List of consorts of Holstein-Sonderburg explained

The Duchesses of Holstein-Sønderborg were the consorts of the rulers of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg and it many branches. Only one branch, the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Glücksburg, survive today but the current Glücksburg duchess hold the higher title of Duchess consort of Schleswig and Holstein

Duchess of consort Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, 1544–1668

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Elisabeth of Brunswick-GrubenhagenErnest III, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
(Brunswick-Grubenhagen)
20 March 155019 August 156811 February 1586John II
Agnes Hedwig of AnhaltJoachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt
(Ascania)
12 March 157314 February 15883 November 1616
Dorothea of Schwarzburg-SondershausenJohn Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
(Schwarzburg-Sondershausen)
23 August 157926 November 16049 October 1622
husband's accession
13 May 1627
husband's death
25 July 1639Alexander
Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
[1]
Anton II, Count of Delmenhorst
(Oldenburg-Delmenhorst)
28 March 16054 November 163428 June 1653
husband's death
12 December 1688John Christian
Eleonore Charlotte of Saxe-Lauenburg
Prince Franz Heinrich of Saxe-Lauenburg
(Ascania)
8 August 16461 November 16761688
Sonderburg's confiscation
9 February 1709Christian Adolf

Duchess consort Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen, 1688–1708

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
[2]
Anton II, Count of Delmenhorst
(Oldenburg-Delmenhorst)
28 March 16054 November 163428 June 1653
husband's death
12 December 1688John Christian
Eleonore Charlotte of Saxe-Lauenburg
Prince Franz Heinrich of Saxe-Lauenburg
(Ascania)
8 August 16461 November 16761688
Franzhagen's creation
11 January 1702
husband's death
9 February 1709Christian Adolf
Anna Barbara Dorothea of WinterfeldBarthold Dietrich von Winterfeld
(Winterfeld)
4 September 1670170513 July 1707
husband's accession
11 October 1708
husband's death
27 April 1739Louis Charles

Duchess consort Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, 1647–1931

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgPhilipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
27 June 163315 June 165118 January 1689
husband's death
26 May 1701Ernest Günther
Marie Therese of VelbrückKonrad Gumprecht, Baron of Velbrück
(Velbrück)
16951712Ernest August
Friederike Louise of Danneskiold-SamsøeChristian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø
(Danneskiold-Samsøe)
2 October 169921 July 172011 May 1731
husband's accession
2 December 1744Christian Augustus I
Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-PlönFrederick Charles, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön)
23 April 174426 May 176211 October 1770Frederick Christian I
Louise Auguste of DenmarkChristian VII of Denmark
(Oldenburg)
7 July 177127 May 178613 November 1794
husband's accession
14 June 1814
husband's death
13 January 1843Frederick Christian II
Countess Louise Sophie of Danneskiold-Samsøe
[3]
Christian Conrad, Count of Danneskiold-Samsøe
(Danneskiold-Samsøe)
22 September 179618 September 182011 March 1867Christian Augustus II
Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Ernst, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(Hohenlohe-Langenburg)
20 July 183511 September 185611 March 1869
husband's ascession
14 January 1880
husband's death
25 January 1900Frederick VIII
Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
30 April 18812 August 189822 February 1921
husband's death
21 January 1967Ernst Gunther
Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
[4]
Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg)
25 January 186019 March 188527 April 1931
husband's accession
20 February 1932Frederick Ferdinand
Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(Hohenlohe-Langenburg)
18 January 18995 February 191621 January 1934
husband's accession
10 February 1965
husband's death
8 November 1967William Frederick
Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe
Prince Stephan Alexander Viktor of Schaumburg-Lippe
(Schaumburg-Lippe)
2 April 19239 October 194710 February 1965
husband's accession
30 September 1980
husband's death
Peter
Elisabeth of Lippe-Weissenfeld
Alfred, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld
(Lippe-Weissenfeld)
28 July 195723 September 1981IncumbentChristoph

