Christian August I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (4 August 1696 – 20 January 1754) was the

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Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg () was a branch of the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg of the House of Oldenburg. The line descended from Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. Like all of the secondary ...

, member of a cadet branch of the

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Biography

Christian August was a son of Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, who was himself a son of Ernest Günther, and his wife, Countess Sophie Amalie of Ahlefeld-Rixingen (1675-1741), herself a daughter of Count Frederick of Ahlefeldt-Rixingen. He served as

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of the cathedral chapter in

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. Later, he became governor of the Danish island

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, then

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and

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of the royal guards in

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. In 1731, Christian August I succeeded his childless uncle Ernest August.

Marriage and issue

He married Countess Frederikke Louise of

Danneskiold-Samsøe The House of Danneskiold-Samsøe is a Denmark, Danish family of Danish nobility, high nobility who formerly held the island of Samsø as a fief. They represent an illegitimate branch of the House of Oldenburg, which means that they share ancestry ...

(1699–1744), the daughter of Count

Christian Gyldenløve Christian Gyldenløve, Landgrave 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. ...

by his first wife and cousin, Countess Charlotte Amalie of Danneskiold-Laurvig (1682-1699). They had the following children: * Frederick Christian I * Emil August (1722–1786):

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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 ''Dansk Biografisk Leksikon'' (usually abbreviated DBL; title of first edition written ''Dansk biografisk Lexikon'') is a Danish biographical dictionary that has been published in three editions. The first edition, ''Dansk biografisk Lexikon, til ...

, Band III., p. 535
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* 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 {{Germany-duke-stub