Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Full German name: Friedrich Ferdinand Carl Ernst August Wilhelm Harold Casimir Nikolaus Prinz von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg  ), (14 May 1913, Gotha, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany  – 31 May 1989, Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany  ). Friedrich Ferdinand was the fourth child and youngest son of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863–1948) and his first wife Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg and Büdingen (1879–1918).

Marriage and issue
Friedrich Ferdinand married Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, youngest daughter of Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his wife Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland, on 1 September 1943 at Willigrad bei Schwerin. Friedrich Ferdinand and Anastasia had four daughters:


 * HH Princess Elisabeth Marie Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 10 September 1945)
 * ∞ HSH Prince Ferdinand Heinrich of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach on 2 January 1975
 * HSH Prince Johann Georg of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach (born 8 July 1976)
 * HSH Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach (born 6 February 1979)


 * HH Princess Irene Olga Adelheid of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 11 October 1946)
 * HH Princess Margaretha Friederike Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 10 February 1948)
 * HH Princess Sibylla Ursula Ortrude of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (11 September 1955)
 * ∞ Dieter Franz on 25 October 1980
 * Frithjof Franz (born 22 April 1981)
 * Johanna Franz (born 10 March 1983)
 * Philipp Franz (born 1 April 1986)

Titles and styles

 * 14 May 1913 – 31 May 1989: His Highness Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Awards

 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 February 1945 as Major im Generalstab and commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 40