Frederick Charles, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön

Frederick Charles, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
Frederick Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, mid-18th-century engraving
Born(1706-08-04)4 August 1706
Sønderborg castle
Died19 October 1761(1761-10-19) (aged 55)
Traventhal
SpouseChristine Ermegaard Reventlow
IssueCharlotte Amalie Wilhelmine, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
HouseHouse of Oldenburg
FatherPrince Christian Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg
MotherDorothea Christina von Aichelberg

Frederick Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (4 August 1706, in Sønderborg  18–19 October 1761, in Traventhal), known as Friedrich Karl or Friedrik Carl of Holstein-Plön, was a member of a cadet branch of the Danish royal family and the last duke of the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (or Holstein-Plön), a Danish royal prince, and a knight of the Order of the Elephant. When he died without a male heir born of his marriage to Countess Christine Armgard von Reventlow, rule of the Duchy of Holstein-Plön returned to the Danish crown.