Frederick VIII Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein (1829-1880)

Frederick VIII Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein

Birth

6 Jul 1829

Augustenborg, Sønderborg Kommune, Syddanmark, Denmark

Death

14 Jan 1880 (aged 50)

Wiesbaden, Stadtkreis Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany

Burial

Przemków Schleswig-Holstein Ducal Cemetery

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Duke Frederick VIII (Danish: Frederik Christian August af Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Augustenborg; German: Friedrich Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg) was the German pretender to the throne of Schleswig-Holstein from 1863, although in reality Prussia took overlordship and real administrative power.

On September 11, 1856 Frederick married Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, a German. She was the second daughter of Ernst Christian Carl IV, Duke of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Feodora of Leiningen, elder half-sister of Queen Victoria. They were parents to seven children:

Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Karl Ernst Christian August (August 3, 1857 - October 29, 1858).
Princess Auguste Viktoria Friederike Luise Feodora Jenny (October 22, 1858 - April 11, 1921). Married Wilhelm II, German Emperor.
Princess Victoria Friederike Augusta Maria Karoline Mathilde (January 25, 1860 - February 20, 1932). Married Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Prince Friedrich Viktor Leopold Christian Gerhard (January 20 - April 11, 1862).
Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (August 11, 1863 - February 21, 1921).
Princess Feodora Louise Sophie Adelheid Henriette Amalie (April 8, 1866 - April 28, 1952). Married Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia. He was a male-line great-grandson of Frederick William III of Prussia.
Princess Feodora Adelheid Helene Luise Karoline Gustave Pauline Alice Jenny (July 3, 1874 - June 21, 1910

Inscription

Friedrich
Herzog
zu
Schleswig-Holstein
geb. 6. Juli 1829
in Augustenburg
gest. 14. Jan. 1880
in Wiesbaden
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Sei getrost bis an den
Tod, so will ich dir
die Krone des Lebens
geben. Offenb. Joh. 2,10.
Offenb. Joh. 7,14. 2. Timoth. 4,7,8.