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, house =
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-Bec ...
, spouse = Princess Sophie of Hesse-Philippsthal
Natália Nikolaievna, Countess Golovine
, issue =
Karl Anton August Catherine
, father =
Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (german: Friedrich Ludwig Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck; 6 April 1653 – 7 March 1728) was a Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and field marshal of the Prus ...
, mother = Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
, birth_date =
, birth_place =
Königsberg
Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named ...
,
Prussia
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, death_date =
, death_place =
Reval,
Russia
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Peter August Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (7 December 1697 – 22 March 1775) was a 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-Bec ...
.
[ He was the fifth and youngest son of ]Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (german: Friedrich Ludwig Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck; 6 April 1653 – 7 March 1728) was a Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and field marshal of the Prus ...
and his wife, Duchess Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.[''Burke's Guide to the Royal Family'' (1973), Burke's Peerage, , p. 328]
Life
Born in Königsberg
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, Duchy of Prussia
The Duchy of Prussia (german: Herzogtum Preußen, pl, Księstwo Pruskie, lt, Prūsijos kunigaikštystė) or Ducal Prussia (german: Herzogliches Preußen, link=no; pl, Prusy Książęce, link=no) was a duchy in the Prussia (region), region of P ...
, Peter August became Governor General of Reval (Tallinn
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), Governor of Estonia
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, and a Field Marshal
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in the Russian Imperial Army
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.[ He died in Reval, ]Russian Empire
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.
Biography
He was only the ''titular'' duke, because he did not inherit the domain
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of Haus Beck. It had been inherited by his father's older brother, Duke August (1652–1689), and nephew Frederick William I (1682–1719), and was then sold by the latter's widow to Peter August's older brother, Duke Frederick William II (1687–1749), in 1732. But he re-sold it in 1745 to Baroness Magdalena von Ledebur-Königsbrück. Thus, by the time that Peter August became the head of this cadet branch
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of the Danish royal dynasty, he was "Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck" in name only.[
He is the male line ancestor of Margrethe II of Denmark, ]Harald V of Norway
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, and Charles III
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of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms.
Marriage and issue
Peter August married Princess Sophie of Hesse-Philippsthal, the daughter of Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
Philip of Hesse-Philippsthal (14 December 1655 – 18 June 1721) was the son of William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg. He was the first landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal from 1663 to 1721 and the founder of the f ...
and his wife, Countess Katharina Amalie of Solms-Laubach, at Rinteln on 5 September 1723.[ Sophie died on 8 May 1728 at age thirty-three.][ Peter August and Sophie had two sons and one daughter:
* Prince Karl of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (October 1724 – March 1726).
* Princess Ulrike Amelie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (20 May 1726 – died shortly after).
* ]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.
Marriage ...
(10 August 1727 – 12 September 1759).
He married secondly Countess Natalia Nikolaievna Golovina, granddaughter of Count Fyodor Golovin, daughter of Count Nicholas Fedorovich Golovin and his wife, Sophie, on 15 March 1742. The couple had two sons and one daughter:
* Prince Peter of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1 February 1743 – 3 January 1751).
* Prince Alexander of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (born and died 1744).
* Princess Catherine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Princess Catherine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (23 February 1750 – 20 December 1811), was a German noblewoman and member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. Through her marriage she became Princess Baryatinskaya, being ...
(23 February 1750 – 10 December 1811); grandmother of Russian field marshal Prince Aleksandr Baryatinsky
Prince Aleksandr Ivanovich Baryatinsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Баря́тинский, tr. ; – 9 March 1879) was a Russian General and Field Marshal (from 1859), Prince, governor of the Caucasus.
Early life a ...
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Ancestry
References
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1697 births
1775 deaths
Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Field marshals of Russia
Nobility from Königsberg
People from Tallinn
People from the Governorate of Estonia
Baltic-German people