Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Infobox Hanoverian Royalty|highness|consort
name = Princess Ortrud
title = Princess of Hanover


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coronation =
reign = 30 January 1953 - 6 February 1980
titles = "HRH" The Princess of Hanover
"HRH" Princess Ernest Augustus of Hanover
"HH" Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
full name = Ortrud Bertha Adelaide Hedwig
" _de. Ortrud Bertha Adelheid Hedwig"
spouse =Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover
issue = Marie, Countess of Hochberg
Ernest Augustus V
Prince Louis Rudolph
Princess Olga
Alexandra, Princess of Leiningen
Prince Henry Julius
royal house =House of Hanover
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
father = Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
mother = Princess Hertha of Ysenburg and Büdingen
date of birth =birth date|1925|12|19|df=yes
place of birth = flagicon|Germany Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
date of death = death date and age|1980|02|06|1925|12|19|df=yes
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Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Full German name: "Ortrud Bertha Adelheid Hedwig Prinzessin zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg"), (born 19 December 1925 in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died 6 February 1980). Ortrud was the daughter of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863-1948) and his wife Princess Hertha of Ysenburg and Büdingen (1883-1972).

Marriage and issue

Ortrud married Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (later Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover) on 31 August 1951 at Schloss Marienburg, Nordstemmen, Hanover, Germany in a civil marriage ceremony. They were remarried four days later in a religious ceremony in Hanover. Ernest Augustus and Ortrud had six children:

*"HRH" Princess "Marie" Viktoria Luise Hertha Friederike of Hanover (1952– ), married Count Michael of Hochberg and had issue.
*"HRH" "Ernst August" V Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian Ludwig, Prince of Hanover (1954– ), married first Chantal Hochuli and had issue, married second Princess Caroline of Monaco and had issue.
*"HRH" Prince "Ludwig Rudolph" Georg Wilhelm Philipp Friedrich Wolrad Maximilian of Hanover (1955–88), married Countess Isabelle of Thurn and Valsassina-Como-Vercelli (1962–88) with whom he had one son, Prince Otto Heinrich of Hanover. Ludwig committed suicide shortly after discovering the body of his wife, who had died of a drug overdose.
*"HRH" Princess "Olga" Sophie Charlotte Anna of Hanover (1958– )
*"HRH" Princess "Alexandra" Irene Margaretha Elisabeth Bathildis of Hanover (1959– ), married Andreas, 8th Prince of Leiningen and had issue.
*"HRH" Prince "Heinrich Julius" Christian Otto Friedrich Franz Anton Günther of Hanover (1961– ), married Thyra von Westernhagen and had issue (including a son, Albert, born on the 138th anniversary of the death of his ancestor, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

After Ortrud's death in 1980, her widower husband Ernest Augustus married Ortrud's first cousin once removed, Countess Monika of Solms-Laubach in 1981.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*19 December 1925 – 31 August 1951: "Her Serene Highness" Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
*31 August 1951 - 30 January 1953: "Her Royal Highness" Princess Ernest Augustus of Hanover
*30 January 1953 - 6 February 1980: "Her Royal Highness" The Princess of Hanover

Ancestry

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1=1. Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
2=2. Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
3=3. Princess Hertha of Ysenburg and Büdingen
4=4. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
5=5. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
6=6. Bruno, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen
7=7. Countess Bertha of Castell-Rüdenhausen
8=8. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
9=9. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
10=10. George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
11=11. Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont
12=12. Ernst Casimir II, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen
13=13. Countess Thekla of Erbach-Fürstenau
14=14. Adolf, Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen
15=15. Baroness Friederike Maria of Thüngen
16=16. Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
17=17. Countess Friederike of Schlieben
18=18. Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
19=19. Princess Louise of Denmark and Norway
20=20. Philip II Ernest, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe
21=21. Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal
22=22. Georg I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
23=23. Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
24=24. Ernst Casimir I, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen
25=25. Countess Ferdinande of Erbach-Schönberg
26=26. Albrecht, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau
27=27. Princess Sophie Emilie Luise of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Ingelfingen
28=28. Christian Friedrich, Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen
29=29. Countess Luise Karoline of Ortenburg
30=30. Karl Philipp Friedrich, Baron of Thüngen
31=31. Nathalie von Thümmel

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years=30 January 1953 — 6 February 1980
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-s-tul|title=Queen consort of Hanover
years=30 January 1953 — 6 February 1980
reason=Hanover annexed by Prussia in 1866
-s-tul|title=Duchess consort of Brunswick
years=30 January 1953 — 6 February 1980
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