Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Prince Friedrich Ferdinand
Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Born (1913-05-14)14 May 1913
Gotha, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany
Died 31 May 1989(1989-05-31) (aged 76)
Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Spouse Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Issue Princess Elisabeth
Princess Irene
Princess Margaretha
Princess Sibylla
Full name
Frederick Ferdinand Charles Ernest Augustus William Harold Casimir Nicholas
German: Friedrich Ferdinand Carl Ernst August Wilhelm Harold Casimir Nikolaus
House House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Father Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Mother Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg and Büdingen

Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg[1][2] (Full German name: Friedrich Ferdinand Carl Ernst August Wilhelm Harold Casimir Nikolaus Prinz von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg[1][2]), (14 May 1913, Gotha, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany[1][2] – 31 May 1989, Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany[1][2]). Friedrich Ferdinand was the fourth child and youngest son of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863–1948) and his first wife Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg and Büdingen (1879–1918).

Marriage and issue

Friedrich Ferdinand married Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, youngest daughter of Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his wife Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland, on 1 September 1943 at Willigrad bei Schwerin.[1][2] Friedrich Ferdinand and Anastasia had four daughters:[1][2]

∞ HSH Prince Ferdinand Heinrich of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach on 2 January 1975
HSH Prince Johann Georg of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach (born 8 July 1976)
HSH Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach (born 6 February 1979)
∞ Dieter Franz on 25 October 1980
Frithjof Franz (born 22 April 1981)
Johanna Franz (born 10 March 1983)
Philipp Franz (born 1 April 1986)

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Awards

Ancestry

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Darryl Lundy (17 June 2003). "Friedrich Ferdinand Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Paul Theroff. "SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  3. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 378.

Bibliography

  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. 
  • Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. 
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