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

Sønderborg, 4 Aug 1706 – Traventhal, 18 Oct 1761

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Facts and their sources

  • Born4 Aug 1706, Sønderborgnot verified1 source
  • Died18 Oct 1761, Traventhalnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 4 Aug 1706

    Born in Sønderborg

  2. 23 Apr 1744

    A daughter is born

  3. 18 Oct 1761

    Dies in Traventhal, aged 55

Family

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During his lifetime

He lived through 7 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Sønderborg.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1700s · Frederick is born in Sønderborg

In the news1709

1709 rye crop failure causes price surge

Following a harsh winter, a severe rye crop failure in 1709 caused the price of a tonne of rye to rise to 5 Rdlr. 2 Mk., a significant sum for the time.

Getting around

Slow Pace of Mail Coach Travel

Travel by mail coach was slow, moving at a walking pace of about 4-5 km/h. A journey from Nuremberg to Leipzig covered roughly 70 hours, and to Regensburg about 20 hours.

At the table

Simple meals of porridge, soup, and stew

Ordinary families commonly consumed grain-based porridges and soups for breakfast and dinner, while a hearty stew served as the main midday meal. Meat was expensive, so many households reserved it for special occasions like a Sunday roast.

War of the Spanish Succession. Europe’s powers fought for thirteen years over who would inherit the Spanish throne; a Bourbon kept it, and Britain gained Gibraltar.In Europe · 1701–1714

War of the Spanish Succession. Europe’s powers fought for thirteen years over who would inherit the Spanish throne; a Bourbon kept it, and Britain gained Gibraltar.

DavidDijkgraaf · CC0

What people wore

Practical Working Clothing and Headwear

Maids wore practical working clothes like shorter skirts, loose bodices, and aprons to move freely while doing heavy chores, while women of all statuses typically wore hair caps for protection and fashion.

Music

The cornett was a popular civic instrument

Town musicians used the versatile cornett, a wooden instrument with finger holes, for both church services and celebratory civic events.

Daily life

Simple and Frugal Home Interiors

Homes often had low ceilings, whitewashed walls, and floors made of stone or brick that were covered in sand. Rooms were sparsely furnished, and houses frequently lacked clocks, making time-keeping and domestic life simple and frugal.