Christian Karl of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg

Duke Christian Karl of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg (born August 20, 1674 in Magdeburg , † May 23, 1706 in Sonderburg ) was a Brandenburg-Prussian officer.

Life

Christian Karl was the younger son of August von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg-Plön and Elisabeth Charlotte von Anhalt-Harzgerode . He started his career as an officer and on November 30, 1697 became a Brandenburg colonel. On January 14, 1705 he was appointed Prussian major general.

After the death of Duke August and the accession of Duke Joachim Friedrich in 1699, he only received the goods Søbygård and God's gift on Ærø as Paragium, which formerly belonged to his uncle Bernhard von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön .

Marriage and family

Christian Karl married on February 20, 1702 in the Curti-Schloss zu Umstadt Dorothea Christina von Aichelberg (* January 23, 1674 - June 22, 1762), the daughter of Johann Franz von Aichelberg, bailiff of Norburg. The unequal and secret marriage led to a comparison with his ruling brother, in which Christian Karl renounced the princely rights for his descendants and took the family name of Karlstein . The couple had the following children:

• Charlotte Amalie (1703– ?, died as a child)
• Wilhelmine Augusta (1704–1749), married Conrad Detlev von Reventlow in 1731, the eldest son of Christian Detlev von Reventlow
• Friedrich Karl of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1706–1761)

Christian Karl died of the leaves . He was first buried in Norburg. After his son Friedrich Karl became Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön after a long succession dispute , he had the body transferred to the royal crypt in Plön.

literature

• Otto Hedicke: History of the Infantry Regiment Herzog von Holstein (Holsteinsches) No. 85 . Continuation of the first five years of Holstein Infantry Regiment No. 85. ES Mittler and Son, Berlin 1891, p. 47 ( digitized version [accessed June 19, 2011]).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ This is the most common name in literature; His actual title was like that of all other male members of the ducal house as a whole, Duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn and the Dithmarschen, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst etc.
2. ^ Søbygård in the Danish Wikipedia
3. ↑ Family overview Christian Carl Herzog v.Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg-Plön-Norburg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.