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10 unusual facts about Glücksburg


Alexandra of Glucksburg

Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1887–1957), wife of Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia

Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

On 15 June 1651, at Copenhagen, she married her first cousin Ernest Günther (14 October 1609 – 18 January 1689), son of Duke Alexander of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and his wife Countess Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

# Sophie Hedwig (4 August 1660 in Merseburg – 2 August 1686 in Saalfeld), married on 18 February 1680 to Duke John Ernest of Saxe-Saalfeld

Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg

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

Neville Lewis

He married Countess Rosa Cecilie Karoline-Mathilde Irene Sibylla Anna zu Solms-Baruth, daughter of Friedrich, 3rd Prince of Solms-Baruth and his wife Princess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, on 3 November 1955 and settled on Rowan Street, Stellenbosch where their children Caroline and Frederick Henry Lewis attended school.

Prince Julius of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Eighteen months later, the King returned from a walk to discover that, whilst he was out, Julius had invited seven ministers associated with the former, and deeply unpopular, King Otto to the Palace to discuss the removal of Count Sponneck, another of the King's advisors.

Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Her employee, Paul Dall, responsible for the setting of her table, was a contact of the German Abwehr in Copenhagen, and was after the war judged guilty as a spy.

Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein

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

Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Ortrud married Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (later Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick) on 31 August 1951 at Marienburg Castle, Nordstemmen, Hanover, Germany in a civil marriage ceremony.

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.


August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig

He was the third but second surviving son of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg and Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen

: ∞ Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863-1948) on 15 September 1920 in Büdingen; had issue.

Christian II, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

He was the second (but eldest surviving) son of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg, and Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein

Since 1980, he chairs the board of the foundation that owns the ancestral castle of the House of Glücksburg, Glücksburg Castle.

Georg Albrecht, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach

In Bayreuth on 10 December 1651, Georg Albrecht married firstly Marie Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

Helvig of Schauenburg

Helvig of Schauenburg (1398–1436), also known as Hedwig of Schauenburg, was a duchess of Schleswig and a countess of Holstein from the family of Schauenburg, and ancestor of the Danish Royal houses of Oldenburg and Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Ernest Gunther had a castle built in the years after 1651, which received the name Augustenborg in honor of his wife, Auguste, herself also from a branch of Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein, daughter of Philip (1584–1663), Duke of Glucksburg.

Line of succession to the Danish throne

Further, his mother-in-law, Princess Helena, was accused of supporting the Nazi movement during the Second World War.

Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Sophia Hedwig of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia (Lauenburg upon Elbe, 24 May 1601 – 21 February 1660, Glücksburg); ∞ on 23 May 1624 in Neuhaus Philipp of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg (15 March 1584 – 27 September 1663), son of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg

Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Karoline Mathilde married Friedrich Ferdinand, 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, on 19 March 1885 at Primkenau.

Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (28 September 1789, Gottorp – 13 March 1867, Ballenstedt) was the consort of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and the matriarch of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, which would eventually become the ruling house of the kingdoms of Denmark, Greece, Norway, and, barring unforeseen circumstances, the United Kingdom.

Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein

Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817-1898), wife of Christian IX of Denmark (previously a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)

Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg

# The older line of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, founded by Duke Philip, who resided in Glücksburg Castle in Glücksburg.

The seat of the duke was Sonderburg, but parts of the domain were located in Denmark (in the Duchy of Schleswig), mainly on the islands of Als and Ærø and around Glücksburg, whilst other lands were part of the Holy Roman Empire (in the Duchy of Holstein), including the Ämter of Plön, Ahrensbök, and Reinfeld.

Yellow Mansion, Copenhagen

At this stage no one knew that he was later to become Christian IX as the first Glücksburg king of Denmark.