Duchess consort Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1647–1825

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Clara of OldenburgAnton II, Count of Delmenhorst
(Oldenburg)
19 April 160615 January 16451627
Beck's creation
19 January 1647August Philip
Sidonie of Oldenburg10 June 1611June 16491650
Maria Sibylla of Nassau-SaarbrückenWilliam Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
(Nassau)
6 October 162812 April 16516 May 1675
husband's death
9 April 1699
Hedwig Louise of Lippe-AlverdissenPhilip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe
(Lippe)
6 May 1650167626 September 1689
husband's death
18 March 1731August
Maria Antonia Isnardi di Castello, Contessa di SanfréFrancesco Antonio Isnardi di Castello, Conte di Sanfré
(Isnardi)
16928 February 170816 June 1719
husband's death
17 February 1762Frederick William I
Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-AugustenburgErnest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
(Augustenburg)
23 April 16581 January 168516 June 1719
husband's accession
7 March 1728
husband's death
2 May 1740Frederick Louis
Ursula Anna of Dohna-SchlobittenChristopher I, Burgrave and Count of Dohna-Schlodien
(Dohna)
31 December 17005 November 17217 March 1728
husband's accession
11 November 1749
husband's death
17 March 1761Frederick William II
Countess Friederike of SchliebenCount Karl Leopold von Schlieben
(Schlieben)
28 February 17579 March 178025 March 1816
husband's death
17 December 1827Frederick Karl Ludwig
Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-KasselPrince Charles of Hesse-Kassel
(Hesse-Kassel)
28 September 178926 January 181025 March 1816
husband's accession
6 July 1825
husband became Duke of Glücksburg
13 March 1867Frederick Wilhelm
Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, 1825–present
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-KasselPrince Charles of Hesse-Kassel
(Hesse-Kassel)
28 September 178926 January 18106 July 1825
husband became Duke of Glücksburg
17 February 1831
husband's death
13 March 1867Frederick Wilhelm
Princess Vilhelmine Marie of DenmarkFrederick VI of Denmark
(Oldenburg)
18 January 180819 May 183824 October 1878
husband's death
30 May 1891Karl
Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-LippeGeorge William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
(Lippe)
9 March 182116 October 184124 October 1878
husband's accession
27 November 1885
husband's death
30 July 1899Friedrich
Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
[5]
Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg)
25 January 186019 March 188527 November 1885
husband's accession
20 February 1932Frederick Ferdinand
Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(Hohenlohe-Langenburg)
18 January 18995 February 191621 January 1934
husband's accession
10 February 1965
husband's death
8 November 1967William Frederick
Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe
Prince Stephan Alexander Viktor of Schaumburg-Lippe
(Schaumburg-Lippe)
2 April 19239 October 194710 February 1965
husband's accession
30 September 1980
husband's death
Peter
Elisabeth of Lippe-Weissenfeld
Alfred, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld
(Lippe-Weissenfeld)
28 July 195723 September 198127 September 2023
husband's death
Christoph
Duchess consort Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg, 1647–1744
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Katharina of Waldeck-WildungenChristian, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen
(Waldeck-Wildungen)
20 October 161215 November 16431647
Wiesenburg's creation
24 November 1649Philip Louis
Anna Margaret of Hesse-HomburgFrederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
(Hesse-Homburg)
31 August 16295 May 16503 August 1686
Magdalene Christine of Reuss-ObergreizHeinrich I, Count of Reuss-Obergreiz
(Reuss-Obergreiz)
3 August 165228 July 168810 March 1689
husband's death
18 December 1697
Marie Elisabeth of LiechtensteinHans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein
(Liechtenstein)
3 May 16836 March 17137 October 1724
husband's accession
4 March 1744
husband's death
8 May 1744Leopold

Duchess consort Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg, 1622–1669

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Juliane of Saxe-LauenburgFrancis II of Saxe-Lauenburg
(Ascania)
26 December 15891 August 16271 December 1630Frederick
Eleonore of Anhalt-ZerbstRudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
(Ascania)
10 November 160815 February 163222 July 1658
husband's death
2 November 1680
Staatsbankrott und Übergabe an Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön

Duchess consort Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, 1622–?

