Duke Elimar of Oldenburg
| Duke Elimar of Oldenburg | |||||
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| Born | 23 January 1844 Oldenburg | ||||
| Died | 17 October 1895 (aged 51) Erlau | ||||
| Spouse | Baroness Natalia Vogel von Friesenhof | ||||
| Issue | Countess Alexandrine Gustava Count Gustav Gregor | ||||
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| House | House of Holstein-Gottorp | ||||
| Father | Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg | ||||
| Mother | Cecilia of Sweden | ||||
| Religion | Lutheranism | ||||
Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar (January 23, 1844 Oldenburg– October 17, 1895 Erlau) was a duke of Oldenburg.
Family[]
He was a child of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his third wife, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, daughter of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden.[citation needed] His elder half-sister was Amalia of Oldenburg, Queen-consort of Greece.
Elimar was a charming prince and tried his best to please his worried father. His father was determined to keep his living son alive and make his wife Cecilia proud. Elimar was patient but unlike his other half-sister and half-brothers he wanted to have a good education. He went to public academies which made his father concerned. When his father died Elimar felt lonely but continued to take public academies.
Marriage[]
On 9 November 1876, in Vienna, he married morganatically Baroness Natalie Vogel von Friesenhof (8 April 1854 Vienna-9 January 1937 Hungary), Alexandre Pushkin's niece and cousin of Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau's wife. Upon marriage, she held the title Countess von Welsburg. The couple had two children:
- Countess Alexandrine Gustava Friederike von Welsburg (11 October 1877 Vienna-13 April 1901 Austria); who died unmarried at the age of 23
- Count Gustav Gregor Alexander von Welsburg (29 August 1878 Hungary-29 November 1927 Switzerland); who married Countess Luise von Hahn and fathered three sons and one daughter.
In their former castle in Brodzany (Slovakia) now is Pushkin's museum.
Honours[]
Oldenburg: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown, 23 January 1844[1]
Baden:[2]
- Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1860
- Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion, 1860
Grand Duchy of Hesse: Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 7 November 1860[3]
Kingdom of Prussia:[4]
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, 18 October 1861
- Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, with Swords, 20 September 1866
Kingdom of Hanover: Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order, 1862[5]
Ancestors[]
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References[]
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- ^ Staat Oldenburg (1852). Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg: für ... 1852. Schulze. p. 25.
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1862), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 33, 45
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (1879), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen" p. 11
- ^ Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), 1, Berlin, 1886, p. 21, 944 – via hathitrust.org
- ^ Staat Hannover (1865). Hof- und Staatshandbuch für das Königreich Hannover: 1865. Berenberg. p. 80.
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