Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (legal name: Christoph Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein; born 22 August 1949) has been the head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (commonly known as the House of Glücksburg) and, by agnatic primogeniture, of the entire House of Oldenburg since 1980.
He is the current titular Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Duke of Glücksburg, traditionally styled as His Highness.
He is a male-line descendant of Christian I of Denmark, and is also descended cognatically from numerous more recent monarchs, including Queen Victoria, Emperor Alexander II of Russia and several more recent Danish kings.
The members of the house he heads include the reigning monarchs of Denmark and Norway, the deposed monarch of Greece, and the heir-apparent to the British throne.
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