Only son of Karl Anton August von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and Friederike Charlotte Antonie Amalie zu Dohna-Leistenau∼Danish Monarch. Friedrich Karl/Charles Ludwig was born in Königsberg, East Prussia. He joined the Prussian Army in 1777 upon the request of King Frederick the Great. By 1781 he was a staff officer in the Regiment von Schlieben and by 1787 he commanded a grenadier battalion based in Königsberg. He assisted in the suppression of the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising and was Governor of Kraków in 1795. He retired from Prussian service as a lieutenant general in 1797 and spent the rest of his life improving agriculture in Holstein. He died in Wellingsbüttel Manor, now part of Hamburg. He was a recipient of the Order of the Elephant, Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, Order of the Red Eagle, and the Order of Saint Hubert.
Only son of Karl Anton August von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and Friederike Charlotte Antonie Amalie zu Dohna-Leistenau∼Danish Monarch. Friedrich Karl/Charles Ludwig was born in Königsberg, East Prussia. He joined the Prussian Army in 1777 upon the request of King Frederick the Great. By 1781 he was a staff officer in the Regiment von Schlieben and by 1787 he commanded a grenadier battalion based in Königsberg. He assisted in the suppression of the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising and was Governor of Kraków in 1795. He retired from Prussian service as a lieutenant general in 1797 and spent the rest of his life improving agriculture in Holstein. He died in Wellingsbüttel Manor, now part of Hamburg. He was a recipient of the Order of the Elephant, Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, Order of the Red Eagle, and the Order of Saint Hubert.
Family Members
Advertisement
See more von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck memorials in:
Records on Ancestry
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
