Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg explained

Alexander
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
Royal House:Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
Spouse:Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Issue:
Birth Date:20 January 1573
Birth Place:Sønderborg
Death Place:Sønderborg- Beck
Father:John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
Mother:Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, (20 January 157313 May 1627) was a Danish nobleman.[1]

Alexander was born in Sønderborg (German: Sonderburg) in Schleswig, the third son of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen. Because his elder surviving brother chose Ærø as his seat, Alexander received Sønderborg upon their father's death and was in practice its second duke. Alexander died in Sønderborg.

Marriage and issue

Alexander married Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, daughter of John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, on 26 November 1604 in Oldenburg. They had eleven children:

Notes and References

  1. Stokvis, Anthony Marinus Hendrik Johan (1890-93). Manuel d'histoire, de généalogie et de chronologie de tous les États du globe, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours (E.J. Brill Leide edición).