Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Friedrich Karl Ludwig
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Friedrich Karl Ludwig by Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, ca. 1800
Reign 24 February 1775–25 March 1816
Predecessor Peter August
Successor Friedrich Wilhelm
Born (1757-08-20)20 August 1757
Königsberg
Died 24 April 1816(1816-04-24) (aged 58)
Wellingsbüttel Manor
Spouse Countess Friederike of Schlieben
Issue Princess Friederike
Princess Luise
Friedrich Wilhelm
Full name
Frederick Charles Louis
German: Friedrich Karl Ludwig
House House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Father Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Mother Countess Charlotte of Dohna-Schlodien

Friedrich Karl Ludwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck[1][2] (20 August 1757[1][2] – 24 April 1816[1][2]) was the fifth and penultimate Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.[1][2] Friedrich Karl Ludwig was the son of Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and his wife Countess Charlotte of Dohna-Schlodien.[1][2]

Life

Friedrich Karl Ludwig was born in Königsberg, East Prussia. He joined the Prussian Army in 1777 upon the request of King Frederick the Great. By 1781 he was a staff officer in the Regiment von Schlieben and by 1787 he commanded a grenadier battalion based in Königsberg.[3] He assisted in the suppression of the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising and was Governor of Kraków in 1795. He retired from Prussian service as a lieutenant general in 1797[3] and spent the rest of his life improving agriculture in Holstein. He died in Wellingsbüttel Manor, now part of Hamburg.

He was a recipient of the Order of the Elephant, Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, Order of the Red Eagle, and the Order of Saint Hubert.[4]

Marriage and issue

Friedrich married Countess Friederike of Schlieben (28 February 1757 – 17 December 1827)[1][2] on 9 March 1780 in Königsberg.[1][2] At the time, the marriage was not looked upon favorably because the Schlieben family was not an ancient noble family. Friedrich and Friederike had three children:

Friedrich was succeeded as duke by his son, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.[1][2]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Ancestry

Descendants

He is the agnatic ancestor to the current monarchs/pretenders to the thrones of Denmark, Norway and Greece. This list will eventually include the British royal family as Friedrich is the male-line ancestor of The Prince of Wales and The Duke of Cambridge.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Darryl Lundy (1 May 2005). "Friedrich Karl Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2008-09-02. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Paul Theroff. "SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
  3. 1 2 Albinus, Robert (1985). Lexikon der Stadt Königsberg Pr. und Umgebung (in German). Leer: Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg. p. 371. ISBN 3-7921-0320-6.
  4. ↑ Der Elephanten-Orden und seine Ritter. Von Johann Heinrich Friedrich Berlien
Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg
Born: 20 August 1757 Died: 24 April 1816
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Peter August		 Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
24 February 1775–25 March 1816 		Succeeded by
Friedrich Wilhelm
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