August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

August Philipp
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Predecessor	none
Successor	August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Born	11 November 1612 Sonderburg, Duchy of Schleswig
Died	6 May 1675 (aged 62) Beck Castle, Löhne, Westfalen
Spouse	Clara of Oldenburg Sidonia of Oldenburg Maria Sibylla of Nassau-Saarbrücken
Issue	Sophie Luise, Countess of Lippe-Brake August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck Dorothea Amalia, Countess of Lippe-Alverdissen Sophia Elisabeth Wilhelmine Augusta Luise Clara Sophie Eleonore Maximilian William Anton Günther Ernst Kasimir Karl Gustav
Full name August Philipp
House	Oldenburg
Father	Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
Mother	Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (11 November 1612 – 6 May 1675) was a Danish-German prince and member of the House of Oldenburg. After acquiring the estate of Beck in Westfalen in 1646, he took the title of Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.

Biography

August Philipp was born in 1612 in Sonderburg, Duchy of Schleswig (now Sønderborg, Denmark) as the fifth son of Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. In 1633, at the age of 21, he emigrated to Germany.

He married Marie Sibylle of Nassau-Saarbrücken, daughter of William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken on April 12, 1651 in Beck.

August died in Beck and was succeeded as duke first by his oldest son, August, and later by his second son, Frederick Louis.

Ancestors

Ancestors of August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

16. Frederick I of Denmark               8. Christian III of Denmark                       17. Anna of Brandenburg               4. John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg                             18. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg               9. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg                       19. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel               2. Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg                                   20. Philip I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen               10. Ernest III, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen                       21. Catherine of Mansfeld-Vorderort               5. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen                             22. George I, Duke of Pomerania               11. Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast                       23. Amalie of the Palatinate               1. August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Beck                                         24. Henry XXXI of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg               12. Günther XL, Count of Schwarzburg                       25. Magdalena of Hohnstein               6. John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen                             26. Philipp, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Ronneburg               13. Elisabeth of Isenburg-Büdingen-Ronneburg                       27. Amalie von Rieneck               3. Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen                                   28. John V, Count of Oldenburg               14. Anthony I, Count of Oldenburg                       29. Anna of Anhalt-Zerbst               7. Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst                             30. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (=18.)               15. Sophie of Saxe-Lauenburg                       31. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (=19.)

References

• Article in Dansk biografisk leksikon (Danish)