Word: holsteins
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King Christian is the third ruler of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, to which House the Great Powers of Europe assigned the throne of Denmark on the death of the 16th King of the House of Oldenburg, Frederik VII, who died without issue. The first King of the present house, Christian IX, ascended the throne in 1863. He had previously married a niece of King Christian VIII of Denmark...
Died. Princess Helena Augusta Victoria, 77, aunt of King George V of England, and third daughter of Queen Victoria. She married (in 1866) Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, who died in 1917. She is survived by a son, who fought in the Prussian Army during the war, and two daughters. The Court of St. James will go into mourning for one month, but public engagements of the royal family will not be canceled...