Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Christian August II
Photograph of Christian August II, c. 1860
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Reign	14 June 1814 – 11 March 1869
Predecessor	Frederick Christian II
Successor	Frederick VIII
Born	(1798-07-19)19 July 1798 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	11 March 1869(1869-03-11) (aged 70) Primkenau (now Przemków), Silesia, Prussia
Spouse	Countess Louise Sophie Danneskiold-Samsøe
Issue	Alexander, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg Princess Louise Auguste Princess Caroline Amelie Princess Wilhelmine Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Prince Christian Princess Henriette
Names English: Christian Charles Frederick Augustus Danish: Christian Carl Frederik August German: Christian Karl Friedrich August
House	Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Father	Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Mother	Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark
Religion	Lutheranism

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. 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 of King Frederick VII. He was the father-in-law of Princess Helena (daughter of Queen Victoria) and the paternal grandfather of Augusta Victoria, German Empress and wife of Kaiser Wilhelm II.