Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
| Princess Ortrud | |||||
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| Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick | |||||
| Born |
19 December 1925 Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
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| Died | 6 February 1980 (aged 54) | ||||
| Spouse |
Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover (m. 1951–80; her death) |
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| Issue |
Princess Marie, Countess von Hochberg Ernst August, Prince of Hanover Prince Ludwig Rudolph Princess Olga Alexandra, Princess of Leiningen Prince Heinrich |
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| House | Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | ||||
| Father | Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | ||||
| Mother | Princess Hertha of Ysenburg and Büdingen | ||||
| Full name | |
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| Ortrud Bertha Adelaide Hedwig |
Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Ortrud Prinzessin zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; Full given names: Ortrud Bertha Adelheid Hedwig), (19 December 1925, Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany – 6 February 1980) was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and a Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg by birth, and through her marriage to Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover, a member of the House of Hanover.
Ortrud was the daughter of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863–1948) and his second wife, Princess Hertha of Ysenburg and Büdingen (1883–1972), daughter of Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen.
Ortrud married Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (later Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick) on 31 August 1951 at Marienburg Castle, Nordstemmen, Hanover, Germany in a civil marriage ceremony. They were remarried four days later in a religious ceremony in Hanover. Ernest Augustus and Ortrud had six children:
After Ortrud's death in 1980, her widower husband Ernest Augustus married Ortrud's first cousin once removed, Countess Monika of Solms-Laubach, in 1981.
These are traditional, rather than legal, styles and titles sometimes used by courtesy.
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