Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Full German name: Friedrich Ferdinand Carl Ernst August Wilhelm Harold Casimir Nikolaus Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg), (born 14 May 1913 in Gotha, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany; died 31 May 1989 in Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). Friedrich Ferdinand was the fourth child and youngest son of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863-1948) and his first wife Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg and Büdingen (1879-1918).

Marriage and issue

Friedrich Ferdinand married Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, youngest daughter of Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his wife Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland, on 1 September 1943 at Willigrad bei Schwerin. Friedrich Ferdinand and Anastasia had four daughters:

• HH Princess Elisabeth Marie Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 10 September 1945)

∞ HSH Prince Ferdinand Heinrich of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach on 2 January 1975

HSH Prince Johann Georg of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach (born 8 July 1976)

HSH Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach (born 6 February 1979)

• HH Princess Irene Olga Adelheid of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 11 October 1946)
• HH Princess Margaretha Friederike Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 10 February 1948)
• HH Princess Sibylla Ursula Ortrude of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (11 September 1955)

∞ Dieter Franz on 25 October 1980

Frithjof Franz (born 22 April 1981)

Johanna Franz (born 10 March 1983)

Philipp Franz (born 1 April 1986)

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 14 May 1913 – 31 May 1989: His Highness Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg