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Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg

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Name
  
Prince Ferdinand


Born
  
14 May 1913 Gotha, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany (
1913-05-14
)

Died
  
31 May 1989(1989-05-31) (aged 76) Glucksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Spouse
  
Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Issue
  
Princess Elisabeth Princess Irene Princess Margaretha Princess Sibylla

House
  
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Father
  
Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Mother
  
Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg and Budingen

Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Full German name: Friedrich Ferdinand Carl Ernst August Wilhelm Harold Casimir Nikolaus Prinz von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg), (14 May 1913, Gotha, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany – 31 May 1989, Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). Friedrich Ferdinand was the fourth child and youngest son of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863–1948) and his first wife Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg and Büdingen (1879–1918).

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Marriage and issue

Friedrich Ferdinand married Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, youngest daughter of Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his wife Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland, on 1 September 1943 at Willigrad bei Schwerin. Friedrich Ferdinand and Anastasia had four daughters:

  • HH Princess Elisabeth Marie Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 10 September 1945) She currently serves as the Royal Patroness of the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem (Latin - Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani), abbreviated as OSMTH.
    • ∞ HSH Prince Ferdinand Heinrich of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach on 2 January 1975 HSH Prince Johann Georg of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach (born 8 July 1976) HSH Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach (born 6 February 1979)
  • HH Princess Irene Olga Adelheid of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 11 October 1946)
  • HH Princess Margaretha Friederike Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 10 February 1948)
  • HH Princess Sibylla Ursula Ortrude of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (11 September 1955)
    • ∞ Dieter Franz on 25 October 1980

    Titles and styles

  • 14 May 1913 – 31 May 1989: His Highness Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

    • Awards

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 February 1945 as Major im Generalstab and commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 40

    • References

    Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Wikipedia
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