Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Infobox Glücksburg Royalty|highness
name = Peter
full name = Frederick Ernest Peter
" _de. Friedrich Ernst Peter"
title = Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
predecessor = Wilhelm Friedrich
successor =Christoph
succession = Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
styles = "HH" The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
"HH" The Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
"HH" Prince Peter of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
royal house = House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
spouse = Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe
issue = Princess Marita
Prince Christoph
Prince Alexander
Princess Ingeborg


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date of birth = birth date|1922|4|30|df=y
place of birth = Schloss Louisenlund, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
date of death = death date and age|1980|9|30|1922|4|30|df=y
place of death = Bienebek, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
father = Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
mother = Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Peter of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburgcite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p10443.htm#i104428| title=Friedrich Ernst Peter Herzog zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | date=17 June 2003 | 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 30 April 1922 at Schloss Louisenlund in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died 30 September 1980 in Bienebek, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) was the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Head of the House of Oldenburg from 10 February 1965 until his death on 30 September 1980. Peter was the third and youngest son of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

Marriage and issue

Peter married Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe, daughter of Prince Stephan Alexander Viktor of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife Duchess Ingeborg Alix of Oldenburg, on 9 October 1947 in Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Peter and Maria Alice had four children:

*"HH" Princess Marita of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 5 September 1948)
*"HH" Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (born 22 August 1949)
*"HH" Prince Alexander of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 9 July 1953)
*"HH" Princess Ingeborg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 9 July 1956)

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*30 April 1922 - 10 August 1944: "His Highness" Prince Peter of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
*10 August 1944 - 10 February 1965: "His Highness" The Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
*10 February 1965 - 30 September 1980: "His Highness" The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Ancestry

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1= 1. Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
2= 2. Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
3= 3. Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
4= 4. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
5= 5. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
6= 6. Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
7= 7. Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
8= 8. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
9= 9. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
10= 10. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
11= 11. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
12= 12. Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
13= 13. Princess Leopoldine of Baden
14= 14. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
15= 15. Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
16= 16. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
17= 17. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
18= 18. George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
19= 19. Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont
20= 20. Christian, Duke of Augustenborg
21= 21. Countess Lovisa-Sophie Danneskiold-Samsøe
22= 22. Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
23= 23. Princess Feodora of Leiningen
24= 24. Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (= 21)
25= 25. Louise Auguste of Denmark (= 22)
26= 26. Prince William of Baden
27= 27. Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg
28= 28. Albert, Prince Consort
29= 29. Victoria of the United Kingdom
30= 30. Alexander II of Russia
31= 31. Marie of Hesse

References