Christian I, the Norwegianslikewise taking hi...
The Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg constitute the senior male line of the branch. They hold the headship by primogeniture of the cadet house of Glücksburg. The headship by agnatic primogeniture of the entire House of Oldenburgis held by Friedrich Ferdinand, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein. The heir apparentis Prince Alfred of Schles...
In 1853, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg became heir to the Kingdom of Denmark, and in 1863, he ascended the throne. He was the fourth son of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, whose elder brother (and male-line descendants) retained the Glücksburg dukedom. The Danish royal family still...
In 1863 and with the name George I, Prince Wilhelm of Denmark was elected King of the Hellenes on the recommendation of Europe's Great Powers. He was the second son of King Christian IX of Denmark. The Hellenic constitutional monarchy was usurped in a coup d'état by a military junta in 1967 and the royal family fled into exile. The monarchy was abo...
In 1905, Prince Carl of Denmark became Norway's first independent monarch in 518 years, taking the regnal name Haakon VII. His father was King Frederick VIII of Denmark, and one of his uncles was King George I of Greece. The heir apparent is Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (born 1973). See the present line of succession.
In 1918, Iceland was elevated from an autonomous Danish province to a separate Kingdom of Iceland. Christian X of Denmark was henceforth King of Denmark and Iceland until 1944, when Iceland dissolved the personal unionbetween the two countries. The heir apparent was his son, Frederik IX of Denmark(1899–1972).
In 1947, Philip Mountbatten married Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II). Born into the house of Glücksburg as a prince of Denmark and Greece, he later relinquished these titles and was created Duke of Edinburgh by his father-in-law, King George VIof the United Kingdom. The heir apparent is Charles's elder son William, Prince of Wales (bor...
Before his untimely demise, John, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein, was set to marry the Tsarevna of Russia, Xenia Borisovna Godunova, and even arrived in Russia for the occasion. He was Lutheran, and Xenia was Orthodox, so who was to adopt whose religion and why?
Johan of Schleswig-Holstein (9 July 1583 - 28 October 1602) was the youngest son of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway and Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He went to Russia in 1602 as the bridegroom of Boris Godunov 's daughter Ksenia (Xenia), but fell ill and died before the marriage could take place. [1]
7 ott 2015 · His godparents included: King Carlos I of Portugal, The Duke and Duchess of Sparta, Prince Carl of Denmark, Prince John of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, The Duke of...
English: Johan of Schleswig-Holstein (July 26, 1583–October 28, 1602) the youngest son of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway and Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. John, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein.
