Christoph Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein, who died 27 September 2023, aged 74, was the head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (commonly known as the House of Glücksburg) and, by agnatic primogeniture, of the entire House of Oldenburg between 1980 and 2023.
He was a descendant of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, son of Queen Victoria.
Traditionally he would have been the eighth Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Duke of Glücksburg, styled as His Highness. He was a male-line descendant of Christian I of Denmark, and was also descended cognatically from numerous more recent monarchs, including Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Emperor Alexander II of Russia and several more recent Danish kings.
His paternal grandmother was Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
HM Queen Victoria (1819-1901) > Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900) > Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh (1878-1942) > Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1899-1967) > Friedrich Ernst Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1922-1980) > Christoph, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (born 22 Aug 1949- died 27 September, 2023).
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