Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Noble family	House of Oldenburg
Father	Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Mother	Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Born	18 September 1690
Died	22 September 1774 (aged 84) Königsberg, East Prussia

Duke Charles Louis of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (18 September 1690 – 22 September 1774) was a Lieutenant General in the Prussian Army and Governor of Reval (Tallinn) in the Governorate of Estonia.

Life

Charles Louis was the son of Frederick Louis (1653-1728) and his wife, Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1658-1740).

In 1723, he converted to Roman Catholicism.

In 1757, he became the titular Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck after his nephew Colonel Frederick William III died in the Battle of Prague without leaving a male heir.

In 1762, he was appointed field marshal by Czar Peter III of Russia, but he refused because of his age.

Charles Louis died in 1774 in Königsberg, East Prussia. He was succeeded by Peter August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.

Marriage and issue

He married in 1730 in Dresden to Anna Karolina Orzelska (1707-1769). She was an illegitimate daughter of King August II of Poland and his French mistress, Henriette Rénard-Duval. They divorced after three years. They had one son: Charles Frederick (5 January 1732 in Dresden – 21 February 1772 in Strasbourg), who never married.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

16. Johann II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon               8. Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg                       17. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen               4. August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Beck                             18. John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen               9. Dorothea von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen                       19. Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst               2. Frederick Louis, Duke of Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck                                   20. Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg               10. William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken                       21. Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel               5. Marie Sibylle of Nassau-Saarbrücken                             22. George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach               11. Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach                       23. Juliane Ursula zu Salm-Neufville               1. Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck                                         24. Johann II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon (= 16)               12. Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (= 8)                       25. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (= 17)               6. Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg                             26. John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (= 18)               13. Dorothea von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (= 9)                       27. Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (= 19)               3. Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg                                   28. Johann II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon (= 16)               14. Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg                       29. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (= 17)               7. Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg                             30. Francis II of Saxe-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg               15. Sofie Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg                       31. Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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