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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.
[1] John's death is unknown. It is possible that Boris Godunov's ministers may have poisoned him. The cancelled marriage between John and Ksenia was a attempt to ally Denmark with the Russian Empire. If that would have happened and if John had lived and had issue history might have gone in a different direction .
In Alexander Pushkin's chamber drama Boris Godunov and the Mussorgskyopera 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[]
showAncestors of John, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
