Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Infobox Glücksburg Royalty|highness
name = Friedrich
full name =
reign = 14 October 1878–27 November 1885
succession = Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
predecessor = Karl
successor =Friedrich Ferdinand
title = Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
styles = "HSH" The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
"HSH" Prince Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
"HSH" Prince Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
royal house = House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
spouse = Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
issue = Princess Auguste
Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Princess Luise
Princess Marie
Prince Albrecht


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place of birth = Schleswig, Duchy of Schleswig
date of death = death date and age|1885|11|27|1814|10|23|df=y
place of death = Luisenlund, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia
father = Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
mother = Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel

Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburgcite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p10100.htm#i100992| title=Friedrich 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 23 October 1814 in Schleswig, Duchy of Schleswig; died 27 November 1885 at Luisenlund in Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia) was the third Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Friedrich was the second-eldest son of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel and an elder brother of Christian IX of Denmark. Friedrich ascended to the throne of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg upon his childless brother Karl's death on 14 October 1878.

Marriage and issue

Friedrich married Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, second-eldest daughter of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont, on 16 October 1841 in Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe. Friedrich and Adelheid had five children:

*"HSH" Princess Marie Karoline "Auguste" Ida Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (27 February 1844-16 September 1932)
*"HSH" "Friedrich Ferdinand" Georg Christian Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (12 October 1855-21 January 1934)
*"HSH" Princess "Luise" Karoline Juliane of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (6 January 1858-2 July 1936)
*"HSH" Princess "Marie" Wilhelmine Luise Ida Friederike Mathilde Hermine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (31 August 1859-26 June 1941)
*"HSH" Prince "Albrecht" Christian Adolf Karl Eugen of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (15 March 1863-23 April 1948)

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*23 October 1814 - 6 July 1825: "His Serene Highness" Prince Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
*6 July 1825 - 14 October 1878: "His Serene Highness" Prince Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
*14 October 1878 - 27 November 1885: "His Serene Highness" The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Ancestry

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1= 1. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
2= 2. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
3= 3. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
4= 4. Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
5= 5. Countess Friederike of Schlieben
6= 6. Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel
7= 7. Princess Louise of Denmark and Norway
8= 8. Karl Anton August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
9= 9. Countess Frederica of Dohna-Schlobitten
10= 10. Karl Leopold, Count of Schlieben
11= 11. Countess Maria Eleonore of Lehndorff
12= 12. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
13= 13. Princess Mary of Great Britain
14= 14. Frederick V of Denmark
15= 15. Louise of Great Britain
16= 16. Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
17= 17. Landgravine Sophie of Hesse-Philippsthal
18= 18. Albrecht Christoph, Burgrave of Dohna-Schlobitten and Leistenau
19= 19. Sophie Henriette of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
20= 20. Georg Adam III, Count of Schlieben
21= 21. Katharina Dorothea, Countess Finck of Finckenstein-Schönberg
22= 22. Ahasverus Ernst, Count of Lehndorff
23= 23. Baroness Maria Luise of Wallenrodt
24= 24. William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
25= 25. Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz
26= 26. George II of Great Britain
27= 27. Caroline of Ansbach
28= 28. Christian VI of Denmark
29= 29. Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
30= 30. George II of Great Britain (= 26)
31= 31. Caroline of Ansbach (= 27)

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