Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Infobox Glücksburg Royalty|highness
name = Friedrich Ferdinand
full name = Frederick Ferdinand George Christian Charles William
" _de. Friedrich Ferdinand Georg Christian Karl Wilhelm"
title = Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
predecessor = Friedrich
successor =Wilhelm Friedrich
succession = Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
styles = "HH" The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
"HH" The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
"HH" The Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
"HH" Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
royal house = House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
spouse = Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
issue = Princess Victoria Adelaide
Princess Alexandra Victoria
Princess Helena Adelaide
Princess Adelaide
Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Princess Caroline


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date of birth = birth date|1855|10|12|df=y
place of birth = Kiel, Duchy of Schleswig
date of death = death date and age|1934|1|21|1855|10|12|df=y
place of death = Luisenlund, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
father = Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
mother = Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe

Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburgcite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p10388.htm#i103878| title=Friedrich Ferdinand Georg Christian Karl Wilhelm Herzog zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | date=17 June 2003 | accessdate=2008-09-02 | publisher= [http://thePeerage.com thePeerage.com] | author=Darryl Lundy] cite web | url=http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/holstein.html| title=SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN | date= | accessdate=2008-09-02 | publisher=Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site | author=Paul Theroff] (born 12 October 1855 in Kiel, Duchy of Schleswig; died 21 January 1934 at Luisenlund in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) was the fourth Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Friedrich Ferdinand was the eldest son of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe and a nephew of Christian IX of Denmark. Friedrich Ferdinand succeeded to the headship of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and title duke upon the death of his father on 27 November 1885. When the Head of the House of Oldenburg's Augustenborg line Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein died on 27 April 1931, Friedrich Ferdinand became the Head of the House of Oldenburg and inherited the titles of Duke of Augustenborg and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.

Marriage and issue

Friedrich Ferdinand married Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, on 19 March 1885 at Primkenau. Friedrich Ferdinand and Karoline Mathilde had five children:

*"HH" Princess "Viktoria Adelheid" Helene Luise Marie Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (31 December 1885 - 3 October 1970)
*"HH" Princess "Alexandra Viktoria" Auguste Leopoldine Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (21 April 1887 - 15 April 1957)
*"HH" Princess "Helene Adelheid" Viktoria Marie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1 June 1888 - 30 June 1962)
*"HH" Princess "Adelheid" Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (19 October 1889 - 11 June 1964)
*"HH" "Wilhelm Friedrich" Christian Günther Albert Adolf Georg, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (23 August 1891 - 10 February 1965)
*"HH" Princess "Karoline" Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 11 May 1894)

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*12 October 1855 - 14 October 1878: "His Highness" Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
*14 October 1878 - 27 November 1885: "His Highness" The Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
*27 November 1885 - 27 April 1931: "His Highness" The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
*27 April 1931 - 21 January 1934: "His Highness" The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Ancestry

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2= 2. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
3= 3. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
4= 4. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
5= 5. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
6= 6. George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
7= 7. Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont
8= 8. Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
9= 9. Countess Friederike of Schlieben
10= 10. Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel
11= 11. Princess Louise of Denmark and Norway
12= 12. Philip II Ernest, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe
13= 13. Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal
14= 14. George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
15= 15. Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
16= 16. Karl Anton August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
17= 17. Countess Frederica of Dohna-Schlobitten
18= 18. Karl Leopold, Count of Schlieben
19= 19. Countess Maria Eleonore of Lehndorff
20= 20. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
21= 21. Princess Mary of Great Britain
22= 22. Frederick V of Denmark
23= 23. Louise of Great Britain
24= 24. Friedrich Ernst, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe-Alverdissen
25= 25. Elisabeth Philippine von Friesenhausen
26= 26. Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
27= 27. Landgravine Ulrica of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
28= 28. Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
29= 29. Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
30= 30. August, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
31= 31. Princess Christine of Anhalt-Bernburg

References