Counts, dukes and grand dukes of Oldenburg

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

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

Counts of Oldenburg

Dukes of Oldenburg

NamePortraitBirthMarriage(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
NamePortraitBirthMarriage(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

NamePortraitBirthMarriage(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

  • 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

  • 1918–1919 Bernhard Kuhnt (USPD)
  • 1919–1923 Theodor Tantzen (DDP)
  • 1923–1930 Eugen von Finckh (no party)
  • 1930–1932 Friedrich Cassebohm
  • 1932–1933 Carl Röver (NSDAP)
  • 1933–1945 Georg Joel (NSDAP)
  • 1945–1946 Theodor Tantzen (FDP)
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.
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