Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Peter August Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (7 December 1697 – 22 March 1775) was a Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.[1]
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| Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck | |||||
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| Reign | 22 September 1774 – 24 February 1775 | ||||
| Born | 7 December 1697 Königsberg, Prussia | ||||
| Died | 22 March 1775 (aged 77) Reval, Russia | ||||
| Spouse | Princess Sophie of Hesse-Philippsthal Countess Natalia Nikolaievna Golovina | ||||
| Issue | Karl Anton August Catherine | ||||
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| House | Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck | ||||
| Father | Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck | ||||
| Mother | Duchess Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg | ||||
Early life
editBorn in Königsberg, Duchy of Prussia, as the fifth and youngest son of Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and his wife, Duchess Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1658-1740).[1] He was named after the Russian tsar Peter the Great, who stood by proxy as his godfather after Duke Frederick asked him to do so. It was one of the first family ties established between the Eastern Orthodox Romanov dynasty and Protestant rulers of Europe, predating the German marriages of Peter's own children and nieces.
Army career
editPeter August became Governor General of Reval (Tallinn), Governor of Estonia, and a Field Marshal in the Russian Imperial Army.[1] He died in Reval, Russian Empire.
Biography
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He was only the titular duke, because he did not inherit the Haus Beck, Ulenburg, Herford and the domain that belonged to this line of the family. It had been inherited by his father's older brother, Duke August (1652–1689), and nephew Frederick William I (1682–1719), and was then sold by the latter's widow, Duchess Antoinette Josefa (1692-1762) to Peter August's older brother, Duke Frederick William II (1687–1749), in 1732.[2] But he re-sold it in 1745 to Baroness Magdalena Dorothea von Ledebur-Königsbrück (d. 1750). Thus, by the time that Peter August became the head of this cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg, he was Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck in name only.[2]
Royal descendants
editHe is the male line ancestor of Margrethe II of Denmark, Harald V of Norway, Constantine II of Greece and Charles III of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms, as well as previous Kings of Denmark, Kings of Greece, Kings of Norway and future Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.[3]
Marriages and issue
editPeter August married Princess Sophie of Hesse-Philippsthal (1695-1728), the daughter of Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal and his wife, Countess Katharina Amalie of Solms-Laubach (1654-1736), at Rinteln on 5 September 1723.[1] Sophie died on 8 May 1728 at age thirty-three.[1] Peter August and Sophie had two sons and one daughter:
- Prince Karl of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (October 1724 – March 1726).
- Princess Ulrike Amelie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (20 May 1726 – died shortly after).
- Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (10 August 1727 – 12 September 1759).
He married secondly Countess Natalia Nikolaievna Golovina (1724-1767), granddaughter of Count Fyodor Golovin, daughter of Count Nicholas Fedorovich Golovin (1695-1745) and his wife, Sophie Pushkina (1700-1745), on 15 March 1742. The couple had two sons and one daughter:
- Prince Peter of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1 February 1743 – 3 January 1751).
- Prince Alexander of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (born and died 1744).
- Princess Catherine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (23 February 1750 – 10 December 1811); married Prince Ivan Sergeevich Baryatinsky (d. 1811); grandmother of Russian field marshal Prince Aleksandr Baryatinsky and Princess Leonilla of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn.
Ancestry
edit| Ancestors of Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck[4] |
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e Burke's Guide to the Royal Family (1973), Burke's Peerage, ISBN 0220662223, p. 328
- ^ a b Huberty, Michel; Alain Giraud; F. and B. Magdelaine (1994). L'Allemagne Dynastique Tome VII Oldenbourg (in French). France. pp. 79, 97, 118, 141. ISBN 2-901138-07-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Descendancy for Duke Peder Augusti af Slesvig, governor-general of Estonia & Peterburg, Herzog von Holstein, : Genealogics".
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 75.