This particular line comes from the Dukes of Schleswig
-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. The last of them became Duke
of Glücksburg and then changed his title accordingly to
Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
-Glücksburg. He was married to Princess Louise Caroline
of Hesse-Kassel, a granddaughter of King Frederick V
of Denmark. Neither the Dukes of Beck nor of Glücksburg
were sovereign rulers - they held their lands in fief
to the sovereign dukes of Schleswig and Holstein (the
Kings of Denmark) and, before 1773, the Dukes of
Holstein-Gottorp.

Christian IX of Denmark, the fourth son of Friedrich
Wilhelm, was chosen by the childless King Frederick VII
of Denmark to be his heir, as Christian was married to
Frederick's first cousin, Luise of Hesse-Kassel. Wilhelm,
the second son of Crown Prince Christian and Crown
Princess Luise, was elected King of the Hellenes on March
30, 1863 to succeed the deposed Wittelsbach Otto of Greece
and took the name George I of Greece. His father became
King of Denmark as Christian IX on November 15, 1863.

Prince Carl, the second son of Frederick VIII of Denmark,
Christian IX's eldest son, became King of Norway on November
18, 1905 as Haakon VII of Norway. Christian IX's daughters,
Alexandra of Denmark and Dagmar of Denmark (who became 
Maria Feodorovna), married Edward VII of the United Kingdom  
and Alexander III of Russia, respectively. Meaning that by 1914,
descendants of King Christian IX were nearly as prevalent
on European thrones as those of Queen Victoria.

     

FRIEDRICH Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
-Beck, 22 Mar 1775(Königsberg 20 Aug 1757-Wellingsbüttel

24 Apr 1816); m.Königsberg 9 Mar 1780 Friederike Gfn von
Schlieben (Königsberg 28 Feb 1757-Schleswig 17 Dec 1827)

1a) Elisabeth Friederike Sophie Amelie Charlotte
(Stargard 13 Dec 1780-Gnadenberg 19 Jan 1862);

m.Leipzig 23 Feb 1800 Samuel Frhr von
Richthofen (6 Jan 1769-25 Feb 1808)

2a) Maria Dorothea Henriette Luise (Lindenau,
nr Königsberg 28 Sep 1783-Schloß Pless 24 Nov 1803);

m.Lindenau 20 Aug 1803 Ferdinand, Duke
of Anhalt-Köthen (25 Jun 1769-23 Aug 1830)

3a) Friedrich WILHELM Paul Leopold, Duke of Schleswig-
Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-
Sonderburg-Glücksburg from 6 Jul 1825 (Lindenau 4 Jan
1785-Gottorp 17 Feb 1831); m.Gottorp 26 Jan 1810 Luise
Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel.(Gottorp 28 Sep 1789-
Ballenstedt 13 Mar 1867)

1b) Luise Marie Friederike (Gottorp 23 Oct 1810-Dresden 11 May 1869);
m.1st Harburg 19 May 1837 Friedrich von Lasperg Dec 1796-9 May 1843);
m.2d Dresden 3 Oct 1846 Alfred Gf von Hohenthal (5 Dec 1805-16 Nov 1860)

2b) Friederike Karoline Juliane (Gottorp 9 Oct 1811-
Alexisbad 10 Jul 1902); m.Luisenlund 30 Oct 1834

Alexander Karl Pr of Anhalt-Bernburg
(Ballenstedt 2 Mar 1805-19 Aug 1863)

3b) KARL, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-
Glucksburg(Gottorp 30 Sep 1813-Luisenlund 24 Oct 1878);

m.Copenhagen 19 May 1838 Wilhelmina Pss of
Denmark (Kiel 18 Jan 1808-Glücksburg 30 May 1891)

4b) FRIEDRICH, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
-Glücksburg (Schleswig 23 Oct 1814-Schleswig 27 Nov 1885);

m.Bückeburg 16 Oct 1841 (div 1848)
Adelheid Pss zu Schaumburg-Lippe

(Bückeburg 9 Mar 1821-Itzehoe 30 Jul 1899);
remarried Turin 7 May 1854 his first wife

