(Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg) Alexander SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG #66563

20 JAN 1572/73 - 13 MAY 1627
TITLE Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-
BIRTH 20 JAN 1572/73, Sønderborg, Sonderjylland, Denmark
DEATH 13 MAY 1627, Sønderborg, Sonderjylland, Denmark

Historical Notes

Founder of the House of Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
Cadet House of Oldenburg

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.

Parents

Father : John II of SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG #87049

Mother : Elisabeth of WELF #71141

Family 1

Dorothea of SCHWARZBURG-SONDERSHAUSEN

Children

  1. +Ernest Gunther I SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG-AUGUSTENBURG
  2. +August Philipp SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG-BECK
  3.  Philip Louis SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG

Lineage 

                                                                        _Frederick I OLDENBURG ___________+
                                                                       | (1471 - 1533) m 1502             
                                             _Christian III OLDENBURG _|
                                            | (1503 - 1558)            |
                                            |                          |_Anna of HOHENZOLLERN ____________+
                                            |                            (1487 - 1514) m 1502             
 _John II of SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG _|
| (1545 - 1622)                             |
|                                           |                           _Magnus I ASCANIA ________________+
|                                           |                          | (1469 - 1563)                    
|                                           |_Dorothea of ASCANIA _____|
|                                             (1511 - 1571)            |
|                                                                      |_Catherine of WELF _______________+
|                                                                        (1488 - 1563)                    
|
|--Alexander SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG 
|  (1572 - 1627)
|                                                                       _Philip I WELF ___________________+
|                                                                      | (1476 - 1551)                    
|                                            _Ernest III WELF _________|
|                                           | (1518 - 1567)            |
|                                           |                          |_Catherine of MANSFELD-VORDERORT _
|                                           |                            (1501 - 1535)                    
|_Elisabeth of WELF ________________________|
  (1549 - 1585)                             |
                                            |                           _George I GRIFFIN ________________+
                                            |                          | (1493 - 1531)                    
                                            |_Margaret of GRIFFIN _____|
                                              (1518 - 1569)            |
                                                                       |_Amalie of WITTELSBACH ___________+
                                                                         (1490 - 1523)

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