Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
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| Prince of Schleswig-Holstein | |
The prince in November 2010
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| Head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Predecessor | Peter |
| Heir apparent | Friedrich Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein |
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22 August 1949 Schloss Louisenlund, Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany |
| Spouse | Princess Elisabeth of Lippe-Weissenfeld |
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| House |
Oldenburg Glücksburg |
| Father | Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein |
| Mother | Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe |
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Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (born 22 August 1949) has been the head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (commonly known as the House of Glücksburg) and, by agnatic primogeniture, of the entire House of Oldenburg since 1980. He is the current titular Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Duke of Glücksburg, traditionally styled as His Highness. He is a male-line descendant of Christian III of Denmark, and is also descended cognatically from numerous more recent monarchs, including Queen Victoria, Emperor Alexander II of Russia and several more recent Danish kings.
The members of the house he heads include the reigning monarchs of Denmark and Norway, the deposed royal family of Greece, and the heir to the British throne.
The House of Oldenburg — in one of its cadet branches — is patrilineally the royal house of Denmark (since 1448) and Norway (1450–1818 and since 1905), has been the reigning dynasty of several other countries including Greece, Sweden and Russia, and also includes the heir to the throne of the United Kingdom. As such, Christoph is the agnatic head of the family that today includes Margrethe II of Denmark,Harald V of Norway, Constantine II of Greece and, patrilineally,Charles, Prince of Wales. His great-great-grandfather, Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, was the older brother of Christian IX of Denmark, and through him Christoph is heir by masculine primogeniture to the Danish title Duke of Glücksburg conferred by the Danish crown in 1825. Christoph is also, cognatically, a descendant of Queen Victoria and Alexander II of Russia, and is in the line of succession to the British throne.
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