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) is a line of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg branch of the House of Oldenburg. It consisted of August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Bec ...
. 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.
Marriag ...
and his wife
Countess Charlotte of Dohna-Schlodien.
Life
Friedrich Karl Ludwig was born in
Königsberg
Königsberg (; ; ; ; ; ; , ) is the historic Germany, German and Prussian name of the city now called Kaliningrad, Russia. The city was founded in 1255 on the site of the small Old Prussians, Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teuton ...
, Kingdom of Prussia. At the age of two he lost his father who died from wounds he received in the
battle of Kundersdorf. He joined the
Prussian Army in 1777 upon the request of King
Frederick the Great
Frederick II (; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled ''King in Prussia'', declaring himself ''King of Prussia'' after annexing Royal Prussia ...
. 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, Second Polish War, Polish Campaign of 1794, and the Polish Revolution of 1794, was an uprising against the Russian and Prussian influence on the Polish–Lithuanian Common ...
and was Governor of
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
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 (; ; ; ; ) is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider (river), Eider. It is the southern half of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost States of Germany, state of Germany.
Holstein once existed as the German County of Holstein (; 8 ...
.
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 Emperor ...
,
Order of the Red Eagle
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, and the
Order of Saint Hubert
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.
[ ''Der Elephanten-Orden und seine Ritter.'' Von Johann Heinrich Friedrich Berlien]
Marriage and issue
Friedrich married
Countess Friederike of Schlieben
Countess ''Friederike'' Amalie of Schlieben''Burke's Guide to the Royal Family'' (1973), Burke's Peerage, , p. 328 (; 28 February 175717 December 1827) was the consort of Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.
Early li ...
on 8 March 1780 in Königsberg. She was the second and youngest daughter of
Count Karl Leopold of Schlieben and his wife, Countess Marie Eleonore von
Lehndorff.
At the time, the marriage was not looked upon favorably by his family, because the Schlieben family, although a noble one, didn't belong to an exclusive circle of either
reigning families or
ancient noble families, which would be more acceptable. 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, in Pless – 23 August 1830, in 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 Fr ...
*
(4 January 1785 – 27 February 1831)
Friedrich was succeeded as duke by his son,
.
Ancestry
References
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1757 births
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Lieutenant generals of Prussia
Prussian people of the Kościuszko Uprising