Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Titular Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1863

Place of Birth: Lubsko, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 22-Feb-1921

Profession: politician, aristocrat

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (August 11, 1863 – February 22, 1921) was a son of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
He inherited his father's title as titular duke of Schleswig-Holstein. On August 2, 1898 in Coburg, he married Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, daughter of Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Louise of Belgium.
The grandfather of the bride, King Leopold II, did not attend the wedding but sent the Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold as wedding gift. The couple had no children.
However, on 11 November 1920, Ernst Gunther adopted Prince Johann Georg and his sister Princess Marie Luise, children of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.