Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg[1][2] (15 March 1863 – 23 April 1948) was the fifth and youngest child[1][2] of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and his wife Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe and was a nephew of Christian IX of Denmark.[1][2] Albert was the grandfather of Ernst August, Prince of Hanover through his daughter Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

Prince Albert
Born(1863-03-15)15 March 1863
Kiel, Duchy of Holstein[1]
Died23 April 1948(1948-04-23) (aged 85)
Glücksburg, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
SpouseCountess Ortrud of Ysenburg und Büdingen
Princess Hertha of Ysenburg und Büdingen
IssueMarie Luise, Princess Friedrich Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
Prince Johann Georg
Prince Friedrich Ferdinand
Ortrud, Princess of Hanover
Full name
Albert Christian Adolph Charles Eugene
German: Albert Christian Adolf Karl Eugen
HouseHouse of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
FatherFriedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
MotherPrincess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe

Albert was recognized by a family compact of 1904 as possessing rights of succession to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg in the event of the extinction of the reigning Grand Ducal line.[3]

Marriage and issue

Albert married Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg und Büdingen (1879-1918), daughter of Count Karl of Ysenburg und Büdingen[1][2] (1819-1900), on 14 October 1906 at Meerholz, Germany.[1][2] Albert and Ortrud had four children:[1][2]

After Ortrud's death, Albert married, secondly, Princess Hertha of Ysenburg und Büdingen (1883–1972), daughter of Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen and Countess Bertha of Castell-Rüdenhausen,[1][2] on 19 September 1920 at Büdingen, Hesse, Germany,[1][2] with issue.

Titles, styles and honours

Titles and styles
  • 15 March 1863 – 19 December 1863: His Serene Highness Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
  • 19 December 1863 – 23 April 1948: His Highness Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Honours

Ancestry

References
  1. Darryl Lundy (17 June 2003). "Albrecht Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
  2. Paul Theroff. "SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
  3. Glenn A. Steinberg. "The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, 1939-1945". European Royalty During World War II. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-09-08. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Herzogtum Anhalt (1894) "Herzoglicher Haus-orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 17
  5. "Ritter-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1918, p. 133, retrieved 2 November 2019
  6. Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1900) [1st pub.:1801]. Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1900 [State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1900] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. pp. 5–6, 14. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via da:DIS Danmark.
  7. The London Gazette, issue 27669, p. 2581
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