Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (30 October 1660 – 12 March 1731) was the second son of Duke
Ernest Günther and his wife
Auguste.
Ernest August converted to
Catholicism
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and became a
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in
Strasbourg
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. However, he later reverted to
Lutheranism
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.
In 1692, he succeeded his childless brother
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Anhalt-Harzgerode
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as Duke of Augustenburg. In 1695 he married Baroness Maria Theresia of Weinberg. This marriage remained childless.
Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
1660 births
1731 deaths
17th-century German people
18th-century German people
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