Duke Peter of Schleswig-Holstein

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HRH The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Titles Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Reign 10 February 1965 – 30 September 1980
Coronation 17 August 1965
Predecessor Wilhelm Friedrich
Successor Christoph
Biographical Information
Born 30 April 1922

Guby, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Died 30 September 1980 (aged 58)

Thumby, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Spouse Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe

(m. 1947; d. 1980)

Issue Marita, Baroness Plotho

Christoph
Prince Alexander
Princess Ingeborg

Name Frederick Ernest Peter
House Schleswig-Holstein
Father Duke Wilhelm Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein
Mother Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Religion Lutheran

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Marita, Baroness Plotho 5 September 1948 Wilfried, Baron Plotho (m. 1975); has issue
Christoph 22 August 1949 27 September 2023 (aged 74) Princess Elisabeth of Lippe-Weissenfeld (m. 1981); had issue
Prince Alexander 9 July 1953 Princess Lavinia of Yugoslavia (m. 1994); has issue
Princess Ingeborg 9 July 1956 Unmarried and without issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1922-1931 Prince Peter of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
  • 1931-1934 Prince Peter of Schleswig-Holstein
  • 1934-1965 Peter, Hereditary Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
  • 1965-1980 Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Duke Wilhelm Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein Duke Friedrich Ferdinand I of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Caroline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein

Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe

Duke Frederick VIII of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel

George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Duke Christian Augustus II of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Countess Louise of Danneskiold-Samsoe

Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Feodora of Leiningen

Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Leopoldine of Baden

Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia

Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Feodora of Leiningen

Prince William of Baden

Princess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Wurttemberg

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Emperor Alexander II of Russia

Princess Marie of Hesse

Notes[edit | edit source]

Face: Jason Robards