, title = Duke of Oldenburg , image = Friedrich August von Oldenburg.jpg , caption = , succession =

Duke of Oldenburg Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ranke ...

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William I William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087 ...

, reign = 1774–1785 , spouse =

Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel , title = Countess/Duchess of Oldenburg , image = , caption = , spouse = Frederick Augustus I, Duke of Oldenburg , issue = Wilhelm, Duke of OldenburgPrincess Luise Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte, Queen of Swede ...

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Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg , image = , caption = , reign = 6 July 1785 –2 July 1823 , succession = Duke of Oldenburg , predecessor = Frederick Augustus I , successor = Peter I , spouse = , issue = , house ...

Princess Luise
Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte, Queen of Sweden and Norway , royal house =

Holstein-Gottorp Holstein-Gottorp or Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp () is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, also known as Ducal Holstein, that were ruled by the dukes of Schlesw ...

, father = Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin , mother =

Margravine Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach Princess Margravine Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach (3 July 1682 – 22 December 1755) was a German princess. She was the daughter of Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach and his wife Duchess Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp. She ma ...

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Gottorp Gottorf Castle (german: Schloss Gottorf, da, Gottorp Slot, Low German: ''Gottorp'') is a castle and estate in the city of Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is one of the most important secular buildings in Schleswig-Holstein, and ha ...

Schleswig The Duchy of Schleswig ( da, Hertugdømmet Slesvig; german: Herzogtum Schleswig; nds, Hartogdom Sleswig; frr, Härtochduum Slaswik) was a duchy in Southern Jutland () covering the area between about 60 km (35 miles) north and 70 km ...

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Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to: Places *Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica *Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany **Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony *Olde ...

, place of burial= } Friedrich August, Duke of

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 ...

(20 September 1711 in

– 6 July 1785 in

) was the son of Christian August, regent of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Margravine Albertine Friederike of

Baden-Durlach The Margraviate of Baden-Durlach was an early modern territory of the Holy Roman Empire, in the upper Rhine valley, which existed from 1535 to 1771. It was formed when the Margraviate of Baden was split between the sons of Margrave Christopher ...

Marriage and issue

Frederick Augustus married on 21 November 1752 to

; the couple had three children: * Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg (3 January 1754 – 2 July 1823) * Luise of Holstein-Gottorp-Oldenburg (2 October 1756 – 31 July 1759), died in infancy * Hedwig Sophie Charlotte (22 March 1759 – 20 June 1818), Queen of Sweden and Norway as wife of

Charles XIII of Sweden Charles XIII, or Carl XIII ( sv, Karl XIII, 7 October 1748 – 5 February 1818), was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 to his death. He was the second son (and younger brother to King Gustav III) of King Adolf Frederick of Sw ...

Titular History

Empress An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereignty, sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), ...

Catherine the Great of Russia , en, Catherine Alexeievna Romanova, link=yes , house = , father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst , mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp , birth_date = , birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anha ...

, on behalf of her son

Paul of Russia Paul I (russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич ; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his assassination. Officially, he was the only son of Peter III and Catherine the Great, although Catherine hinted that he was fathered by her l ...

, last of the Dukes of

, ceded the lands of that duchy to

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

. In exchange, Denmark ceded the Duchy of Oldenburg to the Prince Bishops of Lübeck, a cadet branch of the Dukes of Gottorp. Thus, Friederich August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince Bishop of Lübeck, became Duke of Oldenburg. His son and

heir apparent An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...

, Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, succeeded him as

Wilhelm I, Duke of Oldenburg , image = , caption = , reign = 6 July 1785 –2 July 1823 , succession = Duke of Oldenburg , predecessor = Frederick Augustus I , successor = Peter I , spouse = , issue = , house ...

Ancestry

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Frederick Augustus 01 Of Oldenburg 1711 births 1785 deaths Dukes of Oldenburg People from Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein Lutheran Prince-Bishops of Lübeck

Marriage and issue

Titular History

Ancestry

See also

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