Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (10 August 1727, in
Marburg
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12 September 1759, in
Stettin) was the son of
Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
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, house = Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
, spouse = Princess Sophie of Hesse-PhilippsthalNatália Nikolaievna, Countess Golovine
, issue = Karl Anton AugustCatherine
, father = Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Ho ...
and Princess Sophie of
Hesse-Philippsthal
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.
Marriage and issue
On 30 May 1754, Anton (as he was known) married
Countess Frederica Charlotte of Dohna-Schlodien in Leistenau (3 July 173821 April 1785) in Königsberg. The couple had one child,
(20 August 175724 April 1816).
Anton would have inherited the dukedom 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-Be ...
had it not been for his early death by wounds suffered at the
Battle of Kunersdorf.
[Laubert, Manfred (1900). ''Die Schlacht bei Kunersdorf am 12. August 1759'' (in German). Mittler. OCLC 823779178, p. 53.] His father Peter outlived him, so the dukedom was passed on from Peter to Anton's only son, Friedrich.
Ancestry
References
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1727 births
1759 deaths
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Prussian military personnel
German military personnel killed in action