Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

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Albert Christian Adolf Karl Eugen zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born March 15, 1863 in Kiel , † April 23, 1948 in Glücksburg ) was a Prussian lieutenant general , president of the German Aviation Association and a member of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg family , a branch line of the House of Oldenburg .

Life

origin

Albert was the youngest son of Duke Friedrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1814–1885) and his wife Adelheid Christine , née Princess zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1821–1899), the second daughter of Prince Georg Wilhelm and Princess Ida Karoline Luise von Waldeck-Pyrmont . Albert was the grandfather of Ernst August von Hanover through the marriage of his daughter Ortrud to Ernst August IV, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987).

Military career

He embarked on a career as an officer in the Prussian Army and was commander of the Guard Cuirassier Regiment from November 20, 1903 to January 26, 1909 . He was then commissioned to lead the 21st Cavalry Brigade in Frankfurt am Main and shortly thereafter appointed commander of this brigade . On February 18, 1913 he was given the character of Lieutenant General à la suite in the army. In a family agreement of 1904, Albert's succession rights were recognized in the Oldenburg Grand Duchy in the event of the extinction of the ruling grand ducal line.

family

Albert married Countess Ortrud zu Ysenburg and Büdingen (1879–1918), daughter of Count Karl von Ysenburg and Büdingen (1819–1900) and his wife, Countess Agnes von Ysenburg and Büdingen (1843–1912) on October 14, 1906 on Meerholz ). The marriage had four children:

  • Marie Luise (1908–1969),
  • Friedrich Wilhelm (1909–1940),
  • Johann Georg (1911–1941),
  • Friedrich Ferdinand (1913-1989).

After Ortrud's death, he married Hertha zu Ysenburg and Büdingen, daughter of Bruno zu Ysenburg and Büdingen and Bertha zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, on September 19, 1920 in Büdingen . The daughter Ortrud Bertha Adelheid Hedwig (1925–1980) emerged from the marriage.

literature

  • Petra Dollinger: Women at the Ballenstedter Hof. Contributions to the history of politics and society at a royal court of the 19th century. 2 volumes, Leipzig 1999, p. 1096.
  • Wolfgang A. Mommsen : The bequests in the German archives (with additions from other holdings). (Directory of the written bequests in the German archives and libraries. Volume 1, Parts I and II), edited by Wolfgang A. Mommsen. Publications of the Federal Archives 17 / I and 17 / II. Boppard: Boldt, 1971, 1983, p. 1335.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 3: The occupation of the active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or list up to August 26, 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 , p. 5.
  2. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 13 of January 27, 1909, p. 272.
  3. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 453.
personal data
SURNAME Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Albert zu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Albert Christian Adolf Karl Eugen zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1948
Place of death Glücksburg