Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Died aged 46CapricornKingdom of Denmark

Biography

Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Paul Leopold; Danish: Frederik Vilhelm Paul Leopold; 4 January 1785 – 17 February 1831) was a German-Danish prince and officer who was the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck from 1816 to 1825, and the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg from 1825 to 1831. Friedrich Wilhelm is the progenitor of the House of Glücksburg.

Friedrich Wilhelm was the only son of Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and Countess Friederike of Schlieben, and was a member of the ducal house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, a junior male branch of the House of Oldenburg. From 1804, he lived in his family's original home in Denmark-Norway, where he made a career as an officer of the Danish army during the Napoleonic Wars. His 1810 marriage to Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel meant that Friedrich Wilhelm became the brother-in-law of King Frederick VI of Denmark, as his wife's elder sister was married to the king. At the death of his father in 1816, he inherited the title of Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck as Frederick William IV, and in 1825, upon the extinction of the elder Glücksburg line in 1824, King Frederick VI transferred Glücksburg Castle to his brother-in-law and changed his title to Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

Duke Friedrich Wilhelm and Duchess Louise Caroline had ten children, of which his eldest son Karl succeeded him as Duke of Glücksburg, and his fourth son became King of Denmark in 1863 as King Christian IX.

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Family

Spouse(s): Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
Children: Christian IX of Denmark Prince Julius of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgPrincess Marie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgPrince Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgPrincess Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgPrince Nicholas of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Parents: Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck Countess Friederike of Schlieben
Siblings: Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgLuise von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Awards & honours (5)

Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
Knight of the Order of the Elephant
commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog
Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog

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