Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
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Place of Birth: Sønderborg Castle, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
About Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
- Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (20 January 1573 – 13 May 1627), was a Danish nobleman. Alexander was born in Sønderborg (German: Sonderburg) in Schleswig, the third son of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen.
- Because his elder surviving brother chose Ærø as his seat, Alexander received Sønderborg upon their father's death and was in practice its second duke.
- Alexander died in Sønderborg. Alexander married Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, daughter of John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, on 26 November 1604 in Oldenburg.
- They had eleven children: Johann Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen (26 April 1607 – 28 June 1653).
- His grandchildren is Louis Charles, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen. Alexander Heinrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (12 September 1608 – 5 September 1657) Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (14 October 1609 – 18 January 1689) Georg Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (18 December 1611 – 23 August 1676) August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (11 November 1612 – 6 May 1675) Adolph, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (2 November 1613 – 1 February 1616) Anna Elisabeth, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (5 February 1615 – 19 February 1616) Wilhelm Anton, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (2 April 1616 – 2 April 1616) Sophie Katharina, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (28 June 1617 – 22 November 1696), wife of Anthony Günther, Count of Oldenburg Eleonore Sabine, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (27 February 1619 – 27 February 1619) Philip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (27 October 1620 – 10 March 1689)
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