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Counts, dukes and grand dukes of Oldenburg

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Monarchy of Oldenburg
State
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

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Dukes of Oldenburg

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Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Frederick Augustus I
1774–6 July 1785
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
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
3 January 1754
Eutin
son of Frederick Augustus I and Ulrike
Never married 2 July 1823
Schloss Plön
aged 69

Grand Dukes of Oldenburg

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Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death
Peter I
1823–21 May 1829
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
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
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
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

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

Prime ministers of the Republic of Oldenburg

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To Lower Saxony in 1946

See also

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References

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