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-LauenburgFrancis II of Saxe-Lauenburg
(Ascania)
24 May 160123 May 16241 February 1660Philipp
Sibylle Ursula of Brunswick-WolfenbüttelAugustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(Welf)
4 February 162913 September 166327 September 1663
husband accession
12 December 1671Christian
Agnes Hedwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-PlönJoachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön)
29 September 164010 May 167217 November 1698
husband death
20 November 1698
Christine of Saxe-EisenbergChristian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg
(Wettin)
4 March 167915 February 169924 May 1722Philipp Ernst
Katharine Christine of AhlefeldtDetlev Siegfried von Ahlefeldt
(Ahlefelft)
168717228 May 1726
Charlotte Marie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-AugustenburgPrince Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg)
5 September 169717 October 172612 November 1729
husband death
30 April 1760
Auguste of Lippe-DetmoldSimon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold
(Lippe-Detmold)
26 March 172519 June 174510 November 1766
husband death
5 August 1777Friedrich
Anna Karoline of Nassau-SaarbrückenWilliam Henry, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken
(Nassau-Weilburg)
31 December 17519 August 176913 March 1779
husband death
12 April 1824Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm

Duchess consort Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, 1622–1766

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Dorothea Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-GottorpJohn Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
(Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp)
12 May 160212 May 16335 October 1671
husband's death
13 March 1682Joachim Ernest
Dorothea Sophia of Brunswick-WolfenbüttelRudolph Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(Welf)
17 January 16532 April 16732 July 1704
husband's death
21 March 1722John Adolph
Countess Palatine Magdalene Juliane of Gelnhausen
[6]
John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
(Wittelsbach)
28 February 168626 November 17045 November 1720Joachim Frederick
Juliane Luise of Ostfriesland
Christian Everhard, Prince of Ostfriesland
(Cirksena)
13 June 169817 February 172128 May 1722
husband's death
6 February 1740
Countess Christiane Armgardis von ReventlowCount Christian Detlev von Reventlow
(Reventlow)
2 May 171118 July 173018 October 1761
husband's death
6 October 1779Frederick Charles

Duchess consort Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Rethwisch, ?–1729

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Isabelle de Merode-WesterlooFerdinand Philip of Merode
(Merode-Westerloo)
164921 January 1677?
Rethwisch's creation
17 September 1699
husband's death
7 January 1701Joachim Ernest II
Marie Cölestine de MerodeClaudius Francois of Merode
(Merode)
3 February 167917031713
divorce
24 November 1725John Ernest Ferdinand
Merged into Plön on May 21, 1729 after extinction.

Duchess consort Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg, 1679–1729

Second Creation
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Elisabeth Charlotte of Anhalt-HarzgerodeFrederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode
(Ascania)
11 February 16476 October 16661679
Wiesenburg's recreation
17 September 1699
husband's death
2 January 1723August
Countess Palatine Magdalene Juliane of Gelnhausen
[7]
John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
(Wittelsbach)
28 February 168626 November 17045 November 1720Joachim Frederick
Juliane Luise of Ostfriesland
Christian Everhard, Prince of Ostfriesland
(Cirksena)
13 June 169817 February 172128 May 1722
husband's death
6 February 1740
Merged into Plön on May 21, 1729

See also

Notes and References

  1. Also Duchess consort Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen.
  2. Also Duchess consort Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.
  3. Also Nominal Duchess consort of Schleswig and Holstein.
  4. Also Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
  5. Also Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
  6. Also Duchess consort Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg.
  7. Also Duchess consort Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön.