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Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg

Frederick Augustus I
Duke of Oldenburg
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Duke of Oldenburg
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
Full name
German: Friedrich August
House Holstein-Gottorp
Father Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin
Mother Margravine Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach
Full name
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.


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