The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (; Schleswig-Holstein-Beck or Beck for short) is a line of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg branch of the House of Oldenburg. It consisted of August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1612âÂÂ1675) and his male-line descendants. Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (or simply House of Glücksburg), to which several present-day royal houses belong, is the new name of Schleswig-Holstein-Beck.
The members of the line were titular dukes of Schleswig and Holstein, and they were originally not ruling. The line is named after , a manor in Ulenburg, Bishopric of Minden (today Löhne, North Rhine Westphalia). August Philipp bought this manor from the Count of Oldenburg, and he made it his residence.
Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Family tree of the Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (tenure as duke is shown in brackets):
- August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1627âÂÂ75),
- August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1675âÂÂ89),
- Frederick William I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1689âÂÂ1719),
- Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1719âÂÂ28),
- Frederick William II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1728âÂÂ49),
- Frederick William III, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1749âÂÂ57),
- Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1757âÂÂ74),
- Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1774âÂÂ75),
- Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck,
- Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1775âÂÂ1816),
- Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1816âÂÂ25), founder of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg line in 1825.
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