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Ernst Gunther
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Born	(1863-08-11)11 August 1863 Dolzig,Brandenburg,Prussia
Died	22 February 1921(1921-02-22) (aged 57) Primkenau,Lower Silesia,Prussia,Germany
Spouse	Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ​ ​ (m. 1898)​
House	Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Father	Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Mother	Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Religion	Lutheran

Ernst Gunther II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (11 August 1863 – 22 February 1921), was a son ofFrederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein andPrincess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He inherited his father's title as titular third duke ofSchleswig-Holstein.

On 2 August 1898 inCoburg,Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, he marriedPrincess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, daughter ofPrince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha andPrincess Louise of Belgium. The grandfather of the bride, KingLeopold II, did not attend the wedding but sent the Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold as wedding gift.

The couple had no children. However, on 11 November 1920, Ernst Gunther adopted Prince Johann Georg (24 July 1911 – killed in Russia 23 June 1941) and his sister Princess Marie Luise (1908–1969, married 1st 1934 and div 1955 Rudolf Karl Freiherr von Stengel and married 2nd 1962 Friedrich Christian Princezu Schaumburg-Lippe), children of his cousin Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863–1948).^[1]

He received the following orders and decorations:^[2]

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