Count Karl Leopold von Schlieben

Count Karl Leopold von Schlieben (German: Karl Leopold Graf von Schlieben, 3 February 1723 – 18 April 1788) was the Royal Prussian Minister of War^[1] between 1769 and 1772.

Early life

He was born in Magdeburg. His father was Count George Adam von Schlieben (German: Georg Adam Graf von Schlieben, 5 February 1688 – 15 June 1737) and his mother was Countess Katharina Dorothea Finck von Finckenstein.

Marriage and issue

He married Countess Marie Eleanore von Lehndorff on 18 January 1747 in Königsberg. They had two daughters:

• Countess Marie Karoline of Schlieben (28 January 1752 – 2 August 1832); married Friedrich Wilhelm von Schlieben
• Countess Friederike Amalie of Schlieben (28 February 1757 – 17 December 1827); married, on 9 March 1780 in Königsberg, Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck and had issue. Through her son, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, she is an ancestress of the Royal Houses of Denmark, Greece, Norway, and the United Kingdom.

Count Karl Leopold died in Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia.

Descendants

Through his daughter, Friederike, Karl Leopold is ancestor of Elizabeth II, Margrethe II of Denmark, Constantine II of Greece, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Harald V of Norway, Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant and Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

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