Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

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Frederick VIII
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Predecessor	Frederick VII
Successor	Ernst Gunther
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Predecessor	Christian August II
Successor	Ernst Gunther
Born	(1829-07-06)6 July 1829 Augustenburg, Schleswig, Denmark
Died	14 January 1880(1880-01-14) (aged 50) Wiesbaden, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany
Spouse	Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Issue more...	Augusta Viktoria, German Empress Karoline Mathilde, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein Ernst Günther II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Louise Sophie, Princess Friedrich Leopold of Prussia Princess Feodora
Names Frederick Christian Augustus German: Friedrich Christian August
House	Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Father	Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Mother	Countess Louise Sophie Danneskiold-Samsøe

Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (Danish: Frederik Christian August af Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Augustenborg; German: Friedrich Christian August Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg; 6 July 1829 – 14 January 1880) was the German pretender to the throne of second duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 1863, although in reality Prussia took overlordship and real administrative power.