Dukes of Schleswig

See also: List of countesses and duchesses of Schleswig

The following list is a list of jarls and dukes, who ruled over Schleswig respectively Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland).

Contents

First jarls/dukes

Picture Reign Name
1080-1095 Olaf I, jarl (earl) of Jutland, since 1086 king of Denmark
1095-1120 vacant
1120-1131 Canute Lavard (Knud Lavard), titled dux Daciae[1] (i.e. Duke of Denmark)
1131-1134 Magnus
1134-ca. 1152 vacant
ca. 1152-1154 Valdemar I the Great (Valdemar 1.), titled dux Daciae[1] (i.e. Duke of Denmark), also king of Denmark
ca. 1152-1170 vacant
ca. 1170-1173 Christopher of Jutland (illegitimate son of the precedent), titled dux Iuciae[1] (i.e. Duke of Jutland)
1173-1183 vacant
1183-1216 Valdemar II (Valdemar 2.), titled dux slesvicensis[1] (i.e. Sleswickian duke), represented by the regent Bishop Valdemar Knudsen (1182–1193), Valdemar II became Danish king in 1202
1209-1216 Valdemar the Young, son of the precedent, minor co-duke, also Danish co-king (1218–1231, d. 1231)
1216-1232 Eric Valdemarsøn, minor duke, also Danish king as Eric IV (1241–1250)

Years as given here according to Esben Albrectsen.[2]

Abelslægten (1232-1326)

Portrait Reign Name
1232-1252 Abel, king of Denmark (1250–52)
1254-1257 Valdemar III
1260-1272 Eric I
1272-1283 vacant
1283-1312 Valdemar IV (Valdemar 4. af Sønderjylland)
1312-1325 Eric II
1325-1326 Valdemar V, as Valdemar III Danish king

House of Schauenburg (1326-1330)

Portrait Reign Name
1326-1330 Gerhard I the Great (Gerhard den kullede greve), as Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsborg

Abelslægten (1330-1375)

Portrait Reign Name
1330-1364 Valdemar V., as Valdemar III. king of Denmark
1364-1375 Henry

House of Schauenburg (1375-1459)

Further information: Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein
Portrait Reign Name
1375-1386 Henry the Iron (Danish: Henrik Jern) and his brother Nicholas (Danish: Klaus, joint rule)
1386-1404 Gerhard II, Duke of Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland), as Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein-Rendsborg
1404-1427 Henry III, as Henry IV of Holstein-Rendsburg, as duke under tutelage of the Danish crown until 1414, then the crown disputed his claim to dukedom, he was killed in action warring for his claim
1427/40-1459 Adolf I, as Adolf VIII of Holstein-Rendsburg, younger brother of Henry, Denmark denied his claim to dukedom until 1440
1427-1433 Gerhard III, as Gerhard VII co-ruling in Holstein-Rendsburg, younger brother of Adolf, during his lifetime the claim to dukedom remained disputed by the Danish crown

House of Oldenburg (1460-1544)

Further information: House of Oldenburg
Portrait Reign Name
1460-1481 Christian I (Christian 1.)
1481-1513 John (Hans), with Frederick I since 1482
1513-1523 Christian II (Christian 2.), deposed, died 1559; with Frederick I
1490-1533 Frederick I (Frederik 1.), as administrator 1482–1490, thereafter co-ruling
1523-1544 Christian III (Christian 3.), with his father till 1533

Co-ruling dukes of the Houses of Oldenburg and of Holstein-Gottorp

House of Oldenburg

Further information: House of Oldenburg
Portrait Reign Name
1544-1559 Christian III - with his brothers Adolf and John


1559-1588

Frederick II (Frederik 2.)

1588-1648
Christian IV (Christian 4.)
1648-1670 Frederick III (Frederik 3.)
1670-1699 Christian V (Christian 5.)


1699-1730

Frederick IV (Frederik 4.)
In 1713 Frederick IV united all of Schleswig/Sønderjylland in one hand.

House of Holstein-Gottorp

Further information: House of Holstein-Gottorp
Portrait Reign Name
1544-1586
1544-1580		 Adolf – with his brothers Christian and
John the Elder (dk, de)[3] – with Adolf and Christian
1586-1587 Frederick II
1587-1590 Philip
1590-1616 John Adolf
1616-1659 Frederick III
1659-1694 Christian Albert
1694-1702 Frederick IV
1702-1713 Charles Frederick
In 1713 Frederick IV, being as King of Denmark also the liege lord of Schleswig, deposed Charles Frederick as co-ruling Duke of Schleswig. Frederick IV of Denmark and Norway continued as the sole Duke of Schleswig.

House of Oldenburg (1713-1863)

Further information: House of Oldenburg
Portrait Reign Name
1699-1730 Frederick IV (Frederik 4.)
1730-1746 Christian VI (Christian 6.)
1746-1766 Frederick V (Frederik 5.)
1766-1808 Christian VII (Christian 7.)
1808-1839 Frederick VI (Frederik 6.)
1839-1848 Christian VIII (Christian 8.)
1848-1863 Frederick VII (Frederik 7.)

House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863–1865)

Further information: House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Portrait Reign Name
1863-1864/65 Christian IX of Denmark
rivalled by duke Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
In 1864, following the Second Schleswig War, the Duchy of Schleswig became an occupied territory of the German Confederation and two years later, following the Austro-Prussian War, part of the new Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Esben Albrectsen, "Das Abel-Geschlecht und die Schauenburger als Herzöge von Schleswig", Marion Hartwig and Frauke Witte (trls.), in: Die Fürsten des Landes: Herzöge und Grafen von Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg [De slevigske hertuger; German], Carsten Porskrog Rasmussen (ed.) on behalf of the Gesellschaft für Schleswig-Holsteinische Geschichte, Neumünster: Wachholtz, 2008, pp. 52-71, here p. 52. ISBN 978-3-529-02606-5
  2. ^ Esben Albrectsen, "Das Abel-Geschlecht und die Schauenburger als Herzöge von Schleswig", Marion Hartwig and Frauke Witte (trls.), in: Die Fürsten des Landes: Herzöge und Grafen von Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg [De slevigske hertuger; German], Carsten Porskrog Rasmussen (ed.) on behalf of the Gesellschaft für Schleswig-Holsteinische Geschichte, Neumünster: Wachholtz, 2008, pp. 52-71, here p. 71. ISBN 978-3-529-02606-5
  3. ^ John's share was halved between Adolf and Danish Frederick II.