Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck explained

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.

Marriage and issue

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.

Notes and References

1. Book: Huberty, Michel. L'Allemagne dynastique: Les quinze Familles qui on fait l'Empire. 1994. 978-2-901138-07-5. 166. A. Giraud .
2. Laubert, Manfred (1900). Die Schlacht bei Kunersdorf am 12. August 1759 (in German). Mittler. OCLC 823779178, p. 53.