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Prince Christian was born in Augustenborg Palace. He was the second son of Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and his wife, Countess Louise Sophie of Danneskiold-Samsøe . In 1848, young Christian's father, Duke Christian August, placed himself at the head of a movement to resist by force the claims of ...

When Duke Christian August II of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg was born on 19 July 1798, in Copenhagen, København, Denmark, his father, Friedrich Christian II Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg-Augustenborg, was 32 and his mother, Prinzessin Louise Auguste von Dänemark, was 27.

Religion. Lutheranism. Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (28 September 1765 in Augustenburg – 14 June 1814 in Augustenburg) was a Danish prince and feudal magnate. He held the island of Als and some other castles (such as Sonderborg) in Schleswig.

Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (19 July 1798 – 11 March 1869, Christian Carl Frederik August ), commonly known as Christian, Duke of Augustenborg, was a Danish/German prince and statesman.

Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Ernest Günther, (1647–1689) Frederick (1689–1692), son; Ernest August (1692–1731), brother; Christian August (1731–1754), nephew; Frederik Christian I (1754–1794), son; Frederik Christian II (1794–1814), son; Christian August II (1814–1869), son; Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein

Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg married Countess Lovisa-Sophie Danneskjold-Samsøe and had 5 children. He passed away on 11 March 1869 in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany .

He was the eldest son of Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and Countess Louise Sophie of Danneskiold-Samsøe. He was ethnically perhaps the most Danish Prince of the Danish Royal dynasty in his generation (at the time of Denmark's most recent succession crisis ).

Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (19 July 1798 – 11 March 1869, Christian Carl Frederik August), commonly known as Christian, Duke of Augustenborg, was a German prince and statesman. During the 1850s and 1860s, he was a claimant to first duke of the whole provinces of Schleswig and Holstein, and a candidate to become king of Denmark following the death ...