Dukes of Schleswig

See also: List of countesses and duchesses of Schleswig

The following list is a list of jarls and dukes, who ruled over Schleswig respectively Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland).

First jarls/dukes

Picture	Reign	Name
	1080-1095	Olaf I, jarl (earl) of Jutland, since 1086 king of Denmark
	1095-1120	vacant
	1120-1131	Canute Lavard (Knud Lavard), titled dux Daciae[1] (i.e. Duke of Denmark)
	1131-1134	Magnus
	1134-ca. 1152	vacant
	ca. 1152-1154	Valdemar I the Great (Valdemar 1.), titled dux Daciae[1] (i.e. Duke of Denmark), also king of Denmark
	ca. 1152-1170	vacant
	ca. 1170-1173	Christopher of Jutland (illegitimate son of the precedent), titled dux Iuciae[1] (i.e. Duke of Jutland)
	1173-1183	vacant
	1183-1216	Valdemar II (Valdemar 2.), titled dux slesvicensis[1] (i.e. Sleswickian duke), represented by the regent Bishop Valdemar Knudsen (1182–1193), Valdemar II became Danish king in 1202
	1209-1216	Valdemar the Young, son of the precedent, minor co-duke, also Danish co-king (1218–1231, d. 1231)
	1216-1232	Eric Valdemarsøn, minor duke, also Danish king as Eric IV (1241–1250)

Years as given here according to Esben Albrectsen.^[2]

Abelslægten (1232-1326)

Portrait	Reign	Name
	1232-1252	Abel, king of Denmark (1250–52)
	1254-1257	Valdemar III
	1260-1272	Eric I
	1272-1283	vacant
	1283-1312	Valdemar IV (Valdemar 4. af Sønderjylland)
	1312-1325	Eric II
	1325-1326	Valdemar V, as Valdemar III Danish king

House of Schauenburg (1326-1330)

Portrait	Reign	Name
	1326-1330	Gerhard I the Great (Gerhard den kullede greve), as Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsborg

Abelslægten (1330-1375)

Portrait	Reign	Name
	1330-1364	Valdemar V., as Valdemar III. king of Denmark
	1364-1375	Henry

House of Schauenburg (1375-1459)

Further information: Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein

Portrait	Reign	Name
	1375-1386	Henry the Iron (Danish: Henrik Jern) and his brother Nicholas (Danish: Klaus, joint rule)
	1386-1404	Gerhard II, Duke of Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland), as Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein-Rendsborg
	1404-1427	Henry III, as Henry IV of Holstein-Rendsburg, as duke under tutelage of the Danish crown until 1414, then the crown disputed his claim to dukedom, he was killed in action warring for his claim
	1427/40-1459	Adolf I, as Adolf VIII of Holstein-Rendsburg, younger brother of Henry, Denmark denied his claim to dukedom until 1440
	1427-1433	Gerhard III, as Gerhard VII co-ruling in Holstein-Rendsburg, younger brother of Adolf, during his lifetime the claim to dukedom remained disputed by the Danish crown

House of Oldenburg (1460-1544)

Further information: House of Oldenburg

Portrait	Reign	Name
	1460-1481	Christian I (Christian 1.)
	1481-1513	John (Hans), with Frederick I since 1482
	1513-1523	Christian II (Christian 2.), deposed, died 1559; with Frederick I
	1490-1533	Frederick I (Frederik 1.), as administrator 1482–1490, thereafter co-ruling
	1523-1544	Christian III (Christian 3.), with his father till 1533

Co-ruling dukes of the Houses of Oldenburg and of Holstein-Gottorp

House of Oldenburg Further information: House of Oldenburg Portrait Reign Name 1544-1559 Christian III - with his brothers Adolf and John 1559-1588 Frederick II (Frederik 2.) 1588-1648 Christian IV (Christian 4.) 1648-1670 Frederick III (Frederik 3.) 1670-1699 Christian V (Christian 5.) 1699-1730 Frederick IV (Frederik 4.) In 1713 Frederick IV united all of Schleswig/Sønderjylland in one hand.

House of Holstein-Gottorp Further information: House of Holstein-Gottorp Portrait Reign Name 1544-1586 1544-1580 Adolf – with his brothers Christian and John the Elder (dk, de)[3] – with Adolf and Christian 1586-1587 Frederick II 1587-1590 Philip 1590-1616 John Adolf 1616-1659 Frederick III 1659-1694 Christian Albert 1694-1702 Frederick IV 1702-1713 Charles Frederick In 1713 Frederick IV, being as King of Denmark also the liege lord of Schleswig, deposed Charles Frederick as co-ruling Duke of Schleswig. Frederick IV of Denmark and Norway continued as the sole Duke of Schleswig.

House of Oldenburg (1713-1863)

Further information: House of Oldenburg

Portrait	Reign	Name
	1699-1730	Frederick IV (Frederik 4.)
	1730-1746	Christian VI (Christian 6.)
	1746-1766	Frederick V (Frederik 5.)
	1766-1808	Christian VII (Christian 7.)
	1808-1839	Frederick VI (Frederik 6.)
	1839-1848	Christian VIII (Christian 8.)
	1848-1863	Frederick VII (Frederik 7.)

House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863–1865)

Further information: House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Portrait	Reign	Name
	1863-1864/65	Christian IX of Denmark rivalled by duke Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
In 1864, following the Second Schleswig War, the Duchy of Schleswig became an occupied territory of the German Confederation and two years later, following the Austro-Prussian War, part of the new Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein.

See also

• List of Danish monarchs
• List of rulers of Schleswig-Holstein

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Esben Albrectsen, "Das Abel-Geschlecht und die Schauenburger als Herzöge von Schleswig", Marion Hartwig and Frauke Witte (trls.), in: Die Fürsten des Landes: Herzöge und Grafen von Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg [De slevigske hertuger; German], Carsten Porskrog Rasmussen (ed.) on behalf of the Gesellschaft für Schleswig-Holsteinische Geschichte, Neumünster: Wachholtz, 2008, pp. 52-71, here p. 52. ISBN 978-3-529-02606-5
2. ^ Esben Albrectsen, "Das Abel-Geschlecht und die Schauenburger als Herzöge von Schleswig", Marion Hartwig and Frauke Witte (trls.), in: Die Fürsten des Landes: Herzöge und Grafen von Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg [De slevigske hertuger; German], Carsten Porskrog Rasmussen (ed.) on behalf of the Gesellschaft für Schleswig-Holsteinische Geschichte, Neumünster: Wachholtz, 2008, pp. 52-71, here p. 71. ISBN 978-3-529-02606-5
3. ^ John's share was halved between Adolf and Danish Frederick II.