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Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
Hans Albrecht
Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
Born(1917-05-12)12 May 1917
Schloss Louisenlund, Güby, near Eckernförde, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Died10 August 1944(1944-08-10) (aged 27)
Jedlińsk, General Government, Germany
Names
John Albert Victor Alexander Frederick Ernest Godfrey Augustus Henry Valdemar
German: Hans Albrecht Viktor Alexander Friedrich Ernst Gottfried August Heinrich Waldemar
HouseGlücksburg
FatherWilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
MotherPrincess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, from 1931 onwards, of Schleswig-Holstein (12 May 1917, Schloss Louisenlund, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany – 10 August 1944, Jedlińsk, General Government, Germany) was the Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein and the heir apparent to the Head of the House of Oldenburg. Hans Albrecht was the eldest son of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. The Hereditary Prince fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1944 when he died from wounds received in action near Jedlińsk, Poland.

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Ancestors of Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
8. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
4. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
9. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
2. Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
10. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
5. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
11. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
1. Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
12. Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
6. Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
13. Princess Leopoldine of Baden
3. Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
14. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
7. Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh
15. Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
Princes of Schleswig-Holstein
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* also a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
^ only a prince of Schleswig-Holstein in the United Kingdom
** also a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Princes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Generations indicate descent from Duke Philip of the elder Glücksburg line; generations beyond 6 start anew with Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of the junior line, a 6th generation descendant of Princess Augusta.
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^ also a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck until 1825
* also a prince of Schleswig-Holstein
** also a prince of Denmark
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