Friedrich Ferdinand (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)

Duke Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Duke Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg , full name Friedrich Ferdinand Georg Christian Karl Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born October 12, 1855 in Kiel , † January 21, 1934 in Primkenau (today: Przemków in Poland )) was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg , a branch line of the House of Oldenburg and General of the Cavalry à la suite of the Prussian Army .

Life

Friedrich Ferdinand was the eldest son of Duke Friedrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1814–1885) and his wife Princess Adelheid Christine zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1821–1899), the second daughter of Prince Georg Wilhelm and Princess Ida Karoline Luise from Waldeck-Pyrmont . He attended the Vitzthumsche Gymnasium in Dresden .

Primkenau Castle, where Duke Friedrich Ferdinand died in 1934. Painting around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

He embarked on a career as an officer in the Prussian Army and served, among other things, in Fusilier Regiment No. 86 in Flensburg , in Hussar Regiment No. 14 and in Infantry Regiment No. 85 . During his service, he rose to the rank of general of the cavalry à la suite. In 1894 Friedrich Ferdinand became a hereditary member of the Prussian manor house . At the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, his property with around 4500 hectares was one of the largest estates in the province of Schleswig-Holstein , after he had been able to expand it to include some properties in Schwansen . Around 1,600 people lived on his estate and ensured the economic situation of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. In the years from 1922 to 1923 he brought his family's main residence, Glücksburg Castle , to a foundation of the ducal house and made it accessible to the public as a museum. The general administration of the goods moved its headquarters to Grünholz in 1928 .

Friedrich Ferdinand succeeded his father, who died in 1885, and became the last nominal (non-ruling) Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg . In 1931 he succeeded his cousin Albert von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg , the last duke of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg line , as head of the Schleswig-Holstein family.

family

On March 19, 1885, the then Prince Friedrich Ferdinand married Princess Victoria Friederike Augusta Maria Caroline Mathilde (1860–1932), the second daughter of Duke Friedrich VIII of Schleswig-Holstein -Sonderburg-Augustenburg and Princess Adelheid, on the manor Dolzig in Niederlausitz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg , as well as the younger sister of the last German Empress Auguste Viktoria . The marriage had six children:

• Viktoria Adelheid Helena Louise Maria Frederike (1885–1970) ⚭ 1905 Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 2nd Duke of Albany (1884–1954)
• Alexandra Viktoria Auguste Leopoldine Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine (1887–1957)

⚭ 1908–1920 August Wilhelm Prince of Prussia (1887–1949)

⚭ 1922–1933 Arnold Rümann (1884–1951)

• Helena Adelheid Viktoria Marie (1888–1962) ⚭ 1909 Prince Harald of Denmark (1876–1949)
• Adelheid Luise (1889–1964) ⚭ 1914 Prince Friedrich III. zu Solms-Baruth (1886–1951)
• Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Günther Albert Adolf Georg (1891–1965) ⚭ 1916 Princess Marie Melita Leopoldine Viktoria zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1899–1967)
• Viktoria Irene Adelheid Auguste Alberta Feodora Karoline-Mathilde (1894–1972) ⚭ 1920 Count Hans zu Solms-Baruth (1893–1972)

literature

• Mathias Hattendorff: The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Börde-Verlag, Werl 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814458-3-1 , p. 38 ff.
• Silke Marburg: European high nobility. King John of Saxony (1801–1873) and the internal communication of a social formation. Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-05-004344-9 .
• Ludwig Denecke : The bequests in the German archives. (= Directory of the written papers in German archives and libraries. Volume 1). (with additions from other holdings). Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard 1969, p. 1335.
• Wilhelm Horst: The origin and development of the Masonic lodges in Schleswig-Holstein. Ludwig 2004, ISBN 3-933598-89-3 .
• Dieter E. Kilian : Kai-Uwe von Hassel and his family. Between the Baltic Sea and East Africa. Military-biographical mosaic. Hartmann, Miles-Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-937885-63-6 .
• John CG Röhl : Wilhelm II. 3 volumes. Beck, Munich 1993-2008: Volume 2: The Structure of the Personal Monarchy. 1888-1900. 2001, ISBN 3-406-48229-5 .
• 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.

Web links

• First Commodore of the FSC

Individual evidence

1. ^ Silke Marburg: European high nobility. King John of Saxony (1801–1873) and the internal communication of a social formation. Berlin 2008, p. 171.
2. ^ Dieter E. Kilian: Kai-Uwe von Hassel and his family. Between the Baltic Sea and East Africa. Military-biographical mosaic. Hartmann, Miles-Verlag, Berlin 2013, p. 154.
3. ^ John CG Röhl: Wilhelm II. 3 volumes. Beck, Munich 1993–2008: Volume 2: The Structure of the Personal Monarchy, 1888–1900. 2001, ISBN 3-406-48229-5 , p. 694.
4. ↑ Duke Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg declares himself ready to accept the "dignity" of our club as a commodore.

predecessor	Office	successor
Friedrich	Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1885–1918	-