1c) Marie Karoline Auguste Ida Luise (Kiel 27 Feb
1844-Rotenburg 16 Sep 1932); m.Luisenlund 6 Dec 1884
Wilhelm Pr of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
(Burgsteinfurt 3 Oct 1831-Rotenburg 17 Jan 1890)

2c) FRIEDRICH FERDINAND Georg Christian Karl Wilhelm,
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and
from 27 Apr 1931 Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel 12
Oct 1855- Luisenlund 21 Jan 1934); m.Primkenau 19 Mar
1885 Karoline Mathilde Pss of Schleswig- Holstein-
Sonderburg-Augustenburg (Augustenburg 25 Jan 1860-
Grünholz 20 Feb 1932)

1d) Viktoria Adelheid Helene Luise Marie Friederike (Grünholz
31 Dec 1885-Coburg 3 Oct 1970); m.Glücksburg 11 Oct 1905 Carl
Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Pr of Great Britain and
Ireland, etc (Claremont House 19 Jul 1884-Coburg 6 Mar 1954)

2d) Alexandra Viktoria Auguste Leopoldine Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine
(Grünholz 21 Apr 1887-Lyon 15 Apr 1957); m.1st Berlin 22 Oct 1908 (div
1920) Pr August Wilhelm of Prussia (Potsdam 29 Jan 1887-Stuttgart 26
Mar 1949); m.2d Grünholz 7 Jan 1922 (div 1933) Arnold Rümann (1884-1951)

3d) Helene Adelheid Viktoria Marie (Grünholz 1 Jun 1888-Hellerup
30 Jun 1962); m.Glücksburg 28 Apr 1909 Harald Pr of Denmark
(Charlottenlund 8 Oct 1876-Copenhagen 30 Mar 1949)

4d) Adelheid Luise (Grünholz 19
Oct 1889-Salzburg 11 Jun 1964);

m.Potsdam 1 Aug 1914 Friedrich Fst zu Solms-Baruth
(Klitschdorf 25 Mar 1886-Windhoek, So.Africa 12 Sep 1951)

5d) Wilhelm FRIEDRICH Christian Günther Albert
Adolf Georg, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
(Grünholz 23 Aug 1891-Grünholz 12 Feb 1965);

m.Coburg 15 Feb 1916 Marie Melita Pss zu Hohenlohe-
Langenburg (Langenburg 18 Jan 1899-Munich 8 Nov 1967)

1e) Hans Viktor Alexander Friedrich Ernst Gottfried
August Heinrich Albert Waldemar (Schloß Luisenlund
12 May 1917-k.a. Zedlinsk, Poland 10 Aug 1944)

2e) Wilhelm Alfred Ferdinand (Schloß Luisenlund
24 Sep 1919-Kiel 17 Jun 1926)

3e) Friedrich Ernst PETER, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
(Schloß Luisenlund 30 Apr 1922- Bienebek 30 Sep 1980);

m.Glücksburg 9 Oct 1947 Marie Alix Pss zu
Schaumburg-Lippe (b.Bückeburg 2 Apr 1923)

1f) Marita (b.Schloß Luisenlund 5 Sep 1948); m.Glücksburg
23 May 1975 Wilfried Frhr von Plotho (b.Bliestorf 10 Aug 1942)

1g) Christoph Frhr von Plotho,
b.Eckernförde 14 Mar 1976

2g) Irina Frn von Plotho,
b.Eckernförde 28 Jan 1978

1g) Sophie (b.Eckernförde 9 Oct 1983)

2g) Friedrich Ferdinand
(b.Eckernförde 19 Jul 1985)

3g) Constantin
(b.Eckernförde 14 Jul 1986)

4g) Leopold (
b.Eckernförde 5 Sep 1991)

