Ernst Gunter ( , - , ) - titular duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg since January 14, 1880, Prussian cavalry general (June 16, 1913, honorary title).
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| him. Ernst Günther von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Frederick VIII | ||||||
| Successor | Albert | ||||||
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| Kind | Augustenburg House | ||||||
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Life
The third son of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Adelheida of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, brother of the German Empress Augusta Victoria . Since the older brothers died in infancy, Ernst Gunther succeeded his father in 1880 as the titular Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.
On August 2, 1898, he married Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1881–1967), the daughter of Prince Philip and Princess Louise of Belgium . The marriage was childless. On November 11, 1920, Ernst Gunter adopted Prince Johann Georg and his sister Princess Maria Louise, children of Prince Albrecht Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburgskogo .
Genealogy
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 116968265 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 The Peerage - 717826 copies.