August Philipp
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Successor	August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Born	(1612-11-11)11 November 1612 Sonderburg, Duchy of Schleswig
Died	6 May 1675(1675-05-06) (aged 62) Beck Castle, Löhne, Westfalen
Spouse	Marie Sibylle of Nassau-Saarbrücken
Issue	Sophie Luise, Countess of Lippe-Brake August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck Dorothea Amalia, Countess of Lippe-Alverdissen Sophia Elisabeth Wilhelmine Augusta Luise Clara Sophie Eleonore Maximilian William Anton Günther Ernst Kasimir Karl Gustav
Full name August Philipp
House	Oldenburg
Father	Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
Mother	Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (11 November 1612 – 6 May 1675) was a Danish-German prince and member of the House of Oldenburg. After acquiring the estate of Beck in Westfalen in 1646, he took the title of Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.

Biography[edit]

August Philipp was born in 1612 in Sonderburg, Duchy of Schleswig (now Sønderborg, Denmark) as the fifth son of Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. In 1633, at the age of 21, he emigrated to Germany.

He married Marie Sibylle of Nassau-Saarbrücken, daughter of William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken on 12 April 1651 in Beck.

August died in Beck and was succeeded as duke first by his oldest son, August, and later by his second son, Frederick Louis. His daughter Sophie Louise married Frederick (1638-1684), son of Otto, Count of Lippe-Brake. His other daughter Dorothea Amalia married Count Philipp Ernest (1659–1753), son of Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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References[edit]

• Article in Dansk biografisk leksikon (Danish)