Counts, dukes and grand dukes of Oldenburg

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Monarchy of Oldenburg
Provincial/State
Coats of arms Grand Duché d Oldenbourg.svg
August II von Oldenburg 1902.jpg
Details
StyleHis Royal Highness
First monarchElimar I (As Count)
Last monarchFrederick Augustus II (As Grand Duke)
Formation1101
Abolition9 November 1918
ResidenceRastede Castle
Pretender(s)Christian
Shield of the Counts of Oldenburg
Shield of the Counts of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
Shield of the Grand-Dukes of Oldenburg
Shield of the Grand Dukes of Oldenburg

This is a list of the counts, dukes, grand dukes, and prime ministers of Oldenburg.

Counts of Oldenburg[]

  • 1088[1]/1101–1108 Elimar I
  • 1108–1143 Elimar II
  • 1143–1168 Christian I the Quarrelsome
  • 1168–1211 Maurice I
  • 1209–1251 Otto I, joint rule with Christian II and later with John I
  • 1211–1233 Christian II
  • 1233–1272 John I
  • 1272–1278 Christian III
  • 1272–1301 Otto II, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
  • 1278–1305 John II
  • 1302–1323
  • 1305–1345
  • 1331–1356
  • 1345–1368 Conrad I
  • 1368–1386
  • 1386–1420
  • 1368–1398 Christian V
  • 1398–1423
  • 1423–1440 Dietrich the Lucky
  • 1440–1448 Christian VII
  • 1448–1483 Gerhard VI "the Quarrelsome"
  • 1483–1500 Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
  • 1500–1526 John V
  • 1526–1529 John VI, joint rule with his brothers George, Christopher and Anthony I, forced to resign in 1529
  • 1526–1529 , joint rule with his brothers John VI, Christopher and Anthony I, forced to resign in 1529
  • 1526–1566 Christopher, joint rule with his brothers John VI, George and Anthony I
  • 1526–1573 Anthony I, joint rule with his brothers John VI, George and Christopher
  • 1573–1603 John VII
  • 1573–1619 Anthony II, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
  • 1603–1667 Anthony Günther
  • 1667–1670 Frederick I, in personal union as Frederick III King of Denmark-Norway
  • 1670–1699 Christian VIII, in personal union as Christian V King of Denmark-Norway
  • 1699–1730 Frederick II, in personal union as Frederick IV King of Denmark-Norway
  • 1730–1746 Christian IX, in personal union as Christian VI King of Denmark-Norway
  • 1746–1766 Frederick III, in personal union as Frederick V King of Denmark-Norway
  • 1766–1773 Christian X, in personal union as Christian VII King of Denmark-Norway, ceded the county to the Holstein-Gottorp line
  • 1773 Paul I, ceded the county to his cousin of the Holstein-Gottorp line
  • 1773–1774 Frederick Augustus I (elevated to Duke in 1774), in personal union Prince-Bishop of Lübeck

Dukes of Oldenburg[]

Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Frederick Augustus I
1774–6 July 1785
Friedrich August von Oldenburg.jpg 20 September 1711
Gottorp, Schleswig
son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp and Albertina Frederica
Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel
Kassel
21 November 1752
three children
6 July 1785
Oldenburg
aged 73
William, Duke of Oldenburg
1785–1810
Coats of arms Grand Duché d Oldenbourg.svg 3 January 1754
Eutin
son of Frederick August I and Ulrike
Never married 2 July 1823
Schloss Plön
aged 69
To France in 1810–1813
Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
William, Duke of Oldenburg
1813–2 July 1823
Coats of arms Grand Duché d Oldenbourg.svg 3 January 1754
Eutin
son of Frederick Augustus I and Ulrike
Never married 2 July 1823
Schloss Plön
aged 69

Grand Dukes of Oldenburg[]

Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Peter I
1823–21 May 1829
Peter I Oldenburg.jpg 17 January 1755
Rastede
nephew of Frederick Augustus I and cousin of William
Frederica of Württemberg
6 June 1781
two children
21 May 1829
Oldenburg
aged 74
Augustus I
1829–27 February 1853
AugustOld.jpg 13 July 1783
Rastede
son of Peter I and Friederike
Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
24 July 1817
two children

Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
24 June 1825
one child

Cecilia of Sweden
5 May 1831
three children
27 February 1853
Oldenburg
aged 69
Peter II
1853–13 June 1900
NicolaasFrederikPeter.jpg 8 July 1827
Oldenburg
son of Augustus I and Ida
Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg
10 February 1852
two children
13 June 1900
Rastede
aged 72
Frederick Augustus II [2]
1900–11 November 1918
August II von Oldenburg 1902.jpg 16 November 1852
Oldenburg
son of Peter II and Elisabeth
Elisabeth Anna of Prussia
18 February 1878
two children

Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
24 October 1896
5 children
24 February 1931
Rastede
aged 78

Full style[]

  • Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Heir in Norway, Duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Ditmarshes & Oldenburg, Prince of Lübeck and Birkenfeld, Lord of Jever and Kniphausen

Heads of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg since 1918 (not ruling)[]

  • Frederick Augustus II, former Grand Duke, Head of House 1900-1931 (1852-1931)
    • Nikolaus, Duke 1931-1970 (1897-1970)
      • Anton Günther, Duke 1970-2014 (1923-2014)
        • Christian, Duke 2014–present (born 1955)
          • Duke Alexander, heir apparent (born 1990)
          • Duke Philipp (born 1991)
          • Duke Anton Friedrich (born 1993)
      • Duke Peter (1926-2016)
        • Duke Friedrich August (born 1952)
        • Duke Nikolaus (born 1955)
          • Duke Christoph (born 1985)
          • Duke Georg (born 1990)
          • Duke Oscar (born 1991)
        • Duke Georg Moritz (born 1957)
      • Duke Friedrich August (1936–2017)
        • Duke Paul-Wladimir (born 1969)
          • Duke Kirill (born 2002)
          • Duke Carlos (born 2004)
          • Duke Paul (born 2005)
      • Duke Huno (born 1940)
      • Duke Johann (born 1940)
        • Duke Konstantin Nikolaus (born 1975)

Prime ministers of the Republic of Oldenburg[]

To Lower Saxony in 1946

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Oldenburg
  2. ^ "Grand Duke of Oldenburg Dead. Connected with Russian Imperial Family. His Military Services". The New York Times. June 14, 1900.

External links[]

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