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	(1711-09-20)20 September 1711 Gottorp, Schleswig
Died	6 July 1785(1785-07-06) (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
Names German: Friedrich August
House	Holstein-Gottorp
Father	Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin
Mother	Margravine Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach

Friedrich August, Duke of Holstein-Oldenburg^{[citation needed]} (20 September 1711 – 6 July 1785) was the son of Christian August, regent of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Margravine Albertine Friederike of Baden-Durlach.^{[citation needed]} He was born in Gottorp, Schleswig^{[citation needed]}

Marriage and issue

Frederick Augustus married on 21 November 1752 to Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel; the couple had three children:^{[citation needed]}

• Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg (3 January 1754 – 2 July 1823)^{[citation needed]}
• Luise of Holstein-Gottorp-Oldenburg (2 October 1756 – 31 July 1759),^{[citation needed]} died in infancy
• Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte (22 March 1759 – 20 June 1818), Queen of Sweden and Norway as wife of Charles XIII of Sweden.^{[citation needed]}

Titular History

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.^{[citation needed]}

He died in Oldenburg^{[citation needed]}. His son and heir apparent, Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, succeeded him as Wilhelm I, Duke of Oldenburg.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg[1]

16. John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 8. Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 17. Augusta of Denmark 4. Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 18. John George I, Elector of Saxony 9. Marie Elisabeth of Saxony 19. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia 2. Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin 20. Christian IV of Denmark 10. Frederick III of Denmark 21. Anne Catherine of Brandenburg 5. Frederikke Amalie of Denmark 22. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 11. Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg 23. Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt 1. Frederick Augustus I, Duke of Oldenburg 24. Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach 12. Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach 25. Barbara of Württemberg 6. Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach 26. John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg 13. Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken 27. Catharina of Sweden 3. Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach 28. John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (= 16) 14. Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (= 8) 29. Augusta of Denmark (= 17) 7. Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp 30. John George I, Elector of Saxony (= 18) 15. Marie Elisabeth of Saxony (= 9) 31. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia(= 19)

See also

• Rulers of Oldenburg

References

1. 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.

Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg House of Holstein-Gottorp Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg Born: 20 September 1711 Died: 6 July 1785
Regnal titles
Preceded by Adolf Frederick of Sweden	Lutheran Prince-Bishop of Lübeck 1750–1785	Succeeded by Peter I of Oldenburg
Preceded by Paul I	Count of Oldenburg 1773	Elevated to duchy
New title	Duke of Oldenburg 1774–1785	Succeeded by William