Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg

Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderbourg-Wiesenbourg (Hasselhecke, Hessen-Homberg, 2 February 1652 - Wiesenburg Castle, 7 October 1724) was the 2nd Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg and an Imperial Field Marshal.

Friedrich was the eldest son of Philip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (1620-1689) and Anna Margaret of Hesse-Homburg (1629–1686).

In 1672, he joined the Imperial Army as commander of a cuirassier regiment in Hungary.

In 1676, he became a Generalfeldwachtmeister, in March 1689, a General of the cavalry and finally a Field Marshal in 1696.

Already on 14 July 1672 he had secretly married at Brzeg Castle the last Silesian Piast, Karolina of Legnica-Brieg (1652–1707).

Portrait of the Duke (1716)