The Duchesses of Schleswig-Holstein were the consorts of the rulers of Schleswig-Holstein and the separate states of Schleswig and Holstein, before that, the two duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. This article would focus more on the Duchess consorts of Schleswig and Holstein, Schleswig-Holstein (in pretense), and the many branches of the Schleswig-Holstein duchy created by the Danish king for his relatives.
The following list is a list the spouse of the jarls and dukes, who ruled over Schleswig respectively Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland).
Countess consort of Schleswig (Southern Jutland) + Countess consort of Schleswig (Southern Jutland) Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse Ingegerd Haraldsdotter of Norway Also Queen consort of Denmark. Harald III of Norway (Hardrada) c. 1046 ? 18 August 1095 husband's death c. 1120 Olaf I Ingeborg Mstislavna of Kiev Also Queen consort of the Obodrits. Mstislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev(Rurikids) before 1105 c. 1117/1118 c. 1119 elevated to Duchess ? Canute Lavard
Duchess consort of Schleswig (Southern Jutland)
+ House of Estridsen (1119–1250) main line Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Ingeborg Mstislavna of Kiev Mstislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev(Rurikids) before 1105 c. 1117/1118 c. 1119 elevated to Duchess 7 January 1131husband's assassination ? Canute Lavard Rikissa of Poland Boleslaw III of Poland (Piast) c. 12 April 1106/1116 c. 1127 c. 1130husband's accession 4 June 1134husband's death after 1156 Magnus Nielsen Sofia of Minsk Prince Volodar of Minsk(Rurikids)? c. 1138/1141 ? 23 October 1157husband's accession 12 May 1182husband's death 5 May 1198 Valdemar I Margarethe of Bohemia Ottokar I of Bohemia (Přemysl) c. 1186 c. 1205 24 May 1212/1213 Valdemar II Berengária of Portugal Sancho I of Portugal (Burgundy) c. 1191/14 December 1194 c. 1214 27 March/1 Abril 1221 Eleanor of Portugal Afonso II of Portugal (Burgundy) c. 1211 24 June 1229co-duchess consort alongside Berengária, her stepmother-in-law/aunt 28 November 1231husband's death 13 May 1231 Valdemar the Young
+ House of Estridsen (1250–1326) Abelslægten line Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Mechtild of Holstein Adolf IV, Count of Schauenburg and Holstein (Schauenburg) c. 1220 or 1225 25 April 1237 1 November 1250husband's accession 29 June 1252husband's death c. 1288 Abel Margareta of Rügen Jaromar II, Prince of Rügen (Rügen) ? c. 1259/1260 27 March 1272husband's death c. 1272 Eric I Elisabeth of Saxe-Lauenburg John I, Duke of Saxony (Ascania) ? c. 1287 ? ? Valdemar IV Adelheid of Holstein-Rendsburg Henry I, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (Schauenburg) ? c. 1313 12 March 1325husband's death January 1350 Eric II
+ House of Schauenburg (1326–1330) Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Sofia of Mecklenburg-WerleAlso Countess consort of Holstein-Rendsburg. Nikolaus II of Mecklenburg-Werle-Güstrow (Mecklenburg-Werle) ? c. 1315 c. 1326husband's became duke c. 1330husband's cease to be duke 6 December 1339 Gerhard I
+ House of Estridsen (1330–1375) Abelslægten line Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Richardis of Schwerin Günzelin VI, Count of Schwerin-Wittenburg(Hagen) – – 1364husband's death before 1386 Valdemar V Kunigunde ? ? ? c. 1370 ? August 1375husband's death c. 1386 Henry I
Duchess consort of Schleswig and Holstein + House of Schauenburg (1375–1459) Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Ingeborg of Mecklenburg Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg(Mecklenburg) c. 1340 c. 1366/1374 c. 1364husband's death 25 July 1395 Henry II Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg(Brunswick-Lüneburg) c. 1368 c. 1391 4 August 1404husband's death c. 1420 Gerhard II Margarete von Hohnstein ? ? ? ? ? ? Adolf
+ House of Oldenburg (1460–1863), Queen consort of Denmark and Duchess consort of Schleswig and Holstein Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Dorothea of BrandenburgAlso Queen consort of Sweden.Also Queen consort of Norway.Also Countess (before 1474) or Duchess consort of Holstein (after 1474). John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach(Hohenzollern) 1430/31 28 October 1449 5 March 1460husband's ascession 21 May 1481husband's death 10 November 1495 Christian I Christina of Saxony Ernest, Elector of Saxony(Wettin) 25 December 1461 6 September 1478 21 May 1481husband's ascession 20 February 1513 husband' death 8 December 1521 John Isabella of Austria Philip I of Castile(Habsburg) 18 July 1501 12 August 1515 20 January 1523husband's desposition 19 January 1526 Christian II Anna of Brandenburg John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg(Hohenzollern) 27 August 1487 10 April 1502as co-duchess 3 May 1514 Frederick I Sophie of Pomerania Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania(Pomerania) 1498 9 October 1518as co-duchess 10 April 1533husband's death 13 May 1568 Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg(Ascania) 9 July 1511 29 October 1525 1 January 1559 husband's death 7 October 1571 Christian III Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow(Mecklenburg-Güstrow) 4 September 1557 20 July 1572 4 April 1588 husband's death 14 October 1631 Frederick II Anne Catherine of Brandenburg Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg(Hohenzollern) 26 June 1575 27 November 1597 8 April 1612 Christian IV Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg(Welf) 24 March 1628 1 October 1643 28 February 1648 husband's ascession 9 February 1670 husband's death 20 February 1685 Frederick III Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel(Hesse-Kassel) 27 April 1650 25 June 1667 9 February 1670husband's accession 25 August 1699husband's death 27 March 1714 Christian V Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Gustav Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow(Mecklenburg-Güstrow) 28 August 1667 5 December 1695 25 August 1699husband's ascession 15 March 1721 Frederick IV Anne Sophie Reventlow Conrad, Count Reventlow(Reventlow) 16 April 1693 4 April 1721 12 October 1730husband's death 7 January 1743 Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach(Hohenzollern) 28 November 1700 7 August 1721 12 October 1730husband's ascession 6 August 1746husband's death 27 May 1770 Christian VI Louise of Great Britain George II of Great Britain(Hanover) 7 December 1724 11 December 1743 6 August 1746husband's ascession 19 December 1751 Frederick V Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel(Brunswick-Bevern) 4 September 1729 8 July 1752 13 January 1766husband's death 10 October 1796 Caroline Matilda of Great Britain Frederick, Prince of Wales(Hanover) 11 July 1751 8 November 1766 10 May 1775 Christian VII Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel Also Duchess consort of Saxe-Lauenburg. Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel(Hesse-Kassel) 28 October 1767 31 July 1790 13 March 1808husband's ascession 3 December 1839husband's death 21 March/22 March 1852 Frederick VI Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg) 28 June 1796 22 May 1815 3 December 1839husband's ascession 20 January 1848husband's death 9 March 1881 Christian VIII
Duchess of consort Schleswig and Holstein in Gottorp, 1544–1713
Duchess of consort Schleswig and Holstein in Sønderborg, 1544–1668
See also List of dukes of Schleswig List of rulers of Schleswig-Holstein List of Danish consorts List of consorts of Oldenburg List of consorts of Holstein-Sonderburg List of Norwegian queens List of Finnish consorts List of Swedish consorts
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