Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

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Charles Louis
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Reign1757-1774
Born(1690-09-18)18 September 1690
Died22 September 1774(1774-09-22) (aged 84)
Königsberg, East Prussia
SpouseAnna Karolina Orzelska
HouseHouse of Oldenburg
FatherFrederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
MotherLouise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Duke Charles Louis of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (18 September 1690 – 22 September 1774) was a Lieutenant General in the Prussian Army and Governor of Reval (Tallinn) in the Governorate of Estonia.

Life

Charles Louis was the son of Frederick Louis (1653-1728) and his wife, Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1658-1740).

In 1723, he converted to Roman Catholicism.

In 1757, he became the titular Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck after his nephew Colonel Frederick William III died in the Battle of Prague without leaving a male heir.

In 1762, he was appointed field marshal by Czar Peter III of Russia, but he refused because of his age.

Charles Louis died in 1774 in Königsberg, East Prussia. He was succeeded by Peter August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.

Marriage and issue

He married in 1730 in Dresden to Anna Karolina Orzelska (1707-1769). She was an illegitimate daughter of King August II of Poland and his French mistress, Henriette Rénard-Duval. They divorced after three years. They had one son: Charles Frederick (5 January 1732 in Dresden – 21 February 1772 in Strasbourg), who never married.

Ancestry

Family of Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
16. Johann II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon
8. Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
17. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
4. August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Beck
18. John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
9. Dorothea von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
19. Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
2. Frederick Louis, Duke of Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
20. Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
10. William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
21. Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel
5. Marie Sibylle of Nassau-Saarbrücken
22. George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
11. Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach
23. Juliane Ursula zu Salm-Neufville
1. Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
24. Johann II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon (= 16)
12. Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (= 8)
25. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (= 17)
6. Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
26. John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (= 18)
13. Dorothea von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (= 9)
27. Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (= 19)
3. Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
28. Johann II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon (= 16)
14. Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
29. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (= 17)
7. Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
30. Francis II of Saxe-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg
15. Sofie Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg
31. Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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Born: 18 September 1690 Died: 22 September 1774
Preceded by Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
1757-1774 		Succeeded by


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