Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg
Friedrich August von Schleswig -Holstein - Gottorp ( born September 20, in 1711 in Gottorp Castle, Schleswig, † July 6, 1785 in Oldenburg) was Prince-Bishop of Lübeck and later Duke of Oldenburg from the house of Schleswig -Holstein - Gottorp.
Family
Friedrich August was the sixth child of Prince and Holstein Lübeck Prince-Bishop Christian August (1673-1726) and Princess Albertine Friederike of Baden-Durlach (1682-1755) was born. His niece was as Catherine II the Great Empress of Russia.
Life
1750 he followed his brother Adolf Friedrich, it should be King of Sweden in the year, as Prince-Bishop of Lübeck. After the Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo in 1773, which provided for the exchange of territory of ruled by the Danish royal house county of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst and ruled by the older Holstein - Gottorp 's line parts Holstein, whose chief Paul Petrovich, the son of Empress Catherine was the Great Russian heir to the throne, Paul was ceded by the rule of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst to Friedrich August. A short time later rose Emperor Joseph II to the Duchy of Oldenburg. Thus ended for the Oldenburg 106- year reign of the remote Denmark. However, Friedrich August resided not in Oldenburg, but in his prince-bishop's residence in Holstein Eutin, where he built the Ukleisee the hunting lodge and where, after his death, the widow ducal palace was built for his widow.
Marriage and issue
On November 21, 1752 he married Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse- Kassel in Kassel. Overall, the couple had three children:
- Peter Friedrich Wilhelm ( born January 3, 1754 † July 2, 1823 ), titular of Oldenburg
- Luise Caroline (* October 2, 1756; † July 31, 1759 )
- Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte ( born March 22, 1759 † June 20, 1818 )
After his death in 1785, took over his nephew Peter Friedrich Ludwig, son of his brother, Georg Ludwig ( 1719-1763 ), the business of government and succession for the cozy sick own son Peter Friedrich Wilhelm.