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(Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg) Alexander SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG #66563
20 JAN 1572/73 - 13 MAY 1627
Personal Information
- TITLE: Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
- BIRTH: 20 JAN 1572/73, Sønderborg, Sonderjylland, Denmark
- DEATH: 13 MAY 1627, Sønderborg, Sonderjylland, Denmark
Notes
Founder of the House of Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
Cadet House of Oldenburg
Alexander was born in Sønderborg (German: Sonderburg) in Schleswig, the third son of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen. Because his elder surviving brother chose Ærø as his seat, Alexander received Sønderborg upon their father's death and was in practice its second duke. Alexander died in Sønderborg.
Cadet House of Oldenburg
Alexander was born in Sønderborg (German: Sonderburg) in Schleswig, the third son of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen. Because his elder surviving brother chose Ærø as his seat, Alexander received Sønderborg upon their father's death and was in practice its second duke. Alexander died in Sønderborg.
Parents
Family 1 :
_Frederick I OLDENBURG ___________+
| (1471 - 1533) m 1502
_Christian III OLDENBURG _|
| (1503 - 1558) |
| |_Anna of HOHENZOLLERN ____________+
| (1487 - 1514) m 1502
_John II of SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG _|
| (1545 - 1622) |
| | _Magnus I ASCANIA ________________+
| | | (1469 - 1563)
| |_Dorothea of ASCANIA _____|
| (1511 - 1571) |
| |_Catherine of WELF _______________+
| (1488 - 1563)
|
|--Alexander SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG
| (1572 - 1627)
| _Philip I WELF ___________________+
| | (1476 - 1551)
| _Ernest III WELF _________|
| | (1518 - 1567) |
| | |_Catherine of MANSFELD-VORDERORT _
| | (1501 - 1535)
|_Elisabeth of WELF ________________________|
(1549 - 1585) |
| _George I GRIFFIN ________________+
| | (1493 - 1531)
|_Margaret of GRIFFIN _____|
(1518 - 1569) |
|_Amalie of WITTELSBACH ___________+
(1490 - 1523)