3f) Alexander (b.Bienebek 9 Jul 1953);
m.Munich 29 Aug 1994 (rel) San Cabaneta,

Majorca 3 Sep 1994 Barbara Beata Fertsch
(Friedberg 27 Jul 1961-28 Apr 2009)

1g) Elena (b.Hamburg 25 Jan 1995)

2g) Julian Nicolaus (b.Hamburg 20 Oct 1997)

4f) Ingeborg (b.Bienebek 9 Jul 1956); m.Glücksburg
1 Jun 1991 Nikolaus Broschek (b.Munich 30 May 1941)

1g) Alexis Nikolaus Peter
Johannes Broschek, b.Hamburg 12 Dec 1995

4e) Marie Alexandra Caroline-Mathilde Viktoria Irene
(Schloß Luisenlund 9 Jul 1927- Friedrichshafen 14 Dec 2000);

m.Grünholz 27 Jul 1970 Douglas Barton
-Miller (b.San Francisco 8 Dec 1929)

6d) Viktoria Irene Adelheid Auguste Alberta Feodora Karoline
-Mathilde (Grünholz 1 May 1894- Salzburg 28 Jan 1972);

m.Glücksburg 27 May 1920 Hans Gf zu Solms-Baruth
(Klitschdorf 3 Apr 1893-Salzburg 9 Oct 1971)

3c) Luise Karoline Juliane (Kiel 6 Jan 1858-Marburg an
der Lahn 2 Jul 1936); m.Schloß Luisenlund 29 Apr 1891

Georg Viktor Fst zu Waldeck und Pyrmont
(Arolsen 14 Jan 1831-Marienbad 12 May 1893)

4c) Marie Wilhelmine Luise Ida Friederike Mathilde Hermine
(Schloß Grünholz 31 Aug 1859-Itzehoe 26 Jun 1941)

5c) Albrecht Christian Adolf Karl Eugen (Kiel 15 Mar 1863-
Glücksburg 23 Apr 1948); m.1st Meerholz 14 Oct 1906 Ortrud
Gfn zu Isenburg-Büdingen in Meerholz (Meerholz 15 Jan 1879
-Gotha 28 Apr 1918); m.2d Büdingen 19 Sep 1920 Hertha Pss
zu Isenburg-Büdingen in Büdingen (Büdingen 27 Dec 1883
-Glücksburg 30 May 1972)

1d) Viktoria Marie Luise Agnes Calma Elisabeth Irmgard
(Berlin 8 Dec 1908-Wiesbaden 29 Dec 1969); m.1st Primkenau
19 Apr 1934 (div 1955) Rudolf Karl Frhr von Stengel
(Munich 7 Dec 1899-Rieden 21 Sep 1969); m.2d Glücksburg
8 Oct 1962 Friedrich Christian Pr zu Schaumburg-Lippe
(Bückeburg 5 Jan 1906-Wasserburg am Inn 20 Sep 1983)

1e) Hertha Margarete Frn von Stengel, b.Berlin
10 Jan 1935; m.Valencia 27 Dec 1955 Adolfo de
Ceno Clemares (b.Murcia 25 Jan 1933)

1f) Maria Teresa de
Ceno Clemares, b.1 Oct 1956

2f) Adolfo de Ceno
Clemares, b.14 Nov 1957

3f) Enrique de Ceno
Clemares, b.30 Jan 1959

2d) Friedrich Wilhelm August Ferdinand Alexander Karl Eduard
Ernst Gustav (Frankfurt 29 Dec 1909-k.a.Trier 6 Jun 1940)

3d) Johann Georg Wilhelm Viktor Heinrich Konstantin Günther
Friedrich Christian (Gotha 24 Jul 1911-k.a.in Russia 23 Jun 1941)

4d) Friedrich Ferdinand Karl Ernst August Wilhelm Harald
Kasimir Nicola (Gotha 14 May 1913-Glücksburg 31 May 1989)
; m.Willigrad bei Schwerin 1 Sep 1943 Anastasia Dss of
Mecklenburg (Gelbensande bei Ribnitz, Mecklenburg 11 Nov
1922-Hamburg 25 Jan 1979)

