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The line was succession to the Mecklenburgish throne was changed from agnatic primogeniture to male preference primogeniture on 1 January 1930 upon the descendants of Heinrich Ludwig I.

The line of succession was changed from male preference primogeniture to absolute primogeniture for the descendants of Wilhelm Franz I on 1 January 1990, male preference primogeniture continues for the rest of Heinrich Ludwig I’s descendants.

Conditions of eligibility until 2006

Legitimate descendant of Heinrich Ludwig I (legitimised children are not applicable)

Raised protestant

Marries with the consent of the Monarch

Conditions of eligibility from 2006

Legitimate descendant of Heinrich Ludwig I (legitimised children are not applicable)

Consent to marry is required for the first seven in line to remain eligible

Prior to 1982, all people in the line of succession had to make marriages to members of ruling royal houses, former ruling royal houses or noble families to remain in the line of succession.

LINE OF SUCCESSION ON 1 DECEMBER 2014

HM Heinrich Ludwig I (b. 1890 d. 1954) …..HM Paul Friedrich II (b. 1919 d. 1982) ……….HM King Wilhelm Franz I (b. 1949 d. 1992) ……………HM Queen Karolina Augusta I (b. 1988) ……………(1) HRH Prince Klaus Wilhelm, Duke of Havel and Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1992) ……….(2) HRH Prince Albrecht Gustav, Duke of Bad Doberan (9. 1953) ……………(3) HRH Prince Paul Ludwig of Mecklenburg (b. 1983) ……………(4) HRH Prince Christian Franz of Mecklenburg (b. 1987) ……………(5) HRH Princess Marie Leopoldine of Mecklenburg (b. 1985) ……………(6) HRH Princess Marie Josefine of Mecklenburg (b. 1989) ……….(7) HRH Princess Heinrike Franziska, Duchess of Ratzeburg (b. 1940) ……….(8) HRH Princess Elisabeth Mathilde, Duchess of Güstrow (b. 1942) ……………(9) HSH Prince Ludwig of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 1973) ………………..(10) HSH Princess Juliana of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 2005) ………………..(11) HSH Princess Lucinda of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 2006) ……………(12) HSH Prince Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 1976) ………………..(13) HSH Prince Rupprecht of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 2012) ………………..(14) HSH Prince Samuel of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 2014) ……….(15) HRH Princess Marie Anastasia, Duchess of Grevesmühlen (b. 1944) ……………(16) HH Prince Karl Viktor of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1973) ………………..(17) HH Prince Otto of Hesse-Kassel (b. 2005) ………………..(18) HH Princess Mafalda of Hesse-Kassel (b. 2008) ………………..(19) HH Princess Pauline of Hesse-Kassel (b. 2010) ……………(20) HH Prince Ernst Albert of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1974) ……………(21) HH Prince Nikolaus Emmanuel of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1975) ………………..(22) HH Prince Daniel of Hesse-Kassel (b. 2008) ………………..(23) HH Prince Peter of Hesse-Kassel (b. 2010) ………………..(24) HH Princess Milena of Hesse-Kassel (.b 2013) ……….(25) HRH Princess Cecilie Auguste, Duchess of Ludwigslust (b. 1947) ……………(26) HSH Prince Friedrich Magnus of Schwarzburg (b. 1977) ………………..(27) HSH Prince Bernhard of Schwarzburg (b. 2009) ………………..(28) HSH Prince Joachim of Schwarzburg (b. 2011) ………………..(29) HSH Princess Theresia of Schwarzburg (b. 2007) ………………..(30) HSH Princess Antoinette of Schwarzburg (b. 2013) ……………(31) HSH Princess Anne Therese of Schwarzburg (b. 1980) ……….(32) HRH Princess Alexandrine Luise, Duchess of Waren (b. 1951) ……………(33) HH Princess Ingeborg, Marchioness of Bowmont and Cessford (b. 1982) ……………(34) HH Princess Sigrid of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (b. 1983)

