Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg

Frederick Augustus I (German: Friedrich August) (20 September 1711 – 6 July 1785) was Prince-Bishop of Lübeck from 1750 to 1785, and Count and later the first Duke of Oldenburg from 1773 to 1785.^[1]

Frederick Augustus I
Duke of Oldenburg
Duke of Oldenburg
Reign	1774–1785
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
Names German: Friedrich August
House	Holstein-Gottorp
Father	Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin
Mother	Margravine Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach
Religion	Protestant

Early life

Frederick Augustus was the son of Christian August, regent of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Margravine Albertine Friederike of Baden-Durlach.^{[citation needed]} He was born in Gottorp, Schleswig.^{[citation needed]}

Marriage and issue

Frederick Augustus married on 21 November 1752 to Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel; the couple had three children:^{[citation needed]}

• Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg (3 January 1754 – 2 July 1823)^{[citation needed]}
• Luise of Holstein-Gottorp-Oldenburg (2 October 1756 – 31 July 1759),^{[citation needed]} died in infancy
• Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte (22 March 1759 – 20 June 1818), Queen of Sweden and Norway as wife of Charles XIII of Sweden.^{[citation needed]}

Later life

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.^{[citation needed]}

Frederick Augustus died on 6 July 1785 in Oldenburg.^[2] His son and heir apparent, Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, succeeded him as Wilhelm I, Duke of Oldenburg.^{[citation needed]}

Ancestry

Ancestors of Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg[3]

16. John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 8. Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 17. Augusta of Denmark 4. Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 18. John George I, Elector of Saxony 9. Marie Elisabeth of Saxony 19. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia 2. Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin 20. Christian IV of Denmark 10. Frederick III of Denmark 21. Anne Catherine of Brandenburg 5. Frederikke Amalie of Denmark 22. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 11. Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg 23. Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt 1. Frederick Augustus I, Duke of Oldenburg 24. Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach 12. Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach 25. Barbara of Württemberg 6. Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach 26. John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg 13. Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken 27. Catharina of Sweden 3. Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach 28. John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (= 16) 14. Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (= 8) 29. Augusta of Denmark (= 17) 7. Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp 30. John George I, Elector of Saxony (= 18) 15. Marie Elisabeth of Saxony (= 9) 31. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia(= 19)

See also

• Rulers of Oldenburg