Name Peter Duke | ||
Reign 22 September 1774 – 24 February 1775 Born 7 December 1697
Konigsberg, Brandenburg-Prussia ( 1697-12-07 ) Issue Karl Anton August
Catherine Father Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck Mother Luise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg Died March 22, 1775, Tallinn, Estonia Parents Frederick Louis, Duke of Beck House Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck Spouse Princess Sophie of Hesse-Philippsthal (m. 1723), Natalia Nikolaievna, Countess Golovine Children Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck Grandchildren Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck | ||
Peter August Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (7 December 1697 – 22 March 1775) was a Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. He was the fifth and youngest son of Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and his wife Duchess Luise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.
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Born in Konigsberg, Brandenburg-Prussia, Peter August became Governor General of Reval (Tallinn), Governor of Estonia, and a Field Marshal in the Russian Imperial Army. He died in Reval.
He was only the titular duke, because he did not inherit the domain of Beck. It had been inherited by his father's older brother, Duke August (1652–1689), and nephew Frederick William I (1682–1719), and was then sold by the latter's widow to Peter August's older brother, Duke Frederick William II (1687–1749), in 1732. But he re-sold it in 1745 to Baroness Magdalena von Ledebur-Konigsbruck. Thus, by the time that Peter August became the head of this cadet branch of the Danish royal dynasty, he was "Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck" in name only.
He is the male line ancestor of Margrethe II of Denmark, Harald V of Norway and Charles, Prince of Wales.
Marriage and issue
Peter August married Princess Sophie of Hesse-Philippsthal, the daughter of Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal and his wife Countess Katharina Amalie of Solms-Laubach, at Rinteln on 5 September 1723. Sophie died on 8 May 1728 at age thirty-three. Peter August and Sophie had two sons and one daughter:
He married secondly Countess Natalia Nikolaievna Golovine, granddaughter of Count Fyodor Golovin, daughter of Count Nicholas Fedorovich Golovin and his wife Sophie Nikitichna Pushkin, on 15 March 1742. The couple had two sons and one daughter: