Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

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Ernst Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Ernst Günther von Schleswig-Holstein with his wife Dorothea in 1901
Spouse	Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father	Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Mother	Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Born	(1863-08-11)11 August 1863 Lubsko
Died	22 February 1921(1921-02-22) (aged 57) Przemków

Ernst Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1863–1921) was a son of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He inherited his father's title as titular duke of Schleswig-Holstein.

He married Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, daughter of Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Louise-Marie of Belgium. The couple had no children. However on 11 November 1920 Ernst Günther adopted Prince Johann Georg and his sister Princess Marie Luise, children of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.^[1]

Honours [edit]

•  Bavaria - Knight, Order of St. Hubert - February 1901^[2]

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