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Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
(
Danish
:
Frederik Carl Ludvig
; 20 August 1757 – 24 April 1816)
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was the ninth and
penultimate
Duke of
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
. Friedrich Karl Ludwig was the son of
Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
and his wife
Countess Charlotte of Dohna-Schlodien
.
Life
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Friedrich Karl Ludwig was born in
Konigsberg
,
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
. By 1781 he was a staff officer in the Regiment von Schlieben and by 1787 he commanded a grenadier battalion based in Konigsberg.
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He assisted in the suppression of the 1794
Ko?ciuszko Uprising
and was Governor of
Krakow
in 1795. He retired from Prussian service as a lieutenant general in 1797 and spent the rest of his life improving agriculture in
Holstein
.
[1]
He died in
Wellingsbuttel Manor
, now part of
Hamburg
.
He was a recipient of the
Order of the Elephant
,
Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
,
Order of the Red Eagle
, and the
Order of Saint Hubert
.
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Marriage and issue
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Friedrich married
Countess Friederike of Schlieben
(28 February 1757 – 17 December 1827) on 8 March 1780 in Konigsberg. At the time, the marriage was not looked upon favorably because the Schlieben family didn't belong to the circle of either
reigning families
or
ancient noble families
. Friedrich and Friederike had three children:
Friedrich was succeeded as duke by his son,
Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
.
Ancestry
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Ancestors of Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
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Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Born:
20 August 1757
Died:
24 April 1816
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Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
24 February 1775–25 March 1816
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