(b. 1957). Christoph married Princess Elisabeth of
Lippe-Weissenfeld (b. 28 July 1957 in
Munich), the youngest child of Prince Alfred Karl Friedrich Georg Franz of
Lippe-Weissenfeld (1922-2024), who served as
UNHCR representative for
Italy, and his wife, Baroness Irmgard Julinka
Wagner von Wehrborn (b. 1928). The couple married at
Glücksburg civilly on 23 September 1981 and religiously on 3 October. They had four children: • Sophie (born 9 October 1983 in
Eckernförde), who married Swedish
entrepreneur Anders Wahlquist (born 1968) in 2015. They have two children꞉ • Cecil Wahlquist (born 2016) • Sirai Wahlquist (born 2018) • Friedrich Ferdinand (born 19 July 1985 in Eckernförde), 9th Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Head of the
House of Oldenburg, who married fashion model Anjuta Buchholz (born 1985/1986) in March 2017. They have two sons꞉ • Hereditary Prince Alfred of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 2019) • Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 2020) • Constantin (born 14 July 1986 in Eckernförde), who married civilly in March 2023 Countess Sophia von der
Schulenburg (born 17 April 1990 in
Valencia, Spain). They married religiously on 1 June 2024 in
Sóller,
Mallorca, and they have one son꞉ • Prince Tassilo of Schleswig-Holstein (born July 2023) • Leopold (born 5 September 1991 in Eckernförde), who married in 2025 Alix Preuss-Neudorf, daughter of Christian Preuss-Neudorf and Countess Margareta von der
Schulenburg, and first cousin of her sister-in-law Princess Sophia (née von der Schulenburg). ==Death==