Line of succession to the Oldenburgian throne
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The grand-ducal family of Oldenburg
is the junior most branch of the House of Holstein-Gottorp
, the junior most branch of the House of Oldenburg
. The law of succession of the family is agnatic primogeniture, allowing only males born out of an approved marriage and of a male line to succeed. The current head of the grand-ducal family of Oldenburg is Anton-Günther
, styled as His Royal Highness The Duke of Oldenburg. The family ruled the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg until 1918, when the last Grand Duke, Frederick Augustus II
, was forced to abdicate in the German Revolution
.
Persons marked with an "M" below are of morganatic lines and ineligible to succeed. On 11 August 1903, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia
renounced, in favour of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, the rights of members of the Imperial House (that of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov) to succeed to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. Therefore, should the line of succession presented below be extinguished, the headship of the grand-ducal family would fall to the male descendants of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
, as the result of an Oldenburg law dated 19 October 1904.
Oldenburg (state)
Oldenburg — named after its capital, the town of Oldenburg — was a state in the north of present-day Germany. Oldenburg survived from 1180 until 1918 as a county, duchy and grand duchy, and from 1918 until 1946 as a free state. It was located near the mouth of the River Weser...
is the junior most branch of the House of Holstein-Gottorp
House of Holstein-Gottorp
The House of Holstein-Gottorp, a cadet branch of the Oldenburg dynasty, ruled Sweden from 1751 until 1818, and Norway from 1814 to 1818.In 1743 Adolf Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp was elected crown prince of Sweden as a Swedish concession to Russia, a strategy for achieving an acceptable peace...
, the junior most branch of the House of Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...
. The law of succession of the family is agnatic primogeniture, allowing only males born out of an approved marriage and of a male line to succeed. The current head of the grand-ducal family of Oldenburg is Anton-Günther
Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg
Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg is the head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg....
, styled as His Royal Highness The Duke of Oldenburg. The family ruled the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg until 1918, when the last Grand Duke, Frederick Augustus II
Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Frederick Augustus II was the last ruling grand duke of Oldenburg. He married Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, daughter of Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau and Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia...
, was forced to abdicate in the German Revolution
German Revolution
The German Revolution was the politically-driven civil conflict in Germany at the end of World War I, which resulted in the replacement of Germany's imperial government with a republic...
.
Persons marked with an "M" below are of morganatic lines and ineligible to succeed. On 11 August 1903, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia
Nicholas II of Russia
Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Prince of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His official short title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until...
renounced, in favour of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, the rights of members of the Imperial House (that of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov) to succeed to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. Therefore, should the line of succession presented below be extinguished, the headship of the grand-ducal family would fall to the male descendants of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg was the third Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg...
, as the result of an Oldenburg law dated 19 October 1904.
- HRH Duke Christian of OldenburgDuke Christian of OldenburgDuke Christian of Oldenburg is the heir apparent to the headship of Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg, though not the senior extant line of the House of Oldenburg.-Family and life:...
(b. 1955), son of the Duke of OldenburgAnton-Günther, Duke of OldenburgAnton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg is the head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg....
- HH Duke Alexander of Oldenburg (b. 1990), son of Duke ChristianDuke Christian of OldenburgDuke Christian of Oldenburg is the heir apparent to the headship of Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg, though not the senior extant line of the House of Oldenburg.-Family and life:...
- HH Duke Philipp of Oldenburg (b. 1991), son of Duke ChristianDuke Christian of OldenburgDuke Christian of Oldenburg is the heir apparent to the headship of Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg, though not the senior extant line of the House of Oldenburg.-Family and life:...
- HH Duke Anton Friedrich of Oldenburg (b. 1993), son of Duke ChristianDuke Christian of OldenburgDuke Christian of Oldenburg is the heir apparent to the headship of Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg, though not the senior extant line of the House of Oldenburg.-Family and life:...
Peter I → Augustus I → Peter IIPeter II, Grand Duke of OldenburgPeter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg was the ruler of Oldenburg from 1853 to 1900.-Family:Duke Nikolaus Friedrich Peter was the only son of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg by his second wife Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. He was born on 8 July 1827 in Oldenburg. In his youth, he...
