Predecessor none House Oldenburg | Name August Duke | |
Successor August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck Born 11 November 1612
Sonderburg, Duchy of Schleswig ( 1612-11-11 ) Died 6 May 1675(1675-05-06) (aged 62)
Beck Castle, Lohne, Westfalen Spouse Clara of Oldenburg
Sidonia of Oldenburg
Maria Sibylla of Nassau-Saarbrucken Issue Sophie Luise, Countess of Lippe-Brake
August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Dorothea Amalia, Countess of Lippe-Alverdissen
Sophia Elisabeth
Wilhelmine Augusta
Luise Clara
Sophie Eleonore
Maximilian William
Anton Gunther
Ernst Kasimir
Karl Gustav | ||
August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (11 November 1612 – 6 May 1675) was a Danish-German prince and member of the House of Oldenburg. After acquiring the estate of Beck in Westfalen in 1646, he took the title of Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.
Biography
August Philipp was born in 1612 in Sonderburg, Duchy of Schleswig (now Sønderborg, Denmark) as the fifth son of Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. In 1633, at the age of 21, he emigrated to Germany.
He married Marie Sibylle of Nassau-Saarbrücken, daughter of William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken on 12 April 1651 in Beck.
August died in Beck and was succeeded as duke first by his oldest son, August, and later by his second son, Frederick Louis. His daughter Sophie Louise married Frederick (1638-1684), son of Otto, Count of Lippe-Brake. His other daughter Dorothea Amalia married Count Philipp Ernest (1659–1753), son of Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe.