Hans Albrecht | |||||
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Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||
Born |
Schloss Louisenlund, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
12 May 1917||||
Died | 10 August 1944 Zedlinsk, Poland |
(aged 27)||||
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House | Glücksburg | ||||
Father | Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein | ||||
Mother | Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
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John Albert Victor Alexander Frederick Ernest Godfrey Augustus Henry Valdemar German: Hans Albrecht Viktor Alexander Friedrich Ernst Gottfried August Heinrich Waldemar |
Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, since 1931 of Schleswig-Holstein (12 May 1917, Schloss Louisenlund, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany – 10 August 1944, Zedlinsk, Poland) was the Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein and the heir apparent to the Head of the House of Oldenburg. Hans Albrecht was the eldest son of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. The Hereditary Prince fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1944 when he died from wounds received in action near Zedlinsk, Poland.