Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Prince Albrecht
Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Born (1863-03-15)15 March 1863
Kiel, Duchy of Holstein[1]
Died 23 April 1948(1948-04-23) (aged 85)
Glücksburg, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Spouse Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg und Büdingen
Princess Hertha of Ysenburg und Büdingen
Issue Marie 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: Albrecht Christian Adolf Karl Eugen
House House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Father Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Mother Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe

Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg[1][2] (15 March 1863, Kiel, Duchy of Holstein[1][2] – 23 April 1948, Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany[1][2]) 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] Albrecht was the grandfather of Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover through his daughter Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg who through her marriage to Ernst August IV, Prince of Hanover was the matriarch of the current Hanoverian Royal Family.

Albrecht 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

Albrecht married first to Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg und Büdingen (1879-1918), daughter of Count Karl of Ysenburg (1819-1900) und Büdingen and his wife Countess Agnes of Ysenburg und Büdingen (died 1843),[1][2] on 14 October 1906 at Meerholz, Germany.[1][2] Albrecht and Ortrud had four children:[1][2]

∞ Rudolph-Karl, Baron von Stengel, had issue.
∞ Prince Friedrich Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe, no issue.
∞ Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; had issue.

After Ortrud's death, Albrecht 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] Albrecht and Hertha had one daughter, named for his previous wife:[1][2]

∞ Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover; had issue.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Ancestry

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Darryl Lundy (17 June 2003). "Albrecht Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2008-09-08. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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. Retrieved 2008-09-08. External link in |publisher= (help)
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