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