Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Born (1909-12-29)29 December 1909
Gotha, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany
Died 6 June 1940(1940-06-06) (aged 30)
Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Full name
Frederick William Augustus Ferdinand Alexander Charles Eduard Ernest Gustav
German: Friedrich Wilhelm August Ferdinand Alexander Karl Eduard Ernst Gustav
House House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Father Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Mother Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg and Büdingen

Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg[1][2] (Full German name: Friedrich Wilhelm August Ferdinand Alexander Karl Eduard Ernst Gustav Prinz von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg[1][2]), (29 December 1909 in Frankfurt am Main, – k.i.a., World War II, 6 June 1940 in Trier) was the son Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863–1948) and his wife Ortrud of Ysenburg und Büdingen (1879–1918), daughter of Count Karl of Ysenburg und Büdingen and his wife Countess Agnes of Ysenburg und Büdingen.

Life

Friedrich Wilhelm Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg was born on 29. December 1909 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen, Germany. He was the son of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Ortrud Gräfin zu Ysenburg und Büdingen. He died on 6 June 1940 at age 30 in Trier, Germany, killed in action. Friedrich Wilhelm Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg gained the title of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. He fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1940.[1][2]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

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Ancestry

References

  1. 1 2 3 Darryl Lundy (17 June 2003). "Friedrich Wilhelm Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2008-09-08. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 Paul Theroff. "SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
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