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Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (5 December 1825 – 27 May 1911) was the ninth of the ten children of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel. He was named after his ancestor John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.
Prince Johann zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Schleswig Holstein) (5 Dec 1825 - 27 May 1911)
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
The ducal line died out in 1931. In November 1920, its penultimate head had adopted Prince Johann Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and his sister Princess Marie Luise, children of Prince Albrecht of 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...
- 6 July 1825; 198 years ago, (17 December 1633; 389 years ago as Beck)
Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg[citation needed] (Full German name: Friedrich Ferdinand Carl Ernst August Wilhelm Harold Casimir Nikolaus Prinz von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; 14 May 1913, in Gotha, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany – 31 May 1989, in Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) ...
Mother. Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, from 1965 Duke of Schleswig-Holstein ( German: Friedrich Ernst Peter; 30 April 1922 – 30 September 1980), was the seventh Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Head of the House of Oldenburg from 1965 until his death. [1] [2]