→ Frederick Augustus IIFrederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of OldenburgFrederick Augustus II was the last ruling grand duke of Oldenburg. He married Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, daughter of Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau and Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia...
→ NikolausNikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of OldenburgNikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg was the eldest son of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, last ruling Grand Duke of Oldenburg...
- HH Duke Peter of Oldenburg (b. 1926), brother of the Duke of OldenburgAnton-Günther, Duke of OldenburgAnton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg is the head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg....
- HH Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg (b. 1952), son of Duke Peter
- HH Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg (b. 1955), son of Duke Peter
- HH Duke Christoph of Oldenburg (b. 1985), son of Duke Nikolaus
- HH Duke Georg of Oldenburg (b. 1990), son of Duke Nikolaus
- HH Duke Oscar of Oldenburg (b. 1991), son of Duke Nikolaus
- HH Duke Georg Moritz of Oldenburg (b. 1957), son of Duke Peter
- HH Duke Egilmar of Oldenburg (b. 1934), brother of the Duke of OldenburgAnton-Günther, Duke of OldenburgAnton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg is the head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg....
- HH Duke Friedrich August of OldenburgDuke Friedrich August of OldenburgDuke Friedrich August of Oldenburg is a member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp. He is a son of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont.-Family and early life:...
(b. 1936), brother of the Duke of OldenburgAnton-Günther, Duke of OldenburgAnton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg is the head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg....
- HH Duke Paul-Wladimir of Oldenburg (b. 1969), son of Duke Friedrich
- HH Duke Kirill of Oldenburg (b. 2002), son of Duke Paul-Wladimir
- HH Duke Carlos of Oldenburg (b. 2004), son of Duke Paul-Wladimir
- HH Duke Paul of Oldenburg (b. 2005), son of Duke Paul-Wladimir
- HH Duke Huno of Oldenburg (b. 1940), brother of the Duke of OldenburgAnton-Günther, Duke of OldenburgAnton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg is the head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg....
- HH Duke Johann of Oldenburg (b. 1940), brother of the Duke of OldenburgAnton-Günther, Duke of OldenburgAnton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg is the head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg....
- HH Duke Konstantin Nikolaus of Oldenburg (b. 1975), son of Duke Johann
Peter I → Augustus I → Duke Elimar of Oldenburg → Count Gustav of Welsburg → Count Elimar of Welsburg
- * Count Alexander of Welsburg M (b. 1938), son of Count Elimar and third cousin of the Duke of Oldenburg
- * Count Christian of Welsburg M (b. 1939), son of Count Elimar and third cousin of the Duke of Oldenburg
Peter I → Augustus I → Duke Elimar of Oldenburg → Count Gustav of Welsburg → Count Percy Frederick of Welsburg- * Count Patrick Hubert of Welsburg M (b. 1943), son of Count Percy Frederick and third cousin of the Duke of Oldenburg
Peter I → Duke George of OldenburgDuke George of OldenburgDuke George of Oldenburg was a younger son of Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his wife Duchess Frederica of Württemberg. He was a son-in-law of Paul I of Russia through marriage to his daughter Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia...
→ Duke Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg → Duke Konstantin Petrovich of OldenburgDuke Constantine Petrovich of OldenburgDuke Constantine Petrovich of Oldenburg was a son of Duke Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg and his wife Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg.-Family:...
→ Count Peter of Zarnekau → Count Constantine of Zarnekau- * Count Peter of Zarnekau M (b. 1948), son of Count Constantine and fourth cousin once removed of the Duke of Oldenburg
- * Count Nicholas of Zarnekau M (b. 1968), son of Count Peter
Current head: HRH Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg
Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg
Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg is the head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg....
(born 1923)
Peter I → Augustus I → Peter II
Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg was the ruler of Oldenburg from 1853 to 1900.-Family:Duke Nikolaus Friedrich Peter was the only son of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg by his second wife Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. He was born on 8 July 1827 in Oldenburg. In his youth, he...
→ Frederick Augustus II
Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Frederick Augustus II was the last ruling grand duke of Oldenburg. He married Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, daughter of Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau and Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia...
→ Nikolaus
Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg was the eldest son of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, last ruling Grand Duke of Oldenburg...
→ Anton-Günther
Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg
Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg is the head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg....