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

Karl Ludwig von Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Beck ( * September 18, 1690, † September 22, 1774 in Königsberg ) was Brandenburg lieutenant general and governor of Reval.

He was the son of Friedrich Ludwig (1653-1728) and his wife Louise Charlotte of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- August Castle ( 1658-1740 ).

In 1723 he converted to the Catholic faith. In 1757 he was ( Titular ) Duke of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg -Beck after his nephew, Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm III. at the battle of Prague, died without leaving an heir. He was succeeded by Peter August of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Beck.

1762 Karl Ludwig of Tsar Peter III. appointed field marshal, but he refused because of his age.

Family

He married 1730 in Dresden Anna Karolina Orzelska ( 1707-1769 ). She was an illegitimate daughter of Augustus the Strong and the French Henriette Renard - Duval. The couple divorced after three years. Their son, Carl Friedrich ( born January 5, 1732 in Dresden, † February 21, 1772 in Strasbourg ) was never married.