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Abel Valdemarsen (1218 – 29 June 1252) was Duke of Schleswig from 1232 to 1252 and King of Denmark from 1250 until his death in 1252. He was the son of Valdemar II by his second wife, Berengaria of Portugal, and brother to kings Eric IV and Christopher I. [1] As Duke of Schleswig, Abel came into conflict with his brother, King Eric IV, whose ...
Friedrich III, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1220–1297) Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (1240–1302) Frederick III of Sicily (1272–1337), also known as Frederick II of Sicily. Frederick III of Germany (1289–1330), nicknamed the Fair, King of the Romans and previously Duke Frederick I of Austria. Frederick III, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1327–1353)
House of OldenburgMain Line. Frederick Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark ( Danish: Arveprins Ferdinand) (22 November 1792 – 29 June 1863) was grandson of King Frederick V and heir presumptive to the throne from 1848 until his death. Had he lived five months longer, he would have outlived his nephew, King Frederick VII, and become King ...
He was a third son of Duke Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Christine of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). He became the first Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck (1586–1607) and the Administrator of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (1589–1596). He became the Duke after the deaths of his two elder brothers.
Prince William, Duke of Gloucester. v. t. e. Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark and Norway (11 April 1649 – 30 October 1704) was the second daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp from 1667 to 1695 as the consort of Duke Christian Albert .
History Gottorf Castle, after which the house of Holstein-Gottorp is named Coat of arms of the Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp (from Siebmachers Wappenbuch). In 1544, the so-called "one-third duchy" was ceded to Adolf, third son of King Frederick I of Denmark and the youngest half-brother of King Christian III of Denmark.
Friedrich III of Thuringia, painting from Albrechtsburg in Meißen. Frederick III, the Strict ( Friedrich III. der Strenge; 14 December 1332, in Dresden – 21 May 1381, in Altenburg ), Landgrave of Thuringia and Margrave of Meissen, was the son of Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen and Mathilde of Bavaria. [1]
