Profiles: Dukes and Consorts of Schleswig-Holstein

Friedrich VIII
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Born: July 6, 1829 in Augustenborg, Denmark
Parents: Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and Countess Louise Sophie of Danneskiold-Samsøe
Married: September 11, 1856 to Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Children:

– Prince Friedrich (1857)
– Princess Auguste Viktoria (1858)
– Princess Karoline Mathilde (1860)
– Prince Gerhard (1862)
– Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1863)
– Princess Luise Sophie (1866)
– Princess Feodora Adelheid (1874)

REIGN: 1863 – January 14, 1880
Died: January 14, 1880, Wiesbaden, Germany
Buried: Ducal Graveyard, Primkenau

Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein

Born: July 20, 1835
Parents: Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Feodora of Leiningen
Married: September 11, 1856 to Friedrich VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Children:

– Prince Friedrich (1857)
– Princess Auguste Viktoria (1858)
– Princess Karoline Mathilde (1860)
– Prince Gerhard (1862)
– Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1863)
– Princess Luise Sophie (1866)
– Princess Feodora Adelheid (1874)

Died: January 25, 1900, Dresden
Buried: Ducal Graveyard, Primkenau

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Ernst Gunther
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Born: August 11, 1863, Dolzig, Prussia
Parents: Friedrich VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Married: August 2, 1898 to Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
REIGN: January 14, 1880 – February 22, 1921
Died: February 22, 1921, Schloss Primkenau
Buried: Ducal Graveyard, Primkenau

Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein

Born: April 30, 1881, Vienna
Parents: Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Louise of Belgium
Married: August 2, 1898 to Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Died: January 21, 1967, Schloss Taxis, Dischingen
Buried: St. Augustin Church, Coburg

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Albert
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Born: February 26, 1869, Frogmore House, Windsor
Parents: Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
REIGN: February 22, 1921 – April 27, 1931
Died: April 27, 1931, Schloss Primkenau, Silesia
Buried: Near the church in Primkenau

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