Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen

The Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen line was a short-lived name of the main line of the ducal house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, after its bankruptcy in 1667. The main line of the family was also a cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg, ruling family of the Kingdom of Denmark.

The name is derived from the Franzhagen Castle in Schulendorf, in the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg.

The castle was inherited by Eleonore Charlotte of Saxe-Lauenburg-Franzhagen, who brought it into her marriage with former Duke Christian Adolph I.

After their bankruptcy, the Sonderburg line was reduced to its possession of Franzhagen. After the extinction of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen branch, the Franzhagen castle was demolished in 1716, because it was too dilapidated.

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