House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
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Ernest Günther | |
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| Dissolution | 27 April 1931 |
The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (Danish: Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Augustenborg) was a branch of the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg of the House of Oldenburg. The line descended from Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. Like all of the secondary lines from the Sonderburg branch, the heads of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg were first known as Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein and Dukes of Sonderburg. The family took its name from its ancestral home, Augustenborg Palace in Augustenborg, Denmark.
History
The branch originated from
Ernest Günther had a castle built in the years after 1651, which received the name of Augustenburg in honor of his wife,
The Dukes of Augustenburg were not sovereign rulers—they held their lands in
Later, a Danish king made the head of that line specifically Duke of Augustenburg. In the late 18th century, since 1764, the branch of Schleswig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Augustenburg was genealogically the next senior branch immediately after the main line of Danish kings. King
In 1764,
In 1810, a younger scion of the family,
In the early 19th century, the Danish royal line started to go extinct. The Duke of Augustenburg was the next male-line heir to the royal house, though not descended in male line from
The ducal line died out in 1931. In November 1920, its penultimate head had adopted Prince Johann Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and his sister Princess Marie Luise, children of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
List of Dukes
- Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
- Ernest Günther, (1647–1689)
- Frederick (1689–1692), son
- Ernest August (1692–1731), brother
- Christian August I (1731–1754), nephew
- Frederik Christian I (1754–1794), son
- Frederik Christian II(1794–1814), son
- Christian August II (1814–1869), son
- Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein
- Frederik VIII August(1863–1880), son
- Frederick proclaimed himself Duke of Schleswig-Holstein in 1863, but did not obtain sovereign possession.
- Ernest Günther II (1880–1921), son
- Albert (1921–1931), cousin
Like the kings of the earlier Oldenburg line, of which the House of Glücksburg is a
References
- ISBN 0-9532142-0-6.
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