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Name
  
Alexander, of


Born
  
20 January 1573 Sonderborg (
1573-01-20
)

Spouse
  
Dorothea von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

House
  
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Father
  
Johann II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon

Mother
  
Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

Died
  
March 13, 1627, Sonderborg, Denmark

Parents
  
John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg

Children
  
Ernest Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Grandchildren
  
Frederick Louis, Duke of Beck

Grandparents
  
Christian III of Denmark, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

Great-grandparents
  
Frederick I of Denmark

Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (20 January 1573 – 13 May 1627), was a Danish nobleman.

Alexander was born in Sønderborg (German: Sonderburg) in Schleswig, the third son of Johann II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen. Because his elder surviving brother chose Ærø as his seat, Alexander received Sønderborg upon their father's death and was in practice its second duke. Alexander died in Sønderborg.

Alexander married Dorothea von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, daughter of John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, on 26 November 1604 in Oldenburg. They had eleven children:

  • Johann Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen (26 April 1607 - 28 June 1653)
  • Alexander Heinrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (12 September 1608 - 5 September 1657)
  • Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (14 October 1609 - 18 January 1689)
  • Georg Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (18 December 1611 - 23 August 1676)
  • August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (11 November 1612 - 6 May 1675)
  • Adolph, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (2 November 1613 - 1 February 1616)
  • Anna Elisabeth, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (5 February 1615 - 19 February 1616)
  • Wilhelm Anton, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (2 April 1616 - 2 April 1616)
  • Sophie Katharina, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (28 June 1617 - 22 November 1696), wife of Anthony Günther, Count of Oldenburg
  • Eleonore Sabine, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (27 February 1619 - 27 February 1619)
  • Philip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (27 October 1620 - 10 March 1689)

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