Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg
| Frederick Augustus I | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke of Oldenburg | |||||
| Duke of Oldenburg | |||||
| Reign | 1774–1785 | ||||
| Predecessor | Kings of Denmark as counts | ||||
| Successor | William I | ||||
| Born | 20 September 1711 Gottorp, Schleswig | ||||
| Died | 6 July 1785 (aged 73) Oldenburg | ||||
| Spouse | Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel | ||||
| Issue | Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg Princess Luise Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte, Queen of Sweden and Norway | ||||
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| House | Holstein-Gottorp | ||||
| Father | Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin | ||||
| Mother | Margravine Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach | ||||
| Religion | Protestant | ||||
Frederick Augustus I (German: Friedrich August) (20 September 1711 – 6 July 1785) was Prince-Bishop of Lübeck from 1750 to 1785, and Count and later the first Duke of Oldenburg from 1773 to 1785.[1]
Early life
Frederick Augustus was the son of Christian August, regent of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Margravine Albertine Friederike of Baden-Durlach. He was born in Gottorp, Schleswig.
Marriage and issue
Frederick Augustus married on 21 November 1752 to Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel; the couple had three children:
- Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg (3 January 1754 – 2 July 1823)
- Luise of Holstein-Gottorp-Oldenburg (2 October 1756 – 31 July 1759), died in infancy
- Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte (22 March 1759 – 20 June 1818), Queen of Sweden and Norway as wife of Charles XIII of Sweden.
Later life
Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, on behalf of her son Paul of Russia, last of the Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp, ceded the lands of that duchy to Denmark. In exchange, Denmark ceded the Duchy of Oldenburg to the Prince Bishops of Lübeck, a cadet branch of the Dukes of Gottorp. Thus, Friederich August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince Bishop of Lübeck, became Duke of Oldenburg.
Frederick Augustus died on 6 July 1785 in Oldenburg.[2] His son and heir apparent, Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, succeeded him as Wilhelm I, Duke of Oldenburg.
Ancestry
See also
References
- ^ Merzdorf, Theodor (1877). "Friedrich August (Herzog von Oldenburg)". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 7. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 575–576.
- ^ Rüdebusch 1992, p. 210.
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 28.
Bibliography
- Merzdorf, Theodor (1877). "Friedrich August (Herzog von Oldenburg)". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 7. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 575–576.
- Müller, Bernd (2018). "Herzog und Fürstbischof Friedrich August von Holstein-Gottorp. Eine biografische Studie". Eutiner Forschungen (in German). 14. Eutin. ISBN 978-3-939 643-20-3.
- Rüdebusch, Dieter (1992). "Friedrich August, Herzog von Oldenburg, Fürstbischof von Lübeck". In Friedl, Hans; Günther, Wolfgang; Günther-Arndt, Hilke; Schmidt, Heinrich (eds.). Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte des Landes Oldenburg (in German). Oldenburg: Isensee Verlag. pp. 210–211. ISBN 3-89442-135-5.
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