……….HRH Princess Ingrid Sophie, Duchess of Teterow (b. 1955 d. 2012) …..(35) HRH Princess Marie Elisabeth, Duchess of Parchim (b. 1921) ……….(36) HH Prince Harald of Denmark (b. 1953) ……………(37) HH Prince Oskar of Denmark (b. 1983) ……………(38) HH Prince Axel of Denmark (b. 1985) ……………(39) HH Princess Louisa of Denmark (b. 1982) ……….(40) HH Princess Feodora of Liechtenstein (b. 1955) ……………(41) HSH Prince Adam Karl of Liechtenstein (b. 1986) ……………(42) HSH Prince Peter Gregor of Liechtenstein (b. 1991) ……………(43) HSH Princess Bernadette Sophia of Liechtenstein (b. 1984) ……………(44) HSH Princess Johanna Eleonore of Liechtenstein (b. 1988)

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historywithlaura · 3 years

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FRIEDRICH WILHELM

1st Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

(born 1785 - died 1831)

pictured above is a portrait of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, from c. 1830

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SERIES - Descendants of the Monarchs of Ireland: Friedrich Wilhelm was married to a great-granddaughter of George II, King of Great Britain, the King of Ireland from 1727.

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FRIEDRICH WILHELM PAUL LEOPOLD was born in 1785 at the Lindenau estate in the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein, today the village of Lipowina in Poland.

He was the eldest son of Friedrich Karl Ludwig, (titular) Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and Countess Friederike of Schlieben.

Thus, he was born a member of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck line of the HOUSE OF OLDENBURG and a PRINCE OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG-BECK from birth.

Due to conflicts between his father and Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia, around 1804, he was sent to serve in the Danish Army instead of the most traditional Prussian Army.

By 1809, he was allocated to Gottorf Castle, the residence of the Governor of Schleswig-Holstein, where he met LUISE KAROLINE. He married her in 1810, just months after his arrival at the castle. She was a Princess of Hesse Kassel as one of the daughters of Karl of Hesse-Kassel, Governor of Schleswig-Holstein, and Princess Louise of Denmark. With her, he had ten children.

In 1816, he succeeded his father as FRIEDRICH WILHELM IV, (titular) DUKE OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG-BECK. The titular title meant that he did not rule over any of these places.

Following the death of Anna Karoline of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg in 1824, Glücksburg Castle went to the Danish Crown, under his distant relative Frederik VI, King of Denmark.

Glücksburg Castle had been owned by his (and King Frederik VI's) distant relatives of another branch of the House of Oldenburg, the Elder line of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg since the 17th century. And, Princess Anna Karoline was allowed to continue to live there after the death of her husband Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm, the last Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg in 1779.

As his sister-in-law Princess Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel was married to King Frederik VI she convinced the King to give Glücksburg Castle to the family of her younges sister Princess Luise Karoline.

So the Danish King created him DUKE OF GLÜCKSBURG in 1825, and per tradition, this new title was added to his other ones. After which, he became known as (titular) DUKE OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG-GLÜCKSBURG.

Because of this new title, he is considered to have been the founder of the Younger line of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, known as the HOUSE OF GLÜCKSBURG.

Aged 46, the first Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksbug died at Gottorf Castle in 1831.

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Upon his death, he was succeeded by his eldest son Prince Karl, who died without heirs in 1878 and was followed by another of his sons Prince Friedrich.

Around the 1830s, his descendants ended up becoming the Heads of the House of Oldenburg even though they were/are members of a cadet branch of the Dynasty, the House of Glücksburg founded by him.

Many of his descendants became Monarchs of European realms either by inheritance, election, or marriage:

Christian IX, King of Denmark (his son) - was chosen to inherit the Danish throne;

Frederik VIII, King of Denmark (his grandson) - inherited the Danish throne;

Princess Alexandra of Denmark (his granddaughter) - became Queen Consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King Edward VII;

Geórgios I, King of the Hellenes (his grandson) - was elected to the Greek throne; and

Mariya Fyodorovna (his granddaughter) - became Empress Consort of all the Russias as the wife of Emperor Alyeksandr III.

Therefore, he is an ancestor of seven current European Monarchs:

Carl XVI Gustav, King of Sweden - reigning since 1973;

Harald V, King of Norway - reigning since 1991;

Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg - reigning since 2000;

Philippe, King of the Belgians - reigning since 2013;

Felipe VI, King of Spain - reigning since 2014;

Charles III, King of the United Kingdom - reigning since 2022; and

Friederik X, King of Denmark - reigning since 2024.

Also, two deposed European Monarchs were his descendants: Nikolay II, Emperor of All Russia, and Konstantínos II, King of the Hellenes.

