Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Infobox Glücksburg Royalty|highness
name = Wilhelm Friedrich
full name = William Frederick Christian Gunther Albert Adolf George
" _de. Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Günther Albert Adolf Georg"
title = Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
predecessor = Friedrich Ferdinand
successor =Peter
succession = Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
styles = "HH" The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
"HH" The Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
"HH" The Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
royal house = House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
spouse = Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
issue = Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
Prince Wilhelm Alfred
Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Princess Marie Alexandra


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date of birth = birth date|1891|8|23|df=y
place of birth = Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia
date of death = death date and age|1965|2|10|1891|8|23|df=y
place of death = Coburg, Bavaria, Germany
father = Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
mother = Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Wilhelm Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburgcite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p10443.htm#i104425| title=Wilhelm Friedrich Herzog zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | date=31 January 2004 | accessdate=2008-09-02 | publisher= [http://thePeerage.com thePeerage.com] | author=Darryl Lundy] cite web | url=http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/holstein.html| title=SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN | date= | accessdate=2008-09-02 | publisher=Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site | author=Paul Theroff] (born 23 August 1891 in Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia; died 10 February 1965 in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany) was the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Head of the House of Oldenburg from 21 January 1934 until his death on 10 February 1965. Wilhelm Friedrich was the only son of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

Marriage and issue

Wilhelm Friedrich married Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, daughter of Ernst, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, on 5 February 1916 at Coburg. Wilhelm Friedrich and Marie Melita had four children:

*"HH" "Hans Albrecht", Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (12 May 1917 - 10 August 1944)
*"HH" Prince "Wilhelm Alfred" Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (24 September 1919 - 17 June 1926)
*"HH" Friedrich Ernst "Peter", Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (30 April 1922 - 30 September 1980)
*"HH" Princess "Marie Alexandra" of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 9 July 1927)

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*23 August 1891 - 27 April 1931: "His Highness" The Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
*27 April 1931 - 21 January 1934: "His Highness" The Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
*21 January 1934 - 10 February 1965: "His Highness" The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Ancestry

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1= 1. Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
2= 2. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
3= 3. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
4= 4. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
5= 5. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
6= 6. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
7= 7. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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. Christian, Duke of Augustenborg
13= 13. Countess Lovisa-Sophie Danneskiold-Samsøe
14= 14. Ernst, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
15= 15. Princess Feodora of Leiningen
16= 16. Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
17= 17. Countess Friederike of Schlieben
18= 18. Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel
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. George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
23= 23. Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
24= 24. Frederik Christian II, Duke of Augustenborg
25= 25. Louise Auguste of Denmark
26= 26. Christian Conrad Sophus, Count of Danneskiold-Samsøe
27= 27. Johanne Henriette Valentine Kaas
28= 28. Carl Ludwig III, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
29= 29. Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth
30= 30. Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen
31= 31. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

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