John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev
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Place of Birth: Haderslev, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
About John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev
- John of Denmark or John the Elder (aka Hans the Elder) (German: Johann der Ältere or Hans der Ältere; Danish: Hans den Ældre; born: 29 June 1521 in Haderslev; died: 1 October 1580 at Hansborg Castle, Haderslev) was the only Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev.
- The predicate the Elder is sometimes used to distinguish him from his nephew, John the Younger, who held Sønderborg from 1564 as a partitioned-off duke.
- As a co-ruler in the duchies of Holstein and of Schleswig, John the Elder is numbered as John II, continuing counting King John of Denmark as John I, Duke of Holstein and Schleswig.
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