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Check my post about FRIEDRICH WILHELM's Royal House and his connections to the Monarchs of Ireland!

He founded the House of Glücksburg in 1825.

In a span of four generations, FRIEDRICH WILHELM was related to the Monarchs of Ireland through his wife…

His wife was Princess Luise Karoline of Hesse-Kassel.

Her father was Karl of Hesse-Kassel, Governor of Schleswig-Holstein.

Her grandmother was Princesss Mary of Great Britain.

Her great-grandfather was George II, King of Great Britain - the King of Ireland between 1727-60.

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wgabry · 3 years

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Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg married Friedrich Ferdinand, the eldest son of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe. Karoline Mathilde's elder sister, Augusta Viktoria was German Empress and Queen of Prussia as the wife of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.

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Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Friederike Karoline Juliane), Duchess of Anhalt-Bernburg (9 October 1811 - 10 July 1902)

born in Gottorp, Schleswig, to Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785-1831) and Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (1789-1867)

married Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1805-1863) on 30 October 1834

died at the age of 90 in Ballenstedt, Anhalt

#friederike of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glucksburg #duchess of anhalt-bernburg #history #women in history #19th century #art #long live the queue

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heavyarethecrowns · 6 years

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Those that have married in to Royal Families since 1800

Monaco

Ernst August, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg (Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig Prinz von Hannover Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg Königlicher Prinz von Großbritannien und Irland) born 26 February 1954

Ernst August was born in Hanover, the eldest son of Ernst August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick and his first wife, Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

As the senior male-line descendant of George III of the United Kingdom, Ernst August is head of the House of Hanover, the surviving junior branch of the medieval House of Welf, which itself is the older branch of the House of Este, a dynasty whose earliest known members lived in Lombardy in the late 9th/early 10th century and which, in its younger branch, ruled Ferrara (1240–1597) and the Duchy of Modena-Reggio (1288–1796) in Italy.

The title of Prince of Great Britain and Ireland was recognised ad personam for Ernst August's father and his father's siblings by King George V of the United Kingdom on 17 June 1914. The hereditary Dukedom of Cumberland and Teviotdale and the Earldom of Armagh, borne in 1917 by his paternal great-grandfather, were suspended under the Titles Deprivation Act 1917. However, the title Royal Prince of Great Britain and Ireland had been entered into the family's German passports, together with the German titles, in 1914. After the German Revolution of 1918–19, with the abolishment of nobility's privileges, titles officially became parts of the last name. So, curiously, the British prince's title is still part of the family's last name in their German passports, while it is no longer mentioned in their British documents.

On 29 August 1931, Ernst August's grandfather Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, as head of the House of Hanover, declared the formal resumption, for himself and his dynastic descendants, of use of his former British princely title as a secondary title of pretense, which style, "Royal Prince of Great Britain and Ireland", his grandson Ernst August continues to claim. As heir of the last Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Earl of Armagh, Ernst August has the right to petition under the Titles Deprivation Act 1917 for the restoration of his ancestors' suspended British peerages, but he has not done so. His father, also called Ernst August, did, however, successfully claim British nationality after World War II by virtue of a hitherto overlooked (and since repealed) provision of the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 (Attorney-General v HRH Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover [1957] 1 All ER 49). However, a problem arose as foreign royal titles can't be entered into a British passport. Therefore, the titles Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg could not be mentioned there, nor could the British titles due to the Titles Deprivation Act of 1917. The name which was finally entered into his father's British documents, was thus Ernest Augustus Guelph, with the addition of His Royal Highness. Guelph is thus also the British last name of Ernst August and accordingly of his siblings and children, all styled Royal Highnesses in the United Kingdom.

Ernst August is also a great-grandson of the last German emperor, Emperor Wilhelm II. His father's sister was Frederica of Hanover, sometime queen consort of the Hellenes, and he is thus a first cousin of both ex-King Constantine II and his sister, Queen Sophia, whose husband Juan Carlos I abdicated his throne in favour of their son, Felipe VI of Spain in 2014. Ernst August's uncle, Prince George William of Hanover, married Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, a sister of the future royal consort Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, evoking in 1946 the only known case of a British monarch, George VI, withholding requested permission for a kinsman's marriage under the Royal Marriages Act 1772 (on the advice of his Government as a result of World War II's hostilities). It was held by British officials at the time that the marriage and its issue would not be legitimate in the United Kingdom despite being legal in Germany.

