Prince Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

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Prince Frederick William
Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
ReligionLutheranism

Prince Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg-Horetonburg (18 November 1668 – 3 June 1714) was a member of the House of Oldenburg and a Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

He was the youngest son of Duke

Catholicism, leaving the Duchy to Frederick William, who was by then the only other surviving son. Almost simultaneously, Frederick William was also appointed governor of Sønderborg
.

However, when Ernest Augustus reverted to

Christian August I
would inherit the duchy.

When his mother died in 1701, Frederick William inherited Augustenborg Palace, Rumohrsgaard Manor and Evelgunde Manor. In 1703, he purchased Avnbølgaard Manor in Sundeved.

Frederick William served as a

Major General
in the Danish army.

On 27 November 1694, he married

Sophie Amalie, a daughter of the Chancellor, Frederik Ahlefeldt, Count of Langeland
. She died on 24 December 1741.

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