Prince Karl Anton August | |
House: | Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck |
Spouse: | Countess Charlotte of Dohna-Schlodien |
Issue: | Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck |
Birth Date: | 10 August 1727 |
Birth Place: | Marburg, Hesse-Darmstadt |
Death Place: | Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia |
Father: | Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck |
Mother: | Sophie of Hesse-Philippsthal |
Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (10 August 1727, in Marburg12 September 1759, in Stettin)[1] was the son of Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and Princess Sophie of Hesse-Philippsthal.
On 30 May 1754, Anton (as he was known) married Countess Frederica Charlotte of Dohna-Schlodien in Leistenau (3 July 173821 April 1785) in Königsberg. The couple had one child, Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (20 August 175724 April 1816).
Anton would have inherited the dukedom of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck had it not been for his early death by wounds suffered at the Battle of Kunersdorf.[2] His father Peter outlived him, so the dukedom was passed on from Peter to Anton's only son, Friedrich.