Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

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Ducal coat of arms Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Glücksburg Castle in Schleswig-Holstein, the eponymous seat of the family branch and the official family seat
Sonderburg Castle , South Jutland (Denmark)

Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg , or Haus Glücksburg for short , is the name of a line founded in 1825, which comes from the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg , a branch line of the entire House of Oldenburg (see the family list of the House of Oldenburg, section Line Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderburg ). After the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg line was extinguished in 1931, the Glücksburg line, the name of which refers to the Glücksburg Castle on the Baltic Sea, is the only flourishing German line of the House of Schleswig-Holstein.

The house of Glücksburg belongs to the European aristocracy and to this day provides the monarchs of Denmark and Norway and until 1974 of Greece . Queen Sophia , daughter of the Greek king and mother of the Spanish king Felipe VI. , is also part of the Glücksburg line. The house is also linked to the British royal family , as Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , Queen Elizabeth II's husband , is a member of the family.

history

Christoph Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein

Johann Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg founded the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg in 1564 . August Philipp came from this house , who founded the house Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck in 1627 . It is named after the Beck bei Löhne house , whose land belonged to the dominion. From the Beck line emerged the younger Glücksburg line considered here in 1825 : Duke Friedrich Wilhelm was given the title Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg by the Danish King Friedrich VI. awarded, but without the power of rule that the Danish king himself exercised as the ruling duke of Schleswig and Holstein. While Duke Friedrich Wilhelm's older sons Karl and Friedrich continued the German, non-ruling ducal line of the House of Glücksburg, his younger son Christian IX came. In 1863, after the older, Danish royal line of the House of Oldenburg died out, he took the Danish throne (by asserting himself against the claims of the Augustenburg line ) and founded the branch of the House of Glücksburg, which still ruled Denmark today. As early as 1865, as a result of the German-Danish War , the Danish king lost the duchies of Schleswig , Holstein and Lauenburg to Prussia.

King Christian IX Son Wilhelm became King of Greece as George I in 1863 ; Carl, a grandson of Christian IX, became King of Norway in 1905 as Haakon VII . Many European royal families are related to the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg line to this day.

Dukes

Coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein
Surname time
Friedrich Wilhelm 1816-1831
Karl 1831-1878
Friedrich 1878-1885
Friedrich Ferdinand 1885-1918

Heads of the House of Schleswig-Holstein

Surname time
Friedrich Ferdinand 1918-1934
Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein 1934-1965
Peter of Schleswig-Holstein 1965-1980
Christoph of Schleswig-Holstein 1980–
Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein (Heritage)

Monarch of Denmark (since 1863)

Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Denmark
Surname Reign
Christian IX 1863-1906
Frederick VIII 1906-1912
Christian X. 1912-1947
Friedrich IX. 1947-1972
Margrethe II. since 1972

Kings of Greece (1863–1973)

First Kingdom of Greece

Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece 1863–1936
Surname Reign Remarks
George I. 1863-1913 murdered by assassin
Constantine I. 1913-1917 forced to abdicate
Alexander 1917-1920
Constantine I. 1920-1922 abdication
George II 1922-1924 Abdication, Greece becomes a republic

Second Kingdom of Greece

Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece 1936–1967
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Norway
Surname Reign Remarks
George II 1935-1947 recalled by referendum, 1941–1946 in exile
Paul 1947-1964
Constantine II 1964-1974 in exile since 1967 because of the military dictatorship, abolition of the monarchy in 1974

  • Royal Palace Athens (Parliament since 1929)

  • Crown Prince Palace Athens (royal residence from 1909)

Kings of Norway (since 1905)

Surname Reign
Haakon VII. 1905-1957
Olav V. 1957-1991
Harald V. since 1991

Other well-known members of the Glücksburg family

See also