Friedrich Ferdinand | |||||
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Duke of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||
Head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | |||||
Predecessor | Friedrich | ||||
Successor | Wilhelm Friedrich | ||||
Born | Kiel, Danish Holstein, Germany) | 12 October 1855||||
Died | 21 January 1934 Primkenau, Province of Silesia, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany[1] | (aged 78)||||
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House | Glücksburg | ||||
Father | Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | ||||
Mother | Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe |
Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, then Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (12 October 1855 – 21 January 1934), was the fourth Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and became the fifth Duke of Schleswig-Holstein in 1931.
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.
Friedrich Ferdinand married Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and his wife Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, on 19 March 1885 at Primkenau. Friedrich Ferdinand and Karoline Mathilde had six children:
Friedrich Ferdinand died in 1934 at Hause Eckernförde close to Güby in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany aged 78.
He received the following orders and decorations:[2]
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