Frederick Augustus I | |||||
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Duke of Oldenburg | |||||
Duke of Oldenburg | |||||
Predecessor | kings of Denmark as counts | ||||
Successor | William I | ||||
Born |
Gottorp, Schleswig |
20 September 1711||||
Died | 6 July 1785 Oldenburg |
(aged 73)||||
Spouse | Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel | ||||
Issue |
Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg Princess Luise Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte, Queen of Sweden and Norway |
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House | Holstein-Gottorp | ||||
Father | Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin | ||||
Mother | Margravine Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach |
Full name | |
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German: Friedrich August |
Friedrich August, Duke of Holstein-Oldenburg (Gottorp, Schleswig, 20 September 1711 – Oldenburg, 6 July 1785) was the son of Christian August, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Margravine Albertine Friederike of Baden-Durlach.
Frederick Augustus married Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel; the couple had three children:
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.
His son and heir apparent, Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, succeeded him as Wilhelm I, Duke of Oldenburg.