Countess Frederica of Dohna-Schlobitten
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Countess and Burgravine Friederike of Dohna-Schlobitten and Leistenau (Friederike Gräfin und Burggräfin zu Dohna-Schlobitten und Leistenau) (July 3, 1738 - April 21, 1786) was Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck as ducal consort to Karl Anton August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.
Friederike was born in Königsberg, Prussia on July 3, 1738. She was the daughter of Albrecht Christoph, Count of Dohna-Schlobitten and Leistenau (1698-1752) and Duchess Sophie Henriette of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1698-1768). She was married, firstly, to Karl Anton August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1727-1759) in Königsberg on May 30, 1754.
They had one son:
As the male-line great-grandmother of Christian IX of Denmark, she is the ancestress to the monarchs of the kingdoms of Norway, Denmark, Greece and the United Kingdom
After death of her first husband, on May 21, 1777, she married, secondly, Count Friedrich Detlev of Moltke (1750-1825). They had no issue.
