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Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Prince Albrecht
Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Born (1863-03-15)15 March 1863
Kiel, Duchy of Holstein
Died 23 April 1948(1948-04-23) (aged 85)
Glücksburg, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Spouse Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg und Büdingen
Princess Hertha of Ysenburg und Büdingen
Issue Marie Luise, Princess Friedrich Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
Prince Johann Georg
Prince Friedrich Ferdinand
Ortrud, Princess of Hanover
Full name
Albert Christian Adolph Charles Eugene
German: Albrecht Christian Adolf Karl Eugen
House House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Father Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Mother Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
Full name
Albert Christian Adolph Charles Eugene
German: Albrecht Christian Adolf Karl Eugen

Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (15 March 1863, Kiel, Duchy of Holstein – 23 April 1948, Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) was the fifth and youngest child of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and his wife Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe and was a nephew of Christian IX of Denmark. Albrecht was the grandfather of Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover through his daughter Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

Albrecht was recognized by a family compact of 1904 as possessing rights of succession to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg in the event of the extinction of the reigning Grand Ducal line.

Albrecht married Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg und Büdingen (1879-1918), daughter of Count Karl of Ysenburg (1819-1900) und Büdingen on 14 October 1906 at Meerholz, Germany. Albrecht and Ortrud had four children:

After Ortrud's death, Albrecht married, secondly, Princess Hertha of Ysenburg und Büdingen (1883–1972), daughter of Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen and Countess Bertha of Castell-Rüdenhausen, on 19 September 1920 at Büdingen, Hesse, Germany., with issue.


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