Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1863–1921) was a son of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He inherited his father's title as titular duke of Schleswig-Holstein.

He married Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, daughter of Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Louise-Marie of Belgium. The couple had no children. However on 11 November 1920 Ernst Gunther adopted Prince Johann Georg and his sister Princess Marie Luise, children of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.[1]

References

  1. ^ Almanach de Gotha (182nd ed.). Almanach de Gotha. 1998. pp. 135, 136. ISBN 0953214206. 
Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg
Born: 11 August 1863 Died: 22 February 1921
German nobility
Preceded by
Frederick VIII		 Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
14 January 1880–22 February 1921		 Succeeded by
Albert

This article is a translation of the corresponding article on the Swedish Wikipedia, accessed 8 May 2007.


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