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)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Ingegerd Haraldsdotter of Norway |
Harald III of Norway (Hardrada) |
c. 1046 | ? | 18 August 1095 husband's death |
c. 1120 | Olaf I | ||
Ingeborg Mstislavna of Kiev |
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)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Ingeborg Mstislavna of Kiev |
Mstislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev (Rurikids) |
before 1105 | c. 1117/1118 | c. 1119 elevated to Duchess |
7 January 1131 husband's assassination |
? | Canute Lavard | |
Rikissa of Poland | Boleslaw III of Poland (Piast) | c. 12 April 1106/1116 | c. 1127 | c. 1130 husband's accession |
4 June 1134 husband's death |
after 1156 | Magnus I of Gothenland | |
Sofia of Minsk |
Prince Volodar of Minsk (Rurikids)? |
c. 1138/1141 | ? | 23 October 1157 husband's accession |
12 May 1182 husband'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 1229 co-duchess consort alongside Berengária, her stepmother-in-law/aunt |
28 November 1231 husband's death |
13 May 1231 | Valdemar the Young |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Mechtild of Holstein |
Adolf IV, Count of Schauenburg and Holstein (Schauenburg) |
c. 1220 or 1225 | 25 April 1237 | 1 November 1250 husband's accession |
29 June 1252 husband's death |
c. 1288 | Abel | |
Margareta of Rügen | Jaromar II, Prince of Rügen (Rügen) |
? | c. 1259/1260 | 27 March 1272 husband'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 1325 husband's death |
January 1350 | Eric II |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Sofia of Mecklenburg-Werle |
Nikolaus II of Mecklenburg-Werle-Güstrow (Mecklenburg-Werle) |
? | c. 1315 | c. 1326 husband's became duke |
c. 1330 husband's cease to be duke |
6 December 1339 | Gerhard I |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Richardis of Schwerin | Günzelin VI, Count of Schwerin-Wittenburg (Hagen) |
– | – | 1364 husband's death |
before 1386 | Valdemar V | ||
Kunigunde ? | ? | ? | c. 1370 ? | August 1375 husband's death |
c. 1386 | Henry I |
Duchess consort of Schleswig and Holstein
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Ingeborg of Mecklenburg |
Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg (Mecklenburg) |
c. 1340 | c. 1366/1374 | c. 1364 husband'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 1404 husband's death |
c. 1420 | Gerhard II | ||
Margarete von Hohnstein |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Adolf |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Dorothea of Brandenburg |
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (Hohenzollern) |
1430/31 | 28 October 1449 | 5 March 1460 husband's ascession |
21 May 1481 husband's death |
10 November 1495 | Christian I | |
Christina of Saxony |
Ernest, Elector of Saxony (Wettin) |
25 December 1461 | 6 September 1478 | 21 May 1481 husband'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 1523 husband's desposition |
19 January 1526 | Christian II | ||
Anna of Brandenburg |
John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern) |
27 August 1487 | 10 April 1502 as co-duchess |
3 May 1514 | Frederick I | |||
Sophie of Pomerania |
Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania (Pomerania) |
1498 | 9 October 1518 as co-duchess |
10 April 1533 husband'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 1670 husband's accession |
25 August 1699 husband'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 1699 husband's ascession |
15 March 1721 | Frederick IV | ||
Anne Sophie Reventlow |
Conrad, Count Reventlow (Reventlow) |
16 April 1693 | 4 April 1721 | 12 October 1730 husband'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 1730 husband's ascession |
6 August 1746 husband'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 1746 husband'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 1766 husband'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 |
Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel) |
28 October 1767 | 31 July 1790 | 13 March 1808 husband's ascession |
3 December 1839 husband'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 1839 husband's ascession |
20 January 1848 husband's death |
9 March 1881 | Christian VIII |
Duchess of consort Schleswig and Holstein in Gottorp, 1544–1713
Main article: List of consorts of Holstein-GottorpDuchess of consort Schleswig and Holstein in Sønderborg, 1544–1668
Main article: List of consorts of Holstein-SønderborgSee 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
Notes
- ^ Also Queen consort of Denmark.
- ^ Also Queen consort of Sweden.
- ^ Also Queen consort of the Obodrits.
- ^ Also Countess consort of Holstein-Rendsburg.
- ^ Also Queen consort of Norway.
- ^ Also Countess (before 1474) or Duchess consort of Holstein (after 1474).
- ^ Also Duchess consort of Saxe-Lauenburg.