Frederica of Dohna-Schlobitten
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Friederike von Dohna-Schlobitten (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-Leistenau (1698-1752) and 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 thrones of the kingdoms of Denmark, Greece, and England, Scotland, and Ireland.
After death of her first husband, on May 21, 1777, she wmarried, secondly, Grave Friedrich Detlev of Moltke (1750-1825). They had no issue.
