Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Infobox Glücksburg Royalty|highness
name = Prince Albrecht
full name = Albert Christian Adolph Charles Eugene
" _de. Albrecht Christian Adolf Karl Eugen"
title = Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
styles = "HH" Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
royal house = House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
spouse = Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg und Büdingen
Princess Hertha of Ysenburg und Büdingen
issue = Princess Marie Luise
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
Prince Johann Georg
Prince Friedrich Ferdinand
Princess Ortrud


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date of birth = birth date|1863|03|15|df=y
place of birth = Kiel, Duchy of Schleswig
date of death = death date and age|1948|04|23|1863|03|15|df=y
place of death = Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
father = Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
mother = Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe

Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburgcite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p10396.htm#i103959| title=Albrecht Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | date=17 June 2003 | accessdate=2008-09-08 | 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=2008-09-08 | publisher=Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site | author=Paul Theroff] (born 15 March 1863 in Kiel, Duchy of Schleswig; died 23 April 1948 at Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) was the fifth and youngest child of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and hiw wife Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe and was a nephew of Christian IX of Denmark. Albrecht was the grandfather of Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover through his daughter Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg who through her marriage to Ernst August IV, Prince of Hanover was the matriarch of the current Hanoverian Royal Family.

Albrecht was recognized by a family compact of 1904 as possessing rights of succession to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg in the event of the extinction of the reigning Grand Ducal linecite web | url=http://gsteinbe.intrasun.tcnj.edu/royalty/houses/glcksburg.html| title=The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, 1939-1945 | date= | accessdate=2008-09-08 | publisher= [http://gsteinbe.intrasun.tcnj.edu/royalty/royalty.html European Royalty During World War II] | author=Glenn A. Steinberg] .

Marriage and issue

Albrecht married first to Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg und Büdingen, daughter of Count Karl of Ysenburg und Büdingen and his wife Countess Agnes of Ysenburg und Büdingen, on 14 October 1906 at Meerholz, Germany. Albrecht and Ortrud had four children:

*"HH" Princess Marie Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (8 December 1908 - 29 December 1969): ∞ Rudolph-Karl, Baron von Stengal, had issue.: ∞ Prince Friedrich Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe, no issue.
*"HH" Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (29 December 1909 - 6 June 1940)
*"HH" Prince Johann Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (24 July 1911 - 23 June 1941)
*"HH" Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (14 May 1913 - 31 May 1989): ∞ Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, had issue.

After Ortrud's death, Albrecht married, secondly, Princess Hertha of Ysenburg und Büdingen, daughter of Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Büdingen and Countess Bertha of Castell-Rüdenhausen, on 19 September 1920 at Büdingen, Hesse, Germany. Albrecht and Hertha had one daughter, named for his previous wife:

*"HH" Princess Ortrud Bertha Adelheid Hedwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (19 December 1925 - 6 February 1980): ∞ Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover, had issue.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*15 March 1863 - 23 April 1948: "His Highness" Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Ancestry

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1= 1. Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
2= 2. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
3= 3. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
4= 4. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
5= 5. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
6= 6. George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
7= 7. Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont
8= 8. Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
9= 9. Countess Friederike of Schlieben
10= 10. Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel
11= 11. Princess Louise of Denmark and Norway
12= 12. Philip II Ernest, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe
13= 13. Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal
14= 14. George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
15= 15. Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
16= 16. Karl Anton August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
17= 17. Countess Frederica of Dohna-Schlobitten
18= 18. Karl Leopold, Count of Schlieben
19= 19. Countess Maria Eleonore of Lehndorff
20= 20. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
21= 21. Princess Mary of Great Britain
22= 22. Frederick V of Denmark
23= 23. Louise of Great Britain
24= 24. Friedrich Ernst, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe-Alverdissen
25= 25. Elisabeth Philippine von Friesenhausen
26= 26. Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
27= 27. Landgravine Ulrica of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
28= 28. Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
29= 29. Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
30= 30. August, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
31= 31. Princess Christine of Anhalt-Bernburg

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