Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (; 20 August 175724 April 1816)
was the ninth and
penultimate
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Duke of
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (Schleswig-Holstein-Beck or Beck for short) was a line of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg branch of the House of Oldenburg. It consisted of August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-B ...
. Friedrich Karl Ludwig was the son of
Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (10 August 1727, in Marburg12 September 1759, in Stettin) was the son of Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and Princess Sophie of Hesse-Philippsthal.
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and his wife
Countess Charlotte of Dohna-Schlodien
Countess Friederike Charlotte Antoinette of Dohna-Schlodien in Leistenau (german: Friederike, Burggräfin und Gräfin zu Dohna-Schlodien) Schwennicke, Detlev (ed.) (1980). ''Europäische Stammtafeln'', Neue Folge. Band I: Die Deutschen Staaten, Taf ...
.
Life
Friedrich Karl Ludwig was born in
Königsberg
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,
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (german: Königreich Preußen, ) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Re ...
. At the age of two he lost his father who dies from wounds he received in the
battle of Kundersdorf. He joined the
Prussian Army
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The Prussian Army had its roots in the co ...
in 1777 upon the request of King
Frederick the Great
Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the Sil ...
. By 1781 he was a staff officer in the Regiment von Schlieben and by 1787 he commanded a grenadier battalion based in Königsberg.
He assisted in the suppression of the 1794
Kościuszko Uprising
The Kościuszko Uprising, also known as the Polish Uprising of 1794 and the Second Polish War, was an uprising against the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Pr ...
and was Governor of
Kraków
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in 1795. He retired from Prussian service as a lieutenant general in 1797 and spent the rest of his life improving agriculture in
Holstein
Holstein (; nds, label=Northern Low Saxon, Holsteen; da, Holsten; Latin and historical en, Holsatia, italic=yes) is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is the southern half of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of German ...
.
He died in
Wellingsbüttel Manor
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, now part of
Hamburg
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He was a recipient of the
Order of the Elephant
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,
Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
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History
The introduction of the Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was envisioned by Empero ...
,
Order of the Red Eagle
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, and the
Order of Saint Hubert
The Royal Order of Saint Hubert (german: Sankt Hubertus Königlicher Orden), or sometimes (german: Königlicher Orden des Heiligen Hubertus) is a Roman Catholic dynastic order of knighthood founded in 1444 or 1445 by Gerhard VII, Duke of Jülic ...
.
[ ''Der Elephanten-Orden und seine Ritter.'' Von Johann Heinrich Friedrich Berlien]
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
Frederick Ferdinand of Anhalt-Köthen (25 June 1769, Pless – 23 August 1830, Köthen) was a German prince, Ascanian ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Pless and, from 1818, of the duchy of Anhalt-Köthen. He was the second son of Frederick ...
*
(4 January 1785 – 27 February 1831)
Friedrich was succeeded as duke by his son,
.
Ancestry
References
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1757 births
1816 deaths
Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
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Nobility from Königsberg
Lieutenant generals of Prussia
Prussian people of the Kościuszko Uprising