Editing Augustenborg, Denmark (section)

==History==
The town grew up around [[Augustenborg Palace]] which was established by [[Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg|Ernest Günther]], a member of the ducal house of [[Schleswig-Holstein]] (its branch of [[Sønderborg]]) and a cadet of the royal house of Denmark, in the years after 1651. The palace, and the town consequently, received the name in honor of Ernest's wife Auguste, herself also from a branch of dukes of Schleswig-Holstein.

The palace became the chief seat of their line which used the name Augustenborg as its branch name. Later, a Danish king made the head of that line specifically [[Duke of Augustenborg]]. They grew in relative prominence in late 18th century, and in the 19th century [[Schleswig-Holstein Question]], being the symbols of pro-German nationalistic movement in Schleswig-Holstein.  The area was annexed by [[Prussia]] in 1864 from Denmark, but was returned in 1920 following a [[Schleswig Plebiscites|plebiscite]].

The Augustenborg male line died out in 1931, upon the death of [[Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein]], a grandson of [[Queen Victoria]]. Their female-line [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden|descendant]] today holds the throne of [[Sweden]].