Wilhelm Friedrich | |||||
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Duke of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||
Head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||
Tenure | 21 January 1934 – 10 February 1965 | ||||
Predecessor | Friedrich Ferdinand | ||||
Successor | Peter | ||||
Born | Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, German Empire | 23 August 1891||||
Died | 10 February 1965 Coburg, Bavaria, West Germany | (aged 73)||||
Spouse |
Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(m. 1916) | ||||
Issue | Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein Prince Wilhelm Alfred Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Princess Marie Alexandra | ||||
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House | Glücksburg | ||||
Father | Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein | ||||
Mother | Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg |
Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, from 1934 Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (in German: Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Günther Albert Adolf Georg Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg then Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein; 23 August 1891 – 10 February 1965), was the sixth Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Head of the House of Oldenburg from 21 January 1934 until his death on 10 February 1965.[citation needed]