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Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (Albert John Charles Frederick Alfred George; 26 February 1869 – 27 April 1931), was a grandson of Queen Victoria.He was the second son of Victoria's daughter Princess Helena by her husband Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein.
Princess Helena (Helena Augusta Victoria; 25 May 1846 – 9 June 1923), later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, was the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Helena was educated by private tutors chosen by her father and his close friend and adviser, Baron Stockmar.
Prince Albert, later Duke of Schleswig-Holstein: 26 February 1869 Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire: 27 April 1931 Berlin, Germany: Succeeded as head of the House of Oldenburg in 1921. Never married, but had a twice-married and childless natural daughter, Valerie Marie zu Schleswig-Holstein (née Schwalb) (1900–1953). Princess Helena Victoria,
Her father was Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, the third son of Duke Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and Countess Louise of Danneskjold-Samsøe. Her mother was Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, the fifth child and third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ...
Friedrich Ferdinand (born 19 July 1985 in Eckernförde), 9th Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Head of the House of Oldenburg, who married fashion model Anjuta Buchholz (born 1985/1986) in March 2017. They have two sons꞉ Heir Prince Alfred of Schleswig-Holstein (2019) Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein
An uneasy peace was agreed, which included the provision that Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg would be Frederick's heir in all his dominions and the prior claims of others (who included Christian's own mother-in-law, brother-in-law and wife) were surrendered. [5] [6]
Albert (left) with his elder brother, Ernest, and mother, Louise, shortly before her exile from court Prince Albert was born on 26 August 1819 at Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg, Germany, the second son of Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and his first wife, Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. [2]
Louise died of cancer on 30 August 1831, when she was only 30 years old. Years after her death, Queen Victoria described Louise in an 1864 memorandum: "The princess is described as having been very handsome, though very small; fair, with blue eyes; and Prince Albert is said to have been extremely like her". [7]