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.
Ancestors
Ancestors of August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16. Frederick I of Denmark | | | | | | | | | 8. Christian III of Denmark | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17. Anna of Brandenburg | | | | | | | | | 4. John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg | | | | | | | | | 9. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | | | | | | | | | 2. Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. Philip I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen | | | | | | | | | 10. Ernest III, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21. Catherine of Mansfeld-Vorderort | | | | | | | | | 5. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22. George I, Duke of Pomerania | | | | | | | | | 11. Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23. Amalie of the Palatinate | | | | | | | | | 1. August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Beck | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. Henry XXXI of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg | | | | | | | | | 12. Günther XL, Count of Schwarzburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25. Magdalena of Hohnstein | | | | | | | | | 6. John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. Philipp, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Ronneburg | | | | | | | | | 13. Elisabeth of Isenburg-Büdingen-Ronneburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27. Amalie of Rieneck | | | | | | | | | 3. Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28. John V, Count of Oldenburg | | | | | | | | | 14. Anthony I, Count of Oldenburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29. Anna of Anhalt-Zerbst | | | | | | | | | 7. Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (=18.) | | | | | | | | | 15. Sophie of Saxe-Lauenburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (=19.) | | | | | | | |
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