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Issue Victoria Adelaide, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and GothaAlexandra Victoria, Princess August Wilhelm of PrussiaHelena Adelaide, Princess Harald of DenmarkAdelaide, Princess of Solms-BaruthWilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-HolsteinKaroline Mathilde, Countess Hans of Solms-Baruth Father Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg Died January 21, 1934, Przemkow, Poland Children Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein Parents Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg Similar People Charles Edward - Duke of S, Prince Harald of Denmark, Princess Caroline‑Mathilde of Denmark, Princess Louise Caroline, Prince August Wilhelm o | ||
Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (12 October 1855 – 21 January 1934) was the fourth Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and became Duke of Schleswig-Holstein in 1931.
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Family and succession
Friedrich Ferdinand was born in Kiel, Duchy of Holstein, the eldest son of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe and a nephew of Christian IX of Denmark. Friedrich Ferdinand succeeded to the headship of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and title duke upon the death of his father on 27 November 1885. When the Head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein died on 27 April 1931, Friedrich Ferdinand became the Head of the House of Oldenburg and inherited the title Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.
Marriage and issue
Friedrich Ferdinand married Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, on 19 March 1885 at Primkenau. Friedrich Ferdinand and Karoline Mathilde had six children:
Death
Friedrich Ferdinand died in Luisenlund, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, aged 78.