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Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg

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Predecessor
  
none

House
  
Holstein-Gottorp

Successor
  
William I

Name
  
Frederick I,

Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg
Born
  
20 September 1711Gottorp, Schleswig (
1711-09-20
)

Died
  
6 July 1785(1785-07-06) (aged 73)Oldenburg

Issue
  
Wilhelm, Duke of OldenburgPrincess LuiseHedvig Elisabeth Charlotte, Queen of Sweden and Norway

Friedrich August, Duke of Holstein-Oldenburg (Gottorp, Schleswig, 20 September 1711 – Oldenburg, 6 July 1785) was the son of Christian August, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Margravine Albertine Friederike of Baden-Durlach.

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Marriage and issue

Frederick Augustus married Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel; the couple had three children:

  • Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg (born 3 January 1754)
  • Luise of Holstein-Gottorp-Oldenburg (born 2 October 1756)
  • Hedwig Sophie Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp-Oldenburg (born 22 March 1759)
  • Titular History

    Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, on behalf of her son Paul of Russia, last of the Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp ceded the Duchy lands to Denmark. In exchange, Denmark ceded the Duchy of Oldenburg to the Prince Bishops of Lubeck, a cadet branch of the Dukes of Gottorp. Thus, Friederich August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince Bishop of Lubeck, became Duke of Oldenburg.

    His son and heir apparent, Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, succeeded him as Wilhelm I, Duke of Oldenburg.

    References

    Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg Wikipedia


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