Princess Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Luise, Princess of Anhalt-Pless (née Princess Maria Dorothea Henriette Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck; 28 September 1783 – 24 November 1803) was a member of the Danish royal family and, as the first wife of Frederick Ferdinand, Prince of Anhalt-Pless, the princess consort of Anhalt-Pless.

Luise
Princess consort of Anhalt-Pless
Born	28 September 1783 Lindenau, Germany
Died	24 November 1803(1803-11-24) (aged 20) Schloss Pless, Pless Silesia
Spouse	Frederick Ferdinand, Prince of Anhalt-Pless ​ ​ (m. 1803)​
Names Maria Dorothea Henriette Luise
House	Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (by birth) Ascania (by marriage)
Father	Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Mother	Countess Friederike of Schlieben

Biography

Princess Maria Dorothea Henriette Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck was born in Lindenau on 28 September 1783 to Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and Countess Friederike of Schlieben.^[1] Her mother was the daughter of Count Karl Leopold von Schlieben, who served as Minister of war in Prussia. As a male-line descendant of Christian III of Denmark, she was a princess of Denmark.

On 20 August 1803 she married Frederick Ferdinand, Prince of Anhalt-Pless in Lindenau, becoming the princess consort of Anhalt-Pless. She died three months later, on 24 November 1803, at Schloss Pless. Her husband later married Countess Julie of Brandenburg and became the Duke of Anhalt-Köthen.^{[citation needed]}