Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
| Prince Albert | |||||
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| Born | 15 March 1863 Kiel, Duchy of Holstein[citation needed] | ||||
| Died | 23 April 1948 (aged 85) Glücksburg, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany | ||||
| Spouse | Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg und Büdingen Princess Hertha of Ysenburg und Büdingen | ||||
| Issue | Marie Luise, Princess Friedrich Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Prince Johann Georg Prince Friedrich Ferdinand Ortrud, Princess of Hanover | ||||
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| House | House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | ||||
| Father | Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | ||||
| Mother | Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe | ||||
Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg[citation needed] (15 March 1863 – 23 April 1948) was the fifth and youngest child[citation needed] of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and his wife Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe and was a nephew of Christian IX of Denmark.[citation needed] Albert was the grandfather of Ernst August, Prince of Hanover through his daughter Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
Albert was recognized by a family compact of 1904 as possessing rights of succession to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg in the event of the extinction of the reigning Grand Ducal line.[1]
Marriage and issue[edit]
Albert married Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg und Büdingen (1879-1918), daughter of Count Karl of Ysenburg und Büdingen[citation needed] (1819-1900), on 14 October 1906 at Meerholz, Germany.[citation needed] Albert and Ortrud had four children:[citation needed]
- Princess Marie Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (8 December 1908 – 29 December 1969) she was adopted in November 1920 by Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and he was her father's third cousin once removed. She married Baron Rudolph-Karl von Stengal on 19 April 1934 and they were divorced on 10 August 1955, with issue. She remarried Prince Friedrich Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe on 15 October 1962.
- Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (29 December 1909 – 6 June 1940) he was killed in action the age of thirty.
- Prince Johann Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (24 July 1911 – 23 June 1941) he was adopted in November 1920 by Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and he was her father's third cousin once removed. He was killed in action at the age of twenty-nine.
- Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (14 May 1913 – 31 May 1989) married Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 1 September 1943. They have four daughters, five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
After Ortrud's death, Albert married, secondly, Princess Hertha of Ysenburg und Büdingen (1883–1972), daughter of Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen and Countess Bertha of Castell-Rüdenhausen,[citation needed] on 19 September 1920 at Büdingen, Hesse, Germany,[citation needed] with issue.
- Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (19 December 1925 – 6 February 1980) she married Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover on 5 September 1951, with issue.
Titles, styles and honours[edit]
Titles and styles[edit]
- 15 March 1863 – 19 December 1863: His Serene Highness Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
- 19 December 1863 – 23 April 1948: His Highness Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Honours[edit]
Duchy of Anhalt: Grand Cross of Albert the Bear, 1888[2]
Austria-Hungary: Knight of the Iron Crown, 1st Class, 1889[3]
Denmark:[4]
- Grand Cross of the Dannebrog, 1 January 1883
- Knight of the Elephant, 26 May 1892
- Commemorative Medal for the Golden Wedding of King Christian IX and Queen Louise
United Kingdom: Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 18 April 1904[5]
Ancestry[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Glenn A. Steinberg. "The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, 1939-1945". European Royalty During World War II. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-09-08. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help); External link in|publisher=(help) - ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Herzogtum Anhalt (1894) "Herzoglicher Haus-orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 17
- ↑ "Ritter-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1918, p. 133, retrieved 2 November 2019
- ↑ Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1900) [1st pub.:1801]. Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1900 [State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1900] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in dansk). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. pp. 5–6, 14. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via da:DIS Danmark. Search this book on
- ↑ The London Gazette, issue 27669, p. 2581
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