Duke of Schleswig

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

First jarls/dukes

House of Estridsen (1080–1375)

House of Schauenburg (1325-1459)

Under domain of Oldenburg

In 1459, after the annexation of both Schleswig and Holstein, Christian I of Denmark created two separate states: the Duchy of Schleswig and Duchy of Holstein, to be ruled by two different branches of the House of Oldenburg over the next few centuries. In 1864, following the Second Schleswig War, the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein 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

• List of Danish monarchs
• List of rulers of Schleswig-Holstein

Notes

1. 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. Second rule not as Duke, but as King ruling over Schleswig.
3. "Albrectsen 2008 p. 52"
4. "Albrectsen 2008 p. 52"
5. Christopher I of Denmark recognised him as ruler only in 1260.
6. Eric V of Denmark recognised him as ruler only in 1283.