Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, then Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (12 October 1855 – 21 January 1934), was the fourth Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and became the fifth Duke of Schleswig-Holstein in 1931.
| Friedrich Ferdinand | |||||
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| Duke of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||
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| Head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | |||||
| Predecessor | Friedrich | ||||
| Successor | Wilhelm Friedrich | ||||
| Born | 12 October 1855 Kiel, Danish Holstein, Germany) | ||||
| Died | 21 January 1934 (aged 78) Primkenau, Province of Silesia, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany[1] | ||||
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| Issue | Victoria Adelaide, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alexandra Victoria, Princess August Wilhelm of Prussia Helena, Princess Harald of Denmark Adelaide, Princess of Solms-Baruth Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Karoline Mathilde, Countess Hans of Solms-Baruth | ||||
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| House | Glücksburg | ||||
| Father | Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | ||||
| Mother | Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe | ||||
Family and succession
Friedrich Ferdinand was born in Kiel, Duchy of Holstein, 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 Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein died on 27 April 1931, Friedrich Ferdinand became the Head of the House of Oldenburg and inherited the title 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-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and his wife Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, on 19 March 1885 at Primkenau. Friedrich Ferdinand and Karoline Mathilde had six children:
- Princess Viktoria Adelheid Helene Luise Marie Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (31 December 1885 – 3 October 1970)
- Princess Alexandra Viktoria Auguste Leopoldine Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (21 April 1887 – 15 April 1957)
- Princess Helene Adelheid Viktoria Marie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1 June 1888 – 30 June 1962)
- Princess Adelheid Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (19 October 1889 – 11 June 1964)
- Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Günther Albert Adolf Georg, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (23 August 1891 – 10 February 1965)
- Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (11 May 1894 – 28 January 1972)
Death
Friedrich Ferdinand died in 1934 at Hause Eckernförde close to Güby in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany aged 78.
Honours
He received the following orders and decorations:[2]
Duchy of Anhalt: Grand Cross of Albert the Bear, 1886[3]
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Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order.svg.png.webp)
Kingdom of Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer
Oldenburg: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown and Collar.svg.png.webp)
Kingdom of Prussia:
- Knight of the Red Eagle, 1st Class, 22 March 1886;[5] Grand Cross, 7 September 1890[6]
- Knight of the Black Eagle, 24 December 1892; with Collar, 17 January 1893[7]
United Kingdom: Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 11 October 1905[8]
Württemberg: Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1877[9]
Ancestry
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References
- H. Sandner, in his biography of his son-in-law, Carl Eduard of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Hitlers Herzog (2010), states on p. 257 that Friedrich Ferdinand dies at Primkenau, Silesia (now Przemków, Poland).
- Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat (1908), Herrenhaus p. 219
- Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Herzogtum Anhalt (1894) "Herzoglicher Haus-orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 17
- 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 Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via da:DIS Danmark.
- "Rother Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1886, p. 43
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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - The Edinburgh Gazette, issue 11771, p. 1013
- Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1907), "Königliche Orden" p. 28