Joachim Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
Joachim Frederick of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Plön ( born May 9, 1668 Magdeburg, † January 25, 1722 in Plön ), Joachim Frederick of Schleswig -Holstein - Plön, was the third Duke of the Duchy of Schleswig -Holstein - Plön, that emerged from a division of the Duchy of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg.
He originally came from an insignificant Ploen branch line, the line of Schleswig- Holstein - Norborg based at Castle Nordborg on Als, which arose from the division of the inheritance of the first Duke Joachim Ernst of Plön in 1671. He was the eldest son of August of Schleswig -Holstein - Norburg - Plön (1635-1699) and his wife Elisabeth Charlotte of Anhalt- Harzgerode ( 1647-1723 ).
After the reigning Ploen Duke Hans Adolf died in 1704 and his son Adolf August was killed in a riding accident a few days before his father, the Plön line was in the male line only by the grandson Hans Adolf and son Adolf Augustus Leopold August ( 1702 -1706 ), represented. He died in childhood of four years, bringing the projected unit was transferred to the Ploen legacy of Joachim Friedrich. Joachim Friedrich himself had no male heir and died in 1722 in debt. Plön Castle, the residence of the tribe Ploen dukes, then stood empty for seven years, and the decoration of the building was sold in part. The administration of the estate has been made at this time by the Danish royal house.
Who came from a morganatic marriage, according to Joachim Friedrich - - After the death of the Duke his brother's son Christian Charles, Frederick Charles was appointed as the new and last Duke of Plön.
Family
Joachim Friedrich was married twice. His first wife, Magdalene Juliane von Zweibrücken - Birkenfeld, was a daughter of Johann Karl von Pfalz- Gelnhausen ( 1686-1720 ). He married her in 1704, after he became the Duke of Plön. I her he had the following children:
- Charlotte Amalie (1709-1787) nun in the monastery Gander Home
- Elisabeth Juliana (* 1711)
- Dorothea Friederike Augusta (1712-1765), a nun at the Abbey of Gander Home
- Christiane Luise (1713-1778)
On February 17, 1721 Joachim Friedrich married his second wife, Juliane Luise von Ostfriesland ( 1698-1740 ), a daughter of Christian Eberhard Cirksenas. On May 28, 1722, she suffered a miscarriage.