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The Ducal Families of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
kmerov:
A thread to discuss the lesser known Ducal families and branches of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.
The Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, founded by Duke Hans The Younger (1545-1622), son of King Christian III of Denmark.
When Hans The Younger died his duchy was divided in to five small Duchies, creating the five main lines of Sonderburg.
1. Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (with many cadet branches, including the Augustenburg and Beck lines).
2. Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Nordburg.
3. Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Elder Line).
4. Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön.
5. Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Aerö (Ærø)
Hans the Younger
kmerov:
The last Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, Duke Friedrich Carl with his family in 1759.
From left; his youngest daughter, Princess Louise Albertine, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg, Duke Friedrich Carl, his oldest daughter, Princess Friederike Sophie, Countess of Erbach-Schönberg, his wife Duchess Christine, born Reventlow, his mother Dorothea Christine, born Aichelberg, and finally his second daughter, Princess Charlotte Amalie, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.
Marc:
Already love this thread :-) I was looking at almost all lines of this family and I have one question about their religion...the sub-lines of Wiesenburg and Plön-Rethwisch seem to have made marriages only with Catholic families while the other branches did not...were members of this line Catholic and if they were why they changed religion...or if they did not,why marriages only with Catholic noble families?
Naslednik Norvezhskiy:
Yes, a few lines were Catholic. They converted because they were in the Emperor's service and/or in order to ingratiate themselves with the Emperor, I think.
Marc:
Well,that makes sense then... were there any confrontations between all these lines?
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