By a 24 August 1981 declaration issued by his father as the Head of House, pursuant to Chapter 3, §§ 3 and 5 of the House laws of 1836, Ernst August was authorised to marry dynastically, and did firstly marry, civilly on 28 August 1981 and religiously on 30 August 1981, Chantal Hochuli, the daughter and heiress of a Swiss real estate developer. They had two sons: Prince Ernst August Andreas Philipp Constantin Maximilian Rolf Stephan Ludwig Rudolph (born 19 July 1983) Prince Christian Heinrich Clemens Paul Frank Peter Welf Wilhelm-Ernst Friedrich Franz (born 1 June 1985) Ernst August and Chantal Hochuli divorced on 23 October 1997.

He married secondly, civilly in Monaco on 23 January 1999, Princess Caroline of Monaco, who was at the time expecting the birth of their child: Princess Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virginia (born 20 July 1999)

As he was born in the male line of George II of Great Britain, he sought permission to marry pursuant to the British Royal Marriages Act 1772, which would not be repealed until the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 took effect on 26 March 2015. On 11 January 1999, Queen Elizabeth II issued a Declaration in Council, "My Lords, I do hereby declare My Consent to a Contract of Matrimony between His Royal Highness Prince Ernst August Albert of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and Her Serene Highness Princess Caroline Louise Marguerite of Monaco..." Without the Royal Assent, the marriage would have been void in Britain where Ernst August's family owns property and his lawful descendants remain in succession to both the British crown and the two suspended peerages. Similarly the Monégasque court officially notified the government of France of Caroline's marriage to Ernst August, receiving assurance that there was no objection in compliance with the (since defunct) Franco-Monegasque Treaty of 1918. Moreover, in order for Caroline to retain her claim to the throne of Monaco and to transmit succession rights to future offspring, the couple were also obliged to obtain the approval of yet a third nation, in the form of official consent to the marriage of Caroline's father, Prince Rainier III as the sovereign of Monaco.

Nonetheless, Caroline was a Roman Catholic and Ernst August the heir male of George III when the couple wed, at which time a provision of the Act of Settlement 1701 stipulated that in the event the British crown is to devolve upon an heir married to "a Papist", that heir is permanently disabled from succeeding to the throne, which would pass instead to the next Protestant in the order of succession who had not been married to a Roman Catholic. The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 repealed that marital restriction (also embodied in the Bill of Rights 1689), with retroactive effect, as of 26 March 2015.

Ernst August's younger brother Prince Ludwig Rudolph of Hanover and his wife, Princess Isabella of Hanover (1962–1988), died tragically. On 28 November 1988, while authorities removed Princess Isabella's body from The Queen's Villa in Gmunden, Austria, a house owned by Ernst August which he had left to his brother and sister-in-law, and investigated the drug strewn scene, Ludwig Rudolph, distraught over his wife's apparently accidental cocaine overdose, placed a call to his brother in London, imploring him to take care of the couple's 10-month-old son. Then he fled. Hours later Ludwig Rudolph was found dead, apparently a victim of suicide, near his family's hunting lodge several miles away, on Lake Traun.Custody of their infant son Otto Heinrich was eventually awarded, contrary to the expressed wishes of Ludwig Rudolph as the surviving parent and Ernst August's legal efforts, to the child's maternal grandparents, Count Ariprand and Countess Maria von Thurn und Valsassina-Como-Vercelli, to be raised at their family seat, Bleiburg Castle in southern Austria.

After their marriage, Ernst August and Caroline moved to Le Mée-sur-Seine, France, where they had purchased an 18th-century manor house from their friend Karl Lagerfeld. Their daughter went to kindergarten and prep-school there, while the family used Caroline's house in Monte Carlo and Ernst August's hunting lodge near Gmunden, Austria, as secondary homes. In September 2009 it was reported in the French and English press that Ernst August has been living separately from his wife Caroline, who had returned to Monaco while he moved to Austria. The manor house in France was subsequently sold, just as had been Hurlingham Lodge in London, after the divorce from his first wife.

He was photographed urinating on the Turkish Pavilion at the Expo 2000 event in Hanover, causing a diplomatic incident and a complaint from the Turkish embassy accusing him of insulting the Turkish people. He successfully sued those who published (Bild-Zeitung) the photograph for invasion of privacy, obtaining an award of 9,900 euros, although the paper had previously published a photo of Ernst August urinating outside a hospital in Austria.

In 2004, he was convicted of aggravated assault and causing grievous bodily harm after supposedly beating a man with a knuckleduster. He has demanded a retrial for the case on the basis of false evidence. His lawyers have publicly stated that he has never owned a knuckleduster in his life nor held one in his hand.

In 2004, Ernst August had signed over his German property to his elder son, including Marienburg Castle, the agricultural estate of Calenberg Castle, the "Princely House" at Herrenhausen Gardens in Hanover and some forests near Blankenburg Castle (Harz) which he had re-purchased in former East Germany after the German reunification of 1990. At the time, Ernst-August’s wealth was estimated as high as $250 million. Since then, the younger Ernst August has taken over many representative tasks on behalf of his father. The latter remained in charge of the Austrian family assets.

In 2013 however, Ernst August was removed from the chairmanship of a family foundation based in Liechtenstein which holds the properties near Gmunden in Austria, the Hanovers' main residence in exile after 1866 when their Kingdom of Hanover was annexed by Prussia. Instead, the younger Ernst August was put in charge, reportedly for negligence on part of his father, at the initiative of the foundation's trustee Prince Michael of Liechtenstein. The foundation manages vast forests, a game park, a hunting lodge, the Queen's Villa and other property. In 2017 Ernst August filed legal action to recover his chairmanship, and he intends to revoke the bestowal of his German property. Due to this dispute over family assets, he also declared his intention to withhold consent for his son's marriage to Ekaterina Malysheva which he did not attend.

On Monday, 3 April 2005, Ernst August was admitted to hospital with acute pancreatitis. The next day, he fell into a deep coma, two days before the death of his father-in-law, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. On Friday, 8 April 2005, hospital officials reported that he was no longer in a coma but remained in intensive care. A report the same day on BBC World described his condition as "serious but not irreversible." On 9 April 2005, according to a report on BBC, a hospital spokesman reported that Ernst August was receiving "permanent medical care." After his release he was subsequently seen in public with his wife. In an interview he admitted at the time that his health crisis was caused by his hyperactive lifestyle and problems with alcohol

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princessvictoriamelita · 3 years

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Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Royal siblings in 1895.

From left to right: Princess Helena Adelaide, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, Princess Adelaide, Princess Alexandra Victoria, Princess Karoline Mathilde and Princess Victoria Adelaide.

#princess helena adelaide of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg #princess adelaide of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg #princess alexandra victoria of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg #princess victoria adelaide of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg #schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg #schleswig-holstein #german royalty #german royal #1890s #1895 #princess karoline mathilde of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg #duke friedrich wilhelm of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg

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Prince Julius of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1824-1903) with the children of his nephew Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. 1901.

From left to right: Princess Alexandra Victoria (1887-1957), Duke Friedrich Wilhelm (1891-1965), Princess Victoria Adelaide (1885-1970), Princess Helena Adelaide (1888-1962), Princess Adelaide (1889-1964) and Princess Caroline-Mathilde (1894-1972).

Prince Julius was the eighth of the ten children of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel.

Danish King Christian IX was his elder brother.

Source: ebay

#prince julius of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg #princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg #princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg #princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg #princess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg #Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg #Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg #Schleswig-Holstein #german romanticism #german royal #german royalty #1901 #early 1900s #princess karoline mathilde of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg

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Royal Wedding on 5 February 1916 at Coburg.

Prince Wilhelm Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (25) and Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (17).

The bridegroom was the only son of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. His oldes sister was married to Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha who was a first cousin of his mother-in-law, the Princess Consort of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

The bride was the second child and eldest born daughter of Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

The bridegroom's mother and the bride's father were first cousins. Their mutual grandmother was Queen Victoria's half-sister.

The bride and her siblings, Prince Gottfried, Princess Alexandra and Princess Irma.

Marie Melita was the first granddaughter of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna to marry, also young like her mother and maternal aunts.

#prince wilhelm friedrich of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg #princess marie melita of hohenlohe-langenburg #prince gottfried of hohenlohe-langenburg #princess alexandra of hohenlohe-langenburg #princess irma of hohenlohe-langenburg #royal weddings #1916 #1910s #schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg #schleswig-holstein #duke wilhelm friedrich of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg #duke wilhelm friedrich of schleswig-holstein

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Royal Wedding on 22 January 1937 at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Count Luitpold of Castell-Castell (32) and Princess Alexandrine-Louise of Denmark (22).

The bridegroom was the son of Count Otto Friedrich of Castell-Castell and his wife, Princess Amélie of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freundenberg.

The bride was the youngest daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark and his wife, Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

The couple met for the first time in Berlin during the 1936 Summer Olympics. Following their first meeting, Luitpold and Alexandrine-Louise spent nearly every day together. Before her departure from Berlin, Luitpold proposed marriage and Alexandrine-Louise accepted. At the time of their engagement announcement, Luitpold was a law student residing in Munich.

The beautiful bride

The wedding ceremony

The bride and bridegroom with the bridesmaids

The bride and her parents

The bride and her father

The wedding guests

Footage of the wedding on nitrate film is preserved by the Danish Film Institute in their bunker archive for nitrate film at Store Dyrehave in Hillerød. According to the film archivist Karin Bonde Johansen regarding the scenes captured by the film, "the atmosphere looks cheerful and wild looking, but unfortunately there is no audio to the footage."

#princess alexandrine-louise of denmark #count luitpold of castell-castell #prince harald of denmark #princess harald of denmark #king christian x of denmark #queen alexandrine of denmark #princess feodora of denmark #duchess thyra of mecklenburg-schwerin #princess louise of prussia #king frederick ix of denmark #queen ingrid of denmark #princess thyra of denmark #count otto friedrich of castell-castell #countess amélie of castell-castell #princess alexandra victoria of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg #princess axel of denmark #duke wilhelm friedrich of schleswig-holstein #prince gustav of denmark #prince albert of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg #prince christian of schaumburg-lippe #count hans of solms-baruth #countess hans of solms-baruth #princess friedrich sigismund of prussia #hereditary prince knud of denmark #princess caroline-mathilde of denmark #prince viggo of denmark #princess dagmar of denmark #royal weddings #castell-castell #1937

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princessvictoriamelita · 3 years

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Coburg-Schleswig-Holstein family gathering in 1930.

Back row: Friedrich (3rd Prince of Solms-Baruth), Prince Harald of Denmark, Count Hans of Solms-Baruth, Hereditary Prince Johann Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Hereditary Prince Hans Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein and Prince Wilhelm Friedrich (Duke of Schleswig-Holstein).

Front row: Princess Karoline Mathilde (Countess Hans of Solms-Baruth), Princess Marie Melita (Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein), Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Princess Victoria Adelaide (Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), Prince Charles Edward ( Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), Princess Helena Adelaide (Princess Harald of Denmark), Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Adelaide Louise (Princess of Solms-Baruth).

#duke charles edward of saxe-coburg and gotha #duchess victoria adelaide of saxe-coburg and gotha #duke wilhelm friedrich of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg #duchess marie melita of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg #prince harald of denmark #princess harald of denmark #count hans of solms-baruth #countess hans of solms-baruth #friedrich 3rd prince of solms-baruth #princess friedrich of solms-baruth #tsar ferdinand i of bulgaria #hereditary prince johann leopold of saxe-coburg and gotha #princess caroline-mathilde of denmark #prince hubertus of saxe-coburg and gotha #princess caroline mathilde of saxe-coburg and gotha #hereditary prince hans albrecht of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg #prince friedrich josias of saxe-coburg and gotha #saxe-coburg and gotha #schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg #german royalty #german royal #1930s #1930

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princessvictoriamelita · 4 years

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Royal Wedding at Meerholz Castle, group photo, 1906.

The bridegroom was Prince Albert Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863-1948) who was a nephew of King Christian IX of Denmark and therefore first cousin to Alexandra, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom.

The bride was Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg and Büdingen (1879-1918).

Kaiser Wilhelm II as a special royal guest at the wedding of his wife's relative. Augusta Victoria's brother-in-law Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein was the eldest brother of Albert Christian.

The bride and bridegroom leaving the church.

The couple had four children. Sadly Ortrud died in 1918. After Ortrud's death, he married Princess Hertha of Ysenburg and Büdingen on September 19, 1920 in Büdingen . Their only daughter was Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein (1925–1980) who married Kaiser Wilhelm's grandson Hereditary Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover. Their son Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover is married to Princess Caroline of Monaco.

