August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

August Philip of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Beck ( born November 11, 1612 Sønderborg, † May 6, 1675 in Beck ( Ulenburg ) ), he was the founder of the line of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Beck. He was both Duke of Oldenburg and Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Beck. His family branch of the House of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg renamed itself after lying in the vicinity of wages Haus Beck.

Family

His parents were Duke Alexander of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg (1573-1627) and Dorothea von Schwarzburg- Sondershausen ( 1579-1639 ). He was their fifth son.

He was married three times. His first wife he married on January 15, 1645 She was Clara von Oldenburg ( born April 19, 1606 - January 19, 1647 ). , Daughter of Anton II Count of Delmenhorst. The marriage remained childless. His second wife was the sister of the first. He married in June 1649 Sidónia of Oldenburg ( born June 10, 1611-1650 ) ( Abbess of Herford Abbey ( 1640-1649 ) ). She died shortly after the birth of her daughter:

  • Sophie Luise ( born April 15, 1650 - December 6, 1714 ) ∞ Friedrich, Count of Lippe -Brake (* July 10, 1638 - January 13, 1684 )

His third wife was born on April 12, 1651 Maria Sibylle of Nassau- Saarbrücken (* October 6, 1628 - April 9, 1699 ), a daughter of William Louis of Nassau- Saarbrücken. From this marriage the following children are descended:

  • August ( born February 13, 1652 - September 26, 1689 in Bonn, died on the Ruhr) Brandenburg Major General ∞ Hedwig Louise, Countess of Lippe - Alverdissen ( MAY 6. 1650-1731 ), daughter of Philip I
  • Friedrich Ludwig (1653-1728) ∞ Luise Charlotte, Duchess of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- August Castle (1658-1740)
  • Dorothea Amalia (* 1656 - November 1739 ) ∞ Philipp Ernst, Count of Lippe - Alverdissen ( born December 20 1659 - November 27, 1723 ), son of Philip I
  • Sofie Elisabeth (1658-1724)
  • Wilhelmine Augusta ( born April 11, 1659 - as a child)
  • Luise Clara (* 1662 - September 1729 as a nun in Rinteln )
  • Sophie Eleonore (* November 18, 1663 - May 3, 1744 Rastede )
  • Maximilian Wilhelm ( * May 6, 1663 - February 1692 in Berlin)
  • Anton Günther ( born May 10, 1666 - September 1, 1744 in Bar- le- Duc), Dutch General, Governor of Lille ( Rijsel ) and Ieper ( Ypres ), from 1733 's- Hertogenbosch
  • Ernst Casimir ( born January 10, 1668 - March 5, 1695 in Zetnek (Hungary ) ) ∞ Maria Christine, Baroness von Prösing to stone († March 8, 1696 )
  • Karl Gustav (* / † February 16, 1672 )
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