Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
German noble family
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The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (Danish: Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg-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 (1612–1675) 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.[1][2][3]
The members of the line were titular dukes of Schleswig and Holstein, and they were originally not ruling. The line is named after Beck, 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.[1]
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 (1627–75),
- August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1675–89),
- Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1719–28),