John, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein

John
Duke of Holstein
File:Hans 1583-1602.jpg
Born	(1583-07-09)9 July 1583
Died
House	Oldenburg
Father	Frederick II of Denmark
Mother	Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Johan of Schleswig-Holstein (9 July 1583 – 28 October 1602) was the youngest son of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway and Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He went to Russia in 1602 as the bridegroom of Boris Godunov's daughter Ksenia (Xenia), but fell ill and died before the marriage could take place.

Other notable facts

• In Alexander Pushkin's chamber drama Boris Godunov and the Mussorgsky opera based on it, Johan is referred to in Boris's monologue "I have attained the highest power":

I thought to make my daughter happy
By wedlock. Like a tempest Death took off
Her bridegroom—and at once a stealthy rumour
Pronounced me guilty of my daughter's grief--
Me, me, the hapless father!

Ancestry

Family of John, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein

16. Christian I of Denmark (=#28)               8. Frederick I of Denmark (=#14)                       17. Dorothea of Brandenburg (=#29)               4. Christian III of Denmark                             18. John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg               9. Anna of Brandenburg                       19. Margaret of Thuringia               2. Frederick II of Denmark                                   20. John V of Saxe-Lauenburg               10. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg                       21. Dorothea of Brandenburg               5. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg                             22. Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               11. Catherine of Brunswick                       23. Catherine of Pomerania-Wolgast               1. John, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein                                         24. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg               12. Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg                       25. Sophie of Pomerania-Wolgast               6. Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg                             26. Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg               13. Anna of Brandenburg                       27. Elizabeth of Denmark               3. Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow                                   28. Christian I of Denmark (=#16)               14. Frederick I of Denmark (=#8)                       29. Dorothea of Brandenburg (=#17)               7. Elizabeth of Denmark                             30. Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania               15. Sophie of Pomerania                       31. Anna of Poland

References

• "The Muscovite Embassy of 1599 to Emperor Rudolf II of Habsburg," by Isaiah Gruber (1999): page 86 (with footnote 3)

External links

• Boris Godunov: a drama in verse at Project Gutenberg
• The Muscovite Embassy of 1599 to Emperor Rudolf II of Habsburg (pdf) by Isaiah Gruber