1e) Elisabeth Marie Alexandra (b.Schleswig 10 Sep
1945); m.Glücksburg 2 Jan 1975 (rel) 5 Jan 1975

Ferdinand Heinrich Pr zu Isenburg und Büdingen
(Frankfurt 19 Oct 1940- Büdingen 8 Mar 1989)

2e) Irene Olga Adelheid (b.Flensburg 11 Oct 1946)

3e) Margaretha Friederike Luise (b.Flensburg 10 Feb 1948)

4e) Sibylla Ursula Ortrud
(b.Flensburg 11 Sep 1955);

m.Glücksburg 24 Oct 1980 (rel) 25 Oct 1980 Dieter
Franz (b.Kirchberg an der Jagst 26 Mar 1950)

1f) Friedrich Emil (Frithjof)
Franz, b.Tübingen 22 Apr 1981

2f) Johanna Elisa Franz,
b.Tübingen 10 Mar 1983

3f) Philipp Georg Franz,
b.Eckernförde 1 Apr 1986

5d) Ortrud Bertha Adelheid Hedwig (Flensburg 19 Dec
1925-Hannover 6 Feb 1980); m.(civ) Schloß Marienburg
31 Aug 1951 (rel)

Hannover 4 Sep 1951 Ernst August Pr of Hannover
(Braunschweig 18 Mar 1914-Hannover 9 Dec 1987)

5b) Wilhelm (Gottorp 10 Apr
1816-Fredensborg 5 Sep 1893)

6b) Christian, who in 1863 became
King Christian IX of Denmark (1818-1906); see Denmark

7b) Luise (Gottorp 18 Nov
1820-Itzehoe 30 Nov 1894)

8b) Julius (Gottorp 14 Oct 1824-Itzehoe
1 Jun 1903); m.(morganatically) Itzehoe 2 Jul 1883

Elisabeth von Ziegesar, cr Gfn von Roest
1 Jul 1883 (Wiesa 18 Jun 1856-Montreux 20 Nov 1887)

9b) Johann (Hans) (Gottorp
5 Dec 1825-Copenhagen 27 May 1911)

10b) Nikolaus (Gottorp 22
Dec 1828-Berlin 18 Aug 1849)  

       

1a) Luise Christine Karoline (Augustenburg
16 Feb 1763-Augustenburg 27 Jan 1764)

2a) Luise Christine Karoline (Augustenburg
17 Feb 1764-Arnstadt 2 Aug 1815)

3a) FRIEDRICH CHRISTIAN II, Duke of
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

(Augustenburg 28 Sep 1765-Augustenburg
14 Jun 1814); m.Christiansborg 27 May 1786

Luise Pss of Denmark (Horsholm 7
Jul 1771- Augustenburg 13 Jan 1843)

1b) Karoline Amalie (Copenhagen 28 Jun 1796-Copenhagen 9 Mar 1881);
m.Augustenburg 22 May 1815 King Christian VIII of Denmark
(Christiansborg 18 Sep 1786-Amalienborg 20 Jan 1848)

2b) CHRISTIAN Karl Friedrich August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-
Sonderburg-Augustenburg, renounced his rights to the Duchy of
Schleswig-Holstein in favor of his son (Copenhagen 19 Jul 1798-
Primkenau 11 Mar 1869); m.Braaby 18 Sep 1820 Css Lovisa-Sophie
Danneskjold-Samsøe (Gisselfeld 22 Sep 1797-Primkenau 11 Mar 1867)

1c) Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl August
(Augustenburg 20 Jul 1821-Augustenburg 3 May 1823)

2c) Luise Auguste (Augustenburg
28 Aug 1823-Pau 30 May 1872)

3c) Karoline Amelie (Augustenburg
15 Jan 1826-Cairo 3 May 1901)

