Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (Danish: Frederik Carl Ludvig; 20 August 1757 – 24 April 1816)[1] was the ninth and penultimate Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. Friedrich Karl Ludwig was the son of Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and his wife Countess Charlotte of Dohna-Schlodien.
| Friedrich Karl Ludwig | |
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 Friedrich Karl Ludwig by Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, ca. 1800 | |
| Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck | |
| Reign | 24 February 1775 – March 1816 |
| Predecessor | Peter August |
| Successor | Friedrich Wilhelm |
| Born | 20 August 1757 Königsberg, Prussia |
| Died | 24 April 1816 (aged 58) Wellingsbüttel Manor, Hamburg |
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| House | Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck |
| Father | Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck |
| Mother | Countess Charlotte of Dohna-Schlodien |
Life
Friedrich Karl Ludwig was born in Königsberg, Kingdom of 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.[1] 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 and spent the rest of his life improving agriculture in Holstein.[1] 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.[2]
Marriage and issue
Friedrich married Countess Friederike of Schlieben (28 February 1757 – 17 December 1827) on 8 March 1780 in Königsberg. 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:
- Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (13 December 1780 – 19 January 1862) ⚭ 1800 Gottlob Samuel von Richthofen, Baron von Richthofen (1769–1808)
- Princess Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (28 September 1783 – 24 November 1803) ⚭ 1803 Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen
- Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (4 January 1785 – 27 February 1831)
Friedrich was succeeded as duke by his son, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
Ancestry
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References
- Albinus, Robert (1985). Lexikon der Stadt Königsberg Pr. und Umgebung (in German). Leer: Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg. p. 371. ISBN 3-7921-0320-6.
- Der Elephanten-Orden und seine Ritter. Von Johann Heinrich Friedrich Berlien
- Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 77.