Talk:Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein

Mistake?
Why call Prince Christian "German" when the article clearly states, that he was Danish?


 * Because the Augustenburgs weren't really Danish? john k 20:14, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * He was undisputably of Danish descent. His father was Danish, as was his mother, who was descended from a noble Danish family. Schleswig and Holstein was the subject of several Prusso-Danish wars, which Denmark lost, so Christian's family's Danish territories were annexed by Prussia (Schleswig-Holstein became German, basically). Christian served in the Prussian army, and his family was, to all intents and purposes, controlled by Prussia. Formal annexation meant that the formerly Danish prince (by descent) was now a German (by right of conquest). PeterSymonds | talk  11:57, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * This is nonsense. Holstein was a German state ruled by the Danish king; Schleswig was mixed German and Danish.  The Augustenburg family in the nineteenth century explicitly conceived of themselves as German, and as the German alternative to Danish rule of Schleswig-Holstein.  Prince Christian's father was the German candidate for the throne of Schleswig-Holstein in 1848-1850.  His brother was the German Confederation's candidate in 1863-1866.  john k (talk) 15:00, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Some details
? worth mentioning:

Description in Burke's Peerage 1949 p. cclxxix: H.R.H. Prince (Frederick) Christian (Charles Augustus) of Schleswig-Holstein, K.G., P.C., G.C.V.O., hon. D.C.L. Oxford, Gen. in Briish Army, personal aide to H.M. The King, High Steward of Windsor, and Ranger of Windsor Park (d. 28 Oct. 1917)

entry for his son is "Christian Victor Ludwig Ernest Anston ... 14 April 1867 - 29 Oct 1900" putting date of birth in April not August.

Also, as example of making public appearances as a minor royal, Prince and Princess Christian visited Malvern College for the Speech Day in 1870 -- from The Malvern Register Michael P. Barnett (talk) 01:10, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

changes April 2
No-one objected so I made changes to bring in information above. Also removed unnamed child, absent reference. And "most Danish" bit difficult to verify as an ethnicity -- changed to "by descent". Put in links. Worth noting how many possible from article like this. Michael P. Barnett (talk) 14:34, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

No change of title in 1917
Opera hat (talk) 10:40, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Citizenship
Was he naturalized a British subject? (Like his Battenberg brother in law) Circourt (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:35, 30 May 2019 (UTC)