Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (30 September 1813 – 24 October 1878) was Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg from 1831 to 1878. Karl was the eldest son of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel and an elder brother of Christian IX of Denmark. Karl became Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg upon his father's death on 27 February 1831.

Karl
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Reign27 February 1831 – 14 October 1878
PredecessorFriedrich Wilhelm
SuccessorFriedrich
Born(1813-09-30)30 September 1813
Gottorp, Schleswig, Schleswig
Died24 October 1878(1878-10-24) (aged 65)
Luisenlund, Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, Germany
Spouse
(m. 1838)
HouseGlücksburg
FatherFriedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
MotherPrincess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel

Marriage

Karl married Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark, daughter of Frederick VI of Denmark and his wife Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel, on 19 May 1838 at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark. Vilhelmine Marie was the former wife of Prince Frederick of Denmark (later Frederick VII of Denmark). He died on 24 October 1878 at age 65 at Luisenlund. Karl and Vilhelmine Marie died without issue. Many believe that she was barren as there are no records of her having any miscarriages or stillbirths.

Ancestry

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    Bibliography

    • Hiort-Lorenzen, Hans Rudolf (1889). "Carl, Hertug af Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Glücksborg". Dansk biografisk Lexikon, tillige omfattende Norge for tidsrummet 1537-1814 (in Danish) (1st ed.). Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. XVIII: 359–360.
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