Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Prince Karl Anton August
Born(1727-08-10)10 August 1727
Marburg, Hesse-Darmstadt
Died12 September 1759(1759-09-12) (aged 32)
Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia
SpouseCountess Charlotte of Dohna-Schlodien
IssueFriedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
HouseSchleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
FatherPeter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
MotherSophie of Hesse-Philippsthal

Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (10 August 1727, in Marburg – 12 September 1759, in Stettin)[1] was the son of Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and Princess Sophie of Hesse-Philippsthal.

Marriage and issue

On 30 May 1754, Anton (as he was known) married Countess Frederica Charlotte of Dohna-Schlodien in Leistenau (3 July 1738 – 21 April 1785) in Königsberg. The couple had one child, Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (20 August 1757 – 24 April 1816).

Anton would have inherited the dukedom of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck had it not been for his early death by wounds suffered at the Battle of Kunersdorf.[2] His father Peter outlived him, so the dukedom was passed on from Peter to Anton's only son, Friedrich.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Huberty, Michel (1994). L'Allemagne dynastique: Les quinze Familles qui on fait l'Empire. A. Giraud. p. 166. ISBN 978-2-901138-07-5.
  2. ^ Laubert, Manfred (1900). Die Schlacht bei Kunersdorf am 12. August 1759 (in German). Mittler. OCLC 823779178, p. 53.