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7 unusual facts about Duke of Schleswig


Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania

Early in 1625 he became ruler of all West Pomerania on the death of the last Duke of Wolgast, Philipp Julius, and on the 19 February he was married to Elisabeth (24 September 1580 - 21 December 1653), fifth daughter of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, by his first wife, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen.

Christoph Wilhelm Megander

She married Duke Frederick as his second wife in 1632.

Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg

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

Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Georg Christian Benedict Ackermann

Later, he became teacher of Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and controller of the court.

SMS Schleswig-Holstein

Ernst Gunther, the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, gave the commissioning speech.

Stiftung Louisenlund

Advised by Kurt Hahn, in 1949 Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg decided to build a boarding school on the grounds and established the Louisenlund Foundation.


Adolf IV of Holstein

Mechthild (1225–1288): she married firstly in 1237 Abel of Denmark, Duke of Schleswig and later King of Denmark (this marriage provided the basis for later claims by the Schauenburgers on the Duchy of Schleswig); and secondly Birger Jarl, Regent of Sweden

Canute Lavard

Later he was the first Duke of Schleswig and the first border prince who was both a Danish and a German vassal, a position leafing towards the historical double position of Southern Jutland.

Helvig of Schauenburg

Her brother was Adolf VIII/I, Count of Holstein/Duke of Schleswig.


see also

1614 Low German Bible

The coat of arms of Adolf, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein also appears in the 1614 Bible on the back cover.

Frederick William I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Frederick William I, Duke of Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (2 May 1682 – 16 June 1719) was a son of Duke August and his wife, Philippa Louisa of Lippe-Buckburg.

Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön

John Adolphus, also known as Hans Adolf (b 1634; d 1704), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, married Dorothea of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1866-1952), daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, wife of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia

Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1858-1936), daughter of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, wife of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Richardis of Schwerin

Richardis of Schwerin, Duchess of Schleswig (d. bef. 1386), wife of Valdemar III of Denmark (Valdemar V, Duke of Schleswig) and daughter of Günzelin VI, Count of Schwerin-Wittenburg.