Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein

Ortrud Bertha Adelheid Hedwig, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Daughter of Albrecht, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Grlücksburg (1863-1948) by his second wife Hertha, Prinzessin zu Isenburg-Büdingen in Büdingen (1883-1972)

Born: Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein 19. Dec 1925

Married: (civ.) Schloss Marienburg (Marienburg Castle) near Hanover 31. Aug and (rel) Hanover 4. Sep 1951 Ernst August, Prince of Hanover (1914-1987), son of Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick, Prince of Hanover etc. (1887-1953) and Viktoria Luise, Princess of Prussia (1892-1980)

Issue:

• Marie, Princess of Hanover (1952) m. Michael Graf von Hochberg (1943)

• Ernst August, Prince of Hanover (1954) m. 1981 (div. 1997) Chantal Hochuli (1955); m. 1999 Caroline, Princess of Monaco (1957)

• Ludwig, Prince of Hanover (1955-1988) m. 1987 Isabella Gräfin von Thurn und Valsassina-Como-Vercelli (1962-1988)

• Olga, Princess of Hanover (1958)

• Alexandra, Princess of Hanover (1959) m. 1981 Andreas Prinz zu Leiningen (1955)

• Heinrich, Prince of Hanover (1961) m. 1999 Thyra von Westernhagen (1973)

Died: Hanover 6. Feb 1980

Buried: Marienburg Castle

Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürsten I, Vol XVIII, Starke Verlag 2007; burial place: www.royaltyguide.nl;