Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Noble person

1863 – 1921

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Who was Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein?

Ernst Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein was a son of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He inherited his father's title as titular duke of Schleswig-Holstein.

He married Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, daughter of Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Louise of Belgium. The couple had no children. However on 11 November 1920 Ernst Günther adopted Prince Johann Georg and his sister Princess Marie Luise, children of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

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Born
Aug 11, 1863
Lubsko
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Nationality
  • Germany
Died
Feb 22, 1921
Przemków

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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