Editing Friedrich Ferdinand II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

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! colspan="2" |HRH The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Schleswig-Holstein_Friedrich_Ferdinand.jpg|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|Duke of [[Schleswig-Holstein]]
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|'''Reign'''
|27 September 2023 - present
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|'''Coronation'''
|19 April 2024
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|'''Predecessor'''
|[[Duke Christoph of Schleswig-Holstein|Christoph]]
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|'''Heir'''
|[[Augusta Amalia, Hereditary Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
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|'''Born'''
|19 July 1985 (age 40)

Glucksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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|'''Spouse'''
|[[Countess Alexandra of Stromberg]]
(m. 2017)
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|'''Issue'''
|[[Augusta Amalia, Hereditary Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein|Augusta Amalia, Hereditary Duchess]]
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|'''Name'''
|Friedrich Ferdinand
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|'''House'''
|Schleswig-Holstein
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|'''Father'''
|[[Duke Christoph of Schleswig-Holstein]]
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|'''Mother'''
|[[Princess Elisabeth of Lippe-Weissenfeld]]
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|'''Religion'''
|Lutheran
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'''Friedrich Ferdinand II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein''' (born ''Friedrich Ferdinand, Hereditary Duke of Schleswig-Holstein'' on 19 July 1985) is the current reigning Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.

==Life==
Friedrich Ferdinand was born the second child and eldest son of '''Duke Christoph of Schleswig-Holstein''' and '''Princess Elisabeth of Lippe-Weissenfeld'''.

==Marriage and Issue==
On 22 March 2017, Friedrich Ferdinand married '''Countess Alexandra of Stromberg''' in Guby. The couple have one daughter, '''Augusta Amalia'''. 
{| class="wikitable"
!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
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|[[File:Schleswig-Holstein Augusta Amalia.png|frameless|138x138px]]
|[[Augusta Amalia, Hereditary Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein]]
|12 May 2024
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==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Reisdences Schleswig-Holstein Glucksburg Castle.jpg|link=|Glucksburg Castle; Main Residence (September-May)
File:Reisdences Schleswig-Holstein Louisenlund Palace.JPG|link=|Louisenlund Palace; Summer Residence (June-August)
</gallery>

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1985-2023'''   Friedrich Ferdinand, Hereditary Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
* '''2023-present'''   Friedrich Ferdinand II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Schleswig-Holstein_Schleswig_Order.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Schleswig (2003)

===Foreign Honours===
[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Black_Eagle.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Black Eagle (2024) (Germany)

[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Red_Eagle.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Red Eagle (2017) (Germany)

==Ancestry==
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
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|[[Duke Christoph of Schleswig-Holstein]]
|[[Duke Peter of Schleswig-Holstein]]
[[Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
|[[Duke Wilhelm Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein]]
[[Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]]

[[Prince Stephan of Schaumburg-Lippe]]

[[Princess Ingeborg Alix of Oldenburg]]
|[[Duke Friedrich Ferdinand I of Schleswig-Holstein]]
[[Princess Caroline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein]]

[[Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]]

[[Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]

[[George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]]

[[Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg]]

[[Grand Duke Frederick Augustus II of Oldenburg]]

[[Princess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
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|[[Princess Elisabeth of Lippe-Weissenfeld]]
|[[Alfred II, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld]]
[[Irmgard von Wehrborn]]
|[[Alfred I, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld]]
[[Countess Franziska of Schonborn-Buchheim]]

[[Baron Gustav Wehrborn]]

[[Elisabeth Hammerle]]
|[[Alfred, Count of Lippe-Weissenfeld]]
[[Countess Amalia of Pallavicini]]

[[Friedrich Karl, Count of Schonborn-Buchheim]]

[[Dona Teresa Dentice]]

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==Lines of Succession==
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! colspan="3" |Friedrich Ferdinand II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
House of Schleswig-Holstein 

Born: 19 July 1985 
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| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
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|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Schleswig-Holstein]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
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|<center><small>Incumbent</small>
'''<small>preceded by</small>'''
[[Duke Christoph of Schleswig-Holstein|'''<small>Christoph</small>''']]</center>
|<center>Incumbent</center>
|<center>[[Augusta Amalia, Hereditary Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein]]</center>
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== Notes ==
Face: Robert Pattinson
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[[Category:Monarchs of Schleswig-Holstein]]
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