Friedrich Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (born 19 July 1985 in Eckernförde

Eckernförde

Eckernförde is a German city in Schleswig-Holstein, Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde at the Baltic Sea near Kiel. The population is about 23,000.All German submarines are stationed in Eckernförde....

, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

) is the heir apparent

Heir apparent

An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....

 of Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein

Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein

Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein has been the head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and the entire House of Oldenburg since 1980...

, current Head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein, the senior extant line of the House of Oldenburg

House of Oldenburg

The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

. Friedrich Ferdinand is the eldest son of Christoph and his wife Princess Elisabeth of Lippe-Weissenfeld. He is currently 191st in line for the British throne. He is the heir to the headship of the house that includes the royal families of Denmark, Norway, the heirs to the United Kingdom and the deposed royal house of Greece.

Titles and styles

• 19 July 1985 – present: His Highness The Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein.

Ancestry

External links

• Scholss Glücksburg

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