Ernst Günther II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
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Ernst Gunther | |
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Duke of Schleswig-Holstein | |
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Born | Dolzig, Brandenburg, Prussia | 11 August 1863
Died | 22 February 1921 Primkenau, Lower Silesia, Prussia, Germany | (aged 57)
Spouse | Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
House | Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg |
Father | Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein |
Mother | Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
Religion | Lutheran |
Ernst Gunther II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (11 August 1863 – 22 February 1921), was a son of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He inherited his father's title as titular third duke of Schleswig-Holstein.
Marriage
On 2 August 1898 in Coburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, he married Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, daughter of Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Louise of Belgium. The grandfather of the bride, King Leopold II, did not attend the wedding but sent the Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold as wedding gift. The couple had no children. However, on 11 November 1920, Ernst Gunther adopted Prince Johann Georg (24 July 1911 – killed in Russia 23 June 1941) and his sister Princess Marie Luise (1908–1969, married 1st 1934 and div 1955 Rudolf Karl Freiherr von Stengel and married 2nd 1962 Friedrich Christian Prince zu Schaumburg-Lippe), children of his cousin Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863–1948).[1]
Honours
He received the following orders and decorations:[2]
- File:Flagge Herzogtum Anhalt.svg Duchy of Anhalt: Grand Cross of Albert the Bear, 1891[3]
- File:Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918).svg Austria-Hungary:[4]
- Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Leopold, 1889
- Grand Cross of St. Stephen, 1903
- File:Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1891-1918).svg Baden: Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1901[5]
- File:Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight of St. Hubert, February 1901[6]
- File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (military), 22 July 1898[7]
- File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Principality of Bulgaria: Grand Cross of St. Alexander
- Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg Saxe-Meiningen Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
- File:Flagge Großherzogtum Hessen ohne Wappen.svg Grand Duchy of Hesse: Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 2 August 1898[8]
- File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Kingdom of Italy: Grand Cross of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion
- File:Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg Kingdom of Prussia:
- Knight of the Red Eagle, 1st Class, 10 March 1881[9]
- Knight of the Black Eagle, 22 October 1892; with Collar, 17 January 1893[10]
- File:Flagge Großherzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1813-1897).svg Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon
- File:Flagge Königreich Sachsen (1815-1918).svg Kingdom of Saxony: Knight of the Rue Crown
- File:Swedish civil ensign (1844–1905).svg Sweden: Commander Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa, 1890[11]
- File:Flagge Königreich Württemberg.svg Württemberg: Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1892[12]
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References
- ↑ Almanach de Gotha (182nd ed.). Almanach de Gotha. 1998. pp. 135, 136. ISBN 0-9532142-0-6.
- ↑ Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat (1908), Herrenhaus p. 219
- ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Herzogtum Anhalt (1894) "Herzoglicher Haus-orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 17
- ↑ "Ritter-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1918, pp. 55, 74, retrieved 2 November 2019
- ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1902), "Großherzogliche Orden" p. 67
- ↑ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36380. London. 16 February 1901. p. 12.
- ↑ "Liste des Membres de l'Ordre de Léopold", Almanach Royale Belgique (in French), Bruxelles, 1899, p. 72 – via hathitrust.org
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Ludewigs-orden", Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1914, p. 6 – via hathitrust.org
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Rothen Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1886, p. 40
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Schwarzer Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.) (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1886, p. 5 – via hathitrust.org
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Sveriges statskalender (in svenska), 1915, p. 776, retrieved 8 November 2020 – via runeberg.org
- ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1907), "Königliche Orden" p. 29
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