Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein

Hans Albrecht
Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
Born(1917-05-12)12 May 1917
Schloss Louisenlund, Güby, near Eckernförde, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Died10 August 1944(1944-08-10) (aged 27)
Jedlińsk, General Government, Germany
Names
John Albert Victor Alexander Frederick Ernest Godfrey Augustus Henry Valdemar
German: Hans Albrecht Viktor Alexander Friedrich Ernst Gottfried August Heinrich Waldemar
HouseGlücksburg
FatherWilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
MotherPrincess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, from 1931 onwards, of Schleswig-Holstein (12 May 1917, Schloss Louisenlund, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany – 10 August 1944, Jedlińsk, General Government, Germany) was the Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein and the heir apparent to the Head of the House of Oldenburg. Hans Albrecht was the eldest son of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. The Hereditary Prince fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1944 when he died from wounds received in action near Jedlińsk, Poland.

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