4c) Wilhelmine (Augustenburg 24
Mar 1828-Augustenburg 4 Jul 1829)

5c) FRIEDRICH Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-
Sonderburg-Augustenburg, claimed to succeed King Frederik
VII of Denmark as Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (Augustenburg
6 Jul 1829- Wiesbaden 14 Jan 1880); m.Augustenburg 11 Sep
1856 Pss Adelheid zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Langenburg 20
Jan 1835-Dresden 25 Jan 1900)

1d) Friedrich (Dolzig 3 Aug 1857-Dolzig 29 Oct 1858)

2d) Auguste Viktoria Friederike Luise Feodore
Jenny (Dolzig 22 Oct 1858-Haus Doorn 11 Apr 1921);

m.Berlin 27 Feb 1882 Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
(Berlin 27 Jan 1859-Haus Doorn 4 Jun 1941)

3d) Viktoria Friederike Auguste Marie Karoline Mathilde
(Augustenburg 25 Jan 1860-Grünholz 20 Feb 1932);

m.Primkenau 19 Mar 1885 Duke Friedrich Ferdinand of
Schleswig-Holstein- Glücksburg (Kiel 12 Oct 1855-
Schloß Luisenlund 21 Jan 1934)

4d) Friedrich Viktor Leopold Christian
Gerhard (Dolzig 20 Jan 1862-Dolzig 11 Apr 1862)

5d) ERNST GÜNTHER, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
(Dolzig 11 Aug 1863-Primkenau 22 Feb 1921);

m.Coburg 2 Aug 1898 Pss Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg
-Gotha (Vienna 30 Apr 1881-Taxis 21 Jan 1967)

6d) Feodora Luise Sophie Adelheid Henriette
Amalie (Kiel 8 Apr 1866-Bad Nauheim 28 Apr 1952);

m.Berlin 24 Jun 1889 Friedrich Leopold Pr of
Prussia (Berlin 16 Nov 1865-Flatow 13 Sep 1931)

7d) Feodore Adelheid Helene Luise Karoline Gustave
Pauline Alice Jenny (Primkenau 3 Jul 1874-Oberasbach 21 Jun 1910)

6c) Friedrich Christian Karl August, granted the
style Royal Highness in Great Britain (Augustenburg
22 Jan 1831-Schomberg House, London 28 Oct 1917)
m.Windsor 5 Jul 1866 Helena Pss of Great Britain
and Ireland, etc (Buckingham Palace 25 May 1846-
Schomberg House 9 Jun 1923)

1d) Christian Victor Albert Ludwig Ernst Anton (Windsor
Castle 14 Apr 1867-Pretoria, So.Africa 29 Oct 1900)

2d) ALBERT John Charles Frederick Arthur George, Duke of
Schleswig Holstein (Frogmore House 26 Feb 1869-Berlin 27 Apr 1931)

3d) Victoria Louise Sophia Augusta Amelia Helena
(Helena Victoria), relinquished her German titles
1917 and was granted the title Pss Helena Victoria
(Highness)(Frogmore House 3 May 1870-London 13 Mar 1948)

4d) Franziska Josepha Louise Augusta Marie Christina Helena
(Marie Louise), relinquished her German titles 1917 and was
granted the title Pss Marie Louise (Highness) (Cumberland
Lodge 12 Aug 1872-London 8 Dec 1956); m.Windsor Castle 6 Jul
1891 (div 1900) Pr Aribert of Anhalt (Wörlitz 6 Jun 1864-
Munich 24 Dec 1933)

5d) Frederick Christian Augustus Leopold Edward Harald
(Cumberland Lodge 12 May 1876- Cumberland Lodge 20 May 1876)

7c) Karoline Christiane Auguste Emilie Henriette
Elisabeth (Augustenburg 2 Aug 1833-Kiel 18 Oct 1917);

m.Primkenau 28 Feb 1872 Johann Friedrich von
Esmarch (Tönning 9 Jan 1823-Kiel 23 Feb 1908)

