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Frederick William III, Duke of Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Beck

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Noble family
  
House of Oldenburg


Name
  
Frederick III,

Father
  
Frederick William II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Mother
  
Ursula Anna of Dohna-Schlodien

Born
  
4 November 1723 (
1723-11-04
)

Died
  
6 May 1757(1757-05-06) (aged 33) Prague

Frederick William III, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (4 November 1723 – 6 May 1757) was a son of Frederick William II and his wife, Ursula Anna of Dohna. He succeeded his father as Duke of Beck in 1749.

Frederick William was a recipient of the Order of the Red Eagle. He served as a colonel in the Prussian Army and was commander of the Füsilier Regiments No. 46 (Old-Württemberg). During the Seven Years' War, he fell in the Battle of Prague in 1757. He was unmarried and childless; he was succeed as Duke of Beck by his uncle Charles Louis.

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Frederick William III, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck Wikipedia