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KONSTANTÍNOS I

King of the Hellenes

(born 1868 - died 1923)

pictured above is a portrait of the King of the Hellenes, by Fülöp de László from 1914

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SERIES - On this day August Edition: Konstantínos was born on 1 August 1520.

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KONSTANTÍNOS was born on 2 August 1868, in Athens. He was the first child of Geórgios I, King of the Hellenes and Grand Duchess Ol'ga Konstantinovna of Russia.

He was born into the Greek branch of the HOUSE OF GLÜCKSBURG, and as a grandson of King Christian IX of Denmark he was a PRINCE OF DENMARK from birth.

At the time of his birth his father had been in power for over five years and he was the first Greek heir to be born in the country, being the CROWN PRINCE OF GREECE since the day he was born.

In 1889 he married SOPHIE DOROTHEA ULRIKE ALICE and they had six children (check the list below). She was a Princess of Prussia as the youngest daughter of Friedrich III, German Emperor and Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom.

When his father was assassinated in 1913 he succeeded as KONSTANTÍNOS I, KING OF THE HELLENES, however four years later he was forced to flee into exile with his family, during World War I.

The Kingdom of Greece had been established in 1832 and since then no Monarch had a peaceful reign as the country was constantly at war, firts with the Ottoman Empire and then in the two Great Wars.

His second son Prince Aléxandros stayed in Greece and was installed by the Allies as the new King of the Hellenes. Though as the exiled King never abdicated the Greek Royal Family never recognized the Prince as the new Monarch.

Following his son's sudden death in 1920 a plebiscite voted in favor of him to return to Greece as Monarch. But by 1923 he was forced to abdicate for his eldest son Crown Prince Geórgios, who succeeded as King Geórgios II.

The former King of the Hellenes went into exile for the second time and died in 1923, aged 54, at Palermo in the isle of Sicily.

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One year after his death the Greek Monarchy was abolished and was only reinstated in 1935. His son King Geórgios II returned to power, but as he did not have any children, when he died another son inherited the throne as King Paýlos.

By 1973 the Greek Monarchy was abolished again, while his grandson King Konstantínos II was on the throne.

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KONSTANTÍNOS I and his wife SOPHIE had six children...

Geórgios II, King of the Hellenes - husband of Princess Elisabeta of Romania;

Aléxandros, King of the Hellenes - husband of Aspasía Manos;

Princess Eléni of Greece and Denmark - wife of Carol II, King of Romania;

Paýlos, King of the Hellenes - husband of Princess Friederike of Hanover;

Princess Eiríni of Greece and Denmark - wife of Aimone, Duke of Aosta; and

Princess Aikateríni of Greece and Denmark - wife of Richard Brandram.

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Additionaly he was/is also an ancestor of other three European Monarchs:

Mihai I, King of Romania - the last Monarch of Romania;

Charles III, King of the United Kingdom - the current Monarch of the United Kingdom; and

Felipe VI, King of Spain - the current Monarch of Spain.

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Do you know why Greek Royals are also Princes or Princesses of Denmark?

It is because they are descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark, who was born Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and in 1853 was chosen to inherit the Danish throne, acceeding as King in 1863.

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Check my post about KONSTANTÍNOS I's Royal Dynasty!

His grandfather Friedrich Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg founded the House of Glücksburg in 1825.

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HOUSE OF GLÜCKSBURG

A brief History... from the Middle Ages...

(founded 1825 - currently active)

pictured above is the first coat of arms of the (Younger) House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

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SERIES - Facts & Events mentioned in previous posts: the foundation of the younger House of Glücksburg was mentioned on Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg's post.

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The HOUSE OF GLÜCKSBURG's official name is (Younger) HOUSE OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG-GLÜCKSBURG, do to its connections to the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein.

Like everything in History the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein has a VERY complicated past. Schleswig and Holstein were two separate states located within the borders of the Kingdom of Denmark and the Holy Roman Empire, separated by the River Eider. Schleswig was a Duchy fief of the Kingdom of Denmark and Holstein-Rendsburg was originally a County within the Holy Roman Empire.

Around 1439/40 Christoffer III, King of Denmark named Adolf VIII, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg as Duke of Schleswig.

King Christoffer III died childless in 1448 and a succession crisis arose in Denmark and the Danish throne was offered to Count Adolf VIII, but he suggested it to should be given to his nephew Christian VII, Duke of Oldenburg. The Rigsråd (Council of the Realm) then elected him as Christian I, King of Denmark.

Another succession crisis arose in 1459 with the death of Count Adolf VIII, also withouth heirs, and the Duchy of Schleswig returned to the Danish Crown under King Christian I.

As the nobility of Schleswig and Holstein-Rendsburg did not wish to have different rulers again, King Christian I offered himself as a candidate to succeed his uncle in Holstein-Rendsburg and was accepted.

Following centuries of disputes between Danish Kings and the Schleswig-Holstein nobility by 1460 the union of Schleswig and Holstein-Rendsburg seemed to have been settled forever through the Treaty of Ribe.

Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich III only recognized King Christian I as Count of Holstein-Rendsburg in 1472 and by 1474 he elevated him to Duke of Holstein, after which the King became known as the first Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.

By 1544 King Christian III, a grandson of King Christian I, decided to partition the territories of Schleswig and Holstein with his half-brothers. However the Treaty of Ribe did not allow the Duchies to be separated, so he and his siblings became joint rulers splitting revenues.

His half-brothers were titled Hans II (the Elder), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev and Adolf, Duke of (Schleswig-)Holstein-Gottorp, each one as titular Dukes added their main estates to their title. On this occasion Duke Adolf founded the cadet House of Holstein-Gottorp.

Later in 1564 King Frederik II, son of King Christian III, gave to his brother a part of his share of the Duchies. And his brother became known as Hans II (the Younger), titular Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, keeping the tradition of adding the main estate to the title.

Duke Hans II (the Elder) died childless in 1580 and his territories were divided between his brother Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and nephew King Frederik II.

After that, HISTORY GOES ON... and for centuries the Kings of Denmark and the Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp, joint rulers of the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein, had many disagreements and fights.

Meanwhile the heirs of Duke Hans II (the Younger) continued to split their titular share creating different branch lines of their family. Per tradition, and also to distinguish the many family branches, the name of their main estate was added to each title.

GLÜCKSBURG CASTLE began to be built in 1582 by Duke Hans II (the Younger) and on his death in 1622 it was inherited by his son Duke Phillip, who founded the ELDER House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg on this event.

pictured above is a colorized photography of Glücksburg Castle, from c. 1890-1905

When the Elder House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg became extinct in 1779, Glücksburg Castle went to the Danish Crown.

Then the wife of Danish King Frederik IV, Princess Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel, suggested he should give Glücksburg Castle to the family of her younger sister Princess Luise Karoline, herself the wife of FRIEDRICH WILHELM IV, DUKE OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG-BECK, a descendant of Duke Hans II (the Younger).

He then created his distant relative as DUKE OF GLÜCKSBURG in 1825. Glücksburg was then added to the new Duke's title and he became known as FRIEDRICH WILHELM, (titular) DUKE OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG-GLÜCKSBURG.

That is how the YOUNGER Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg BRANCH was born! This line is known today as the HOUSE OF GLÜCKSBURG.

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Since the accession of King Christian IX, a son of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm, to the Danish throne in 1863 the House of Glücksburg is the ruling House of Denmark,

Also since 1905, it is also the ruling House of Norway following the election of King Haakon VII to become the first independent King of Norway after over 500 years of Unions with the Kingdoms of Denmark and Sweden.

Members of the House of Glücksburg include the late Konstantínos II, deposed King of the Hellenes, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and his son Charles III, King of the United Kingdom. Although the latter does not consider himself a Glücksburg and is officially a member of the House of Windsor. The Duke of Edinburgh also relinquished the House of Glücksburg when he became a British subject in the 1940s and adopted his mother’s family name Mountbatten.

Considering the Danish succession, when Queen Margrethe II dies and her son Crown Prince Frederik ascends to the throne, the ruling House may continue to be the House of Glücksburg or could change to the House Monpezat.

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Check the post that originated this one on the HOUSE OF GLÜCKSBURG and other posts about members of the Dynasty!

Friedrich Wilhelm, the first Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg founded the House of Glücksburg in 1825.

Members of the HOUSE OF GLÜCKSBURG include...

Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; and

Konstantínos I, King of the Hellenes.

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