3b) Friedrich Emil August, cr Pr von Noer 6 Oct 1864 (Kiel
23 Aug 1800-Beirut 2 Jul 1865); m.1st Augustenburg 17 Sep
1829 Css Henriette Danneskjold-Samsoe (Gisselfeld 9 May 1806
-Paris 10 Sep 1858); m.2d Paris 3 Nov 1864 Mary Esther Lee
(New York City 3 Oct 1837-Hannover 4 Jul 1914)

1c) Friedrich Christian Karl August Pr von Noer, cr Gf von
Noer 12 Apr 1870 (Gottorp 23 Aug 1830-Noer 25 Dec 1881);
m.Hamburg 17 May 1870 Carmelita Eisenblat (La Guayra,
Venezuela 21 Aug 1848-Schloß Noer 11 Aug 1912)

1d) Carmelita Luisa Henriette Laïla Gfn von Noer (Noer 22 Apr
1871-Noer 9 May 1948); m.1st Noer 14 Oct 1894 (div 1916)
Ernst Ludwig Gf zu Rantzau (Schleswig 29 May 1869-Annetenhöh
27 Nov 1930); m.2d Oberhof 7 Sep 1921 Rudolf Humbert
(Frankfurt 15 Apr 1880-Noer 29 Oct 1954)

2d) Luise Amelie Gfn von Noer (Noer 1 Nov
1873-Kiel 2 Jun 1955); m.London 26 Nov 1899

Pr Karl Vlangali-Handjeri (Manerbe
28 Jul 1866-Manerbe 1 Nov 1933)

2c) Christian Gf von Noer
(Noer 13 Dec 1832-Noer 3 Feb 1834)

3c) Luise Karoline Henriette Auguste Gfn von
Noer (Schleswig 29 Jul 1836-Manerbe 25 Sep 1866);

m.London 24 Oct 1865 Pr Michael Vlangali-Handjeri
(Tiblisi 12 Nov 1833-Manerbe 27 Jul 1911)

4c) Marie Gfn von Noer
(Schleswig 8 Aug 1838-3 Feb 1839)

4a) Friedrich Karl Emil (Augustenburg
8 Mar 1767-Leipzig 14 Jun 1841);

m.Leipzig 29 Sep 1801 Sophie Eleonore
Friederike von Scheel (Pinneberg 26
Dec 1778-Leipzig 18 Nov 1836)

1b) Friedrich August Emil (Leipzig
3 Feb 1802-Copenhagen 31 Jan 1843)

2b) Charlotte Luise Dorothea Josephine
(Hamburg 24 Jan 1803-Dresden 8 Feb 1880)

3b) Pauline Viktoria Anna Wilhelmine
(Leipzig 9 Feb 1804-Dresden 10 Oct 1887)

4b) Georg Erik (Leipzig 14 Mar
1805-Lauban Jul 1849)

5b) August Konstantin Alexander
(Leipzig 14 Mar 1805-Leipzig 12 Jan 1807)

6b) Julius Alexander (Leipzig 7
Jun 1807-Leipzig 7 Aug 1807)

7b) Heinrich Carl Waldemar (Leipzig
13 Oct 1810-Mainz 20 Jan 1871)

8b) Amalie Eleonore Sophie Karoline
(Leipzig 9 Jan 1813-Dresden 19 Sep 1870)

9b) Sophie Bertha Clementine Auguste
(Leipzig 30 Jan 1815-Dresden 11 Apr 1861)

5a) Christian August, adopted as Crown Prince of
Sweden, as Pr Carl August, 1809 (Augustenburg 9
Jul 1768-Kvidinge, Sweden 28 May 1810)

6a) Sophie Amalie (Augustenburg 10
Aug 1769-Augustenburg 6 Oct 1769)

7a) Karl Wilhelm (Augustenburg 4 Oct
1770-Augustenburg 22 Feb 1771)
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