Christian August I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (4 August 1696 – 20 January 1754) was a son of
, who was himself a son of
Ernest Günther.
He served as
provost of the cathedral chapter in
Hamburg
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. Later, he became governor of the Danish island
Als
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* General of the Infantry (Bulgaria)
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and
Colonel
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of the royal guards in
Denmark
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. In 1731, Christian August I succeeded his childless uncle
Ernest August.
Marriage and issue
He married
Frederikke Louise (1699–1744), the daughter of Count
Christian Gyldenløve
Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsøe (Copenhagen, 28 February 1674 – Odense, 16 July 1703), was a Danish nobleman and military officer. He was one of five illegitimate children fathered by Christian V of Denmark with Sophie Amalie Moth.
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of
Danneskiold-Samsøe
The House of Danneskiold-Samsøe is a Danish family of high nobility associated with the Danish Royal Family, and who formerly held the island of Samsø as a fief.
By royal statutory regulation, the Counts Danneskiold-Samsøe and their male-lin ...
. They had the following children:
*
Frederick Christian I
* Emil August (1722–1786):
Lieutenant General
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in the Danish army
* Christian Ulrich (1723)
* Sophie Charlotte (1725-1752)
*
Christine Ulrike (1727–1794)
*
Sofie Magdalene (1731–1799)
* unnamed (1732)
*
Charlotte Amalie (1736–1815)
* unnamed (1736)
Ancestry
References
*
Dansk biografisk Lexikon, Band III., p. 535
Digitalisat* Eduard Maria Oettinger, ''Moniteur des dates'', p. 176
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Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
18th-century Danish military personnel
1696 births
1754 deaths
18th-century German people
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