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Christian, Duke of Augustenborg

Christian August II
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Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Reign 14 June 1814 - 11 March 1869
Predecessor Frederick Christian II
Successor Frederick VIII
Born (1798-07-19)19 July 1798
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died 11 March 1869(1869-03-11) (aged 70)
Primkenau (now Przemków), Kingdom of Prussia
Spouse Countess Louise Sophie of Danneskiold-Samsøe
Issue Alexander, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Princess Louise Auguste
Princess Caroline Amelie
Princess Wilhelmine
Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Prince Christian
Princess Henriette
Full name
English: Christian Charles Frederick Augustus
Danish: Christian Carl Frederik August
German: Christian Karl Friedrich August
House Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Father Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Mother Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark
Religion Lutheranism
Full name
English: Christian Charles Frederick Augustus
Danish: Christian Carl Frederik August
German: Christian Karl Friedrich August

Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (19 July 1798 – 11 March 1869, Christian Carl Frederik August), usually simply known by just his first name, Christian, Duke of Augustenborg, was a claimant to the rulership of the provinces of Slesvig and Holstein, and the fiefholder of Augustenborg and Sønderborg. He was a prince of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and a cadet-line descendant of the Danish royal House of Oldenburg.

He was the eldest son and heir of Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark and Frederik Christian II, Duke of Augustenborg. As such, he was high in the line of succession to the Danish throne. He was the brother-in-law of King Christian VIII and nephew of King Frederick VI.

In 1848, German-nationalist sympathies prompted a rebellion in Schleswig-Holstein against Danish rule. A provisional government was established at Kiel under the Duke of Augustenborg, who travelled to Berlin to secure the assistance of Prussia in asserting his rights. The First War of Schleswig ensued.

However, European powers were united in opposing any dismemberment of Denmark. Among others, Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, speaking with authority as Head of the elder Holstein-Gottorp line, regarded the Duke of Augustenborg a rebel. Russia had guaranteed Schleswig to the Danish crown by the treaties of 1767 and 1773.


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