Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

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Infobox Glücksburg Royalty|highness
reign = 25 March 1816–17 February 1831
predecessor = Friedrich Karl Ludwig
successor =Karl
succession = Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
name = Friedrich Wilhelm
full name = Frederick William Paul Leopold
" _de. Friedrich Wilhelm Paul Leopold"
title = Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
styles = "HSH" The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
"HSH" The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
"HSH" The Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
royal house = House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
spouse = Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
issue = Princess Luise Marie
Princess Friederike
Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Prince Wilhelm
Christian IX of Denmark
Princess Luise
Prince Julius
Prince Johann
Prince Nikolaus


date of birth = birth date|1785|1|4|df=y
place of birth = Lindenau, Königsberg, Prussia
date of death = death date and age|1831|2|17|1785|1|4|df=y
place of death = Gottorp, Schleswig, Duchy of Schleswig
father = Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
mother = Countess Friederike of Schlieben

"Friedrich Wilhelm" Paul Leopoldcite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p10933.htm#i109322| title=Frederik Wilhelm Paul Leopold Herzog zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | date=22 February 2007 | 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 January 4, 1785 at Lindenau in Königsberg, Prussia; died February 17, 1831 at Gottorp in Schleswig, Duchy of Schleswig) was the first Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and founder of a line that includes the Royal Houses of Denmark, Greece, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Friedrich Wilhelm is a grandfather to Alexandra of Denmark, and subsequently is an ancestor to the present-day British Royal Family, including Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Friedrich Wilhelm was born in Lindenau on January 4, 1785 to Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (August 20, 1757 - April 24, 1816) and Countess Friederike of Schlieben (February 28, 1757 - December 17, 1827). He was the third and last child of the couple.

The prince became heir to his father due to the principle of agnatic primogeniture though he had two older sisters:
*"HSH" Princess Elisabeth "Friederike" Sophie Amelie Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (December 13, 1780 - January 19, 1862), married Baron Samuel von Richthofen in 1800.
*"HSH" Princess Maria Dorothea Henriette "Luise" of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (September 28, 1783 - November 24, 1803), married Ferdinand Friedrich, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen in 1803.

On January 26, 1810, Friedrich Wilhelm married Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (September 28, 1789 - March 13, 1867), a granddaughter of Frederik V of Denmark through her mother Princess Louise of Denmark and Norway. Friedrich Wilhelm and Louise Caroline had ten children:

*"HSH" Princess "Luise Marie" Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (October 23, 1810 - May 11, 1869).
*"HSH" Princess "Friederike" Karoline Juliane of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (October 9, 1811 - July 10, 1902).
*Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (September 30, 1813 - October 24, 1878).
*Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (October 23, 1814 - November 27, 1885).
*"HSH" Prince Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (April 10, 1816 - September 5, 1893).
*Christian IX of Denmark (April 8, 1818 - January 29, 1906).
*"HSH" Princess "Luise", Abbess of Itzehoe (November 18, 1820 - November 30, 1894).
*"HSH" Prince "Julius" of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (October 14, 1824 - June 1, 1903).
*"HSH" Prince "Johann" of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (December 5, 1825 - May 27, 1911).
*"HSH" Prince "Nikolaus" of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (December 22, 1828 - August 18, 1849).

On March 25, 1816, Friedrich Wilhelm succeeded his father as Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. On July 6, 1825, he became Duke of Glücksburg and changed his title to Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Friedrich Wilhelm died on February 17, 1831 at Gottorp.

His grandchildren include among others Frederick VIII of Denmark, Alexandra of Denmark, George I of Greece, and Dagmar of Denmark, and Princess Thyra of Denmark.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*4 January 1785 - 25 March 1816: "His Serene Highness" The Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
*25 March 1816 - 6 July 1825: "His Serene Highness" The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
*6 July 1825 - 17 February 1831: "His Serene Highness" The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Ancestry

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1= 1. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
2= 2. Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
3= 3. Countess Friederike of Schlieben
4= 4. Karl Anton August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
5= 5. Countess Frederica of Dohna-Schlobitten
6= 6. Karl Leopold, Count of Schlieben
7= 7. Countess Maria Eleonore of Lehndorff
8= 8. Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
9= 9. Landgravine Sophie of Hesse-Philippsthal
10= 10. Albrecht Christoph, Burgrave of Dohna-Schlobitten and Leistenau
11= 11. Sophie Henriette of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
12= 12. Georg Adam III, Count of Schlieben
13= 13. Katharina Dorothea, Countess Finck of Finckenstein-Schönberg
14= 14. Ahasverus Ernst, Count of Lehndorff
15= 15. Baroness Maria Luise of Wallenrodt
16= 16. Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
17= 17. Luise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
18= 18. Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
19= 19. Countess Catherine Amalia of Solms-Laubach
20= 20. Alexander, Count and Burgrave of Dohna-Schlobitten
21= 21. Amalie Louise, Countess and Burgravine of Dohna
22= 22. Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (= 16)
23= 23. Luise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (= 17)
24= 24. Georg Adam II, Count of Schlieben
25= 25. Baroness Eleonore Christine of Oelsen
26= 26. Albrecht Christoph, Count Finck of Finckenstein
27= 27. Baroness Arnolda Charlotte of Creytzen
28= 28. Ahasverus Gerhard, Count of Lehndorff
29= 29. Countess Maria Eleanor of Dönhoff
30= 30. Heinrich von Wallenrodt
31= 31. Maria Katharina von Podewils

References

External links

* [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/oldenburg/oldenburg5.html#C9 A pedigree of the Oldenburg dynasty]