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).
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Ingegerd Haraldsdotter of Norway [1] [2] | Harald III of Norway (Hardrada) | c. 1046 | ? | 18 August 1095 husband's death | c. 1120 | Olaf I | ||
Ingeborg Mstislavna of Kiev [3] | Mstislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev (Rurikids) | before 1105 | c. 1117/1118 | c. 1119 elevated to Duchess | ? | Canute Lavard |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Ingeborg Mstislavna of Kiev [3] | 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 [1] | 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 [1] | Ottokar I of Bohemia (Přemysl) | c. 1186 | c. 1205 | 24 May 1212/1213 | Valdemar II | |||
Berengária of Portugal [1] | Sancho I of Portugal (Burgundy) | c. 1191/14 December 1194 | c. 1214 | 27 March/1 Abril 1221 | ||||
Eleanor of Portugal [1] | 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 [1] | 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 [4] | 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 |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Ingeborg of Mecklenburg [4] | 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 [4] | 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 [4] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Adolf |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Countess Louise Sophie of Danneskiold-Samsøe [8] | Christian Conrad, Count of Danneskiold-Samsøe (Danneskiold-Samsøe) | 22 September 1796 | 18 September 1820 | 1848 husband rival with Frederick VII and Christian IX 1863 husband recognize as title-holder | 11 March 1867 | Christian Augustus | ||
Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg [8] | Ernst, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Hohenlohe-Langenburg) | 20 July 1835 | 11 September 1856 | 11 March 1869 husband's ascession | 14 January 1880 husband's death | 25 January 1900 | Frederick VIII | |
Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha [8] | Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) | 30 April 1881 | 2 August 1898 | 22 February 1921 husband's death | 21 January 1967 | Ernst Gunther | ||
Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg [8] [9] | Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg) | 25 January 1860 | 19 March 1885 | 27 April 1931 husband's accession | 20 February 1932 | Frederick Ferdinand | ||
Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg [8] [9] | Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Hohenlohe-Langenburg) | 18 January 1899 | 5 February 1916 | 21 January 1934 husband's accession | 10 February 1965 husband's death | 8 November 1967 | William Frederick | |
Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe [8] [9] | Prince Stephan Alexander Viktor of Schaumburg-Lippe (Schaumburg-Lippe) | 2 April 1923 | 9 October 1947 | 10 February 1965 husband's accession | 30 September 1980 husband's death | – | Peter | |
Elisabeth of Lippe-Weissenfeld [8] [9] | Alfred, Prince of Lippe-Weissenfeld (Lippe-Weissenfeld) | 28 July 1957 | 23 September 1981 | Incumbent | – | Christoph |
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