Rulers of Oldenburg
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Count
A count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...
s, duke
Duke
A duke or duchess is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy...
s, grand duke
Grand Duke
The title grand duke is used in Western Europe and particularly in Germanic countries for provincial sovereigns. Grand duke is of a protocolary rank below a king but higher than a sovereign duke. Grand duke is also the usual and established translation of grand prince in languages which do not...
s, and prime minister
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
s of Oldenburg
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...
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Counts of Oldenburg
- 1101–1108 Elimar IElimar I, Count of OldenburgElimar I, also known as Egilmar I, was the first Count of Oldenburg. He reigned from 1101 to 1108.According to some sources, Elimar was the son of Elsa of Brabant and Helyas of Lorraine, identified as the Swan Knight of legend...
- 1108–1143 Elimar IIElimar II, Count of OldenburgElimar II was Count of Oldenburg from 1108 through 1143....
- 1143–1168 Christian I the Quarrelsome
- 1168–1211 Maurice IMaurice, Count of OldenburgMaurice I was Count of Oldenburg from 1169 through 1211.-External links:*...
- 1209–1251 Otto I
- 1211–1251 Christian II
- 1244–1272 John I
- 1272–1278 Christian III
- 1272–1301 Otto II, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
- 1278–1305 John II
- 1302–1323 Christian IV
- 1305–1345 John III
- 1331–1356 John IV
- 1345–1368 Conrad IConrad I, Count of OldenburgConrad I of Oldenburg was Count of Oldenburg from 1344 to 1368.He was the son of John II of Oldenburg and Hedwig of Diepholz. Conrad married Ingeborg, the daughter of Count Gerard IV of Holstein-Plön. Four children were born of this union:#Conrad II, Count of Oldenburg Conrad I of Oldenburg...
- 1368–1386 Conrad II
- 1386–1420 Maurice II
- 1368–1498 Christian VChristian V, Count of OldenburgCount Christian V of Oldenburg was the ruling count of Oldenburg from 1398 until his death in 1423. He was born sometime before 1347 to Count Conrad I of Oldenburg and Ingeborg of Brunswick. He married Agnes of Honstein, and through his son and successor Count Dietrich of Oldenburg, descends the...
- 1398–1423 Christian VI
- 1423–1440 Dietrich the Lucky
- 1440–1448 Christian VIChristian I of DenmarkChristian I was a Danish monarch, king of Denmark , Norway and Sweden , under the Kalmar Union. In Sweden his short tenure as monarch was preceded by regents, Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and Erik Axelsson Tott and succeeded by regent Kettil Karlsson Vasa...
, in personal unionPersonal unionA personal union is the combination by which two or more different states have the same monarch while their boundaries, their laws and their interests remain distinct. It should not be confused with a federation which is internationally considered a single state...
as Christian I King of Denmark - 1448–1483 Gerard the Quarrelsome
- 1483–1498 Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
- 1500–1526 John V
- 1526–1529 John VI
- 1526–1529 George
- 1526–1529 ChristopherChristopher of OldenburgChristopher of Oldenburg . German Count, regent in Eastern Denmark during the Count's War 1534–36 which was named after him....
- 1529–1573 Anthony I
- 1573–1603 John VII
- 1573–1619 Anthony II, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
- 1603–1667 Anthony Günther
- 1667–1670 Frederick IFrederick III of DenmarkFrederick III was king of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death. He instituted absolute monarchy in Denmark and Norway in 1660, confirmed by law in 1665 as the first in western historiography. He was born the second-eldest son of Christian IV of Denmark and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg...
, in personal unionPersonal unionA personal union is the combination by which two or more different states have the same monarch while their boundaries, their laws and their interests remain distinct. It should not be confused with a federation which is internationally considered a single state...
as Frederick III King of Denmark - 1670–1699 Christian VIIIChristian V of DenmarkChristian V , was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 to 1699, the son of Frederick III of Denmark and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
, in personal union as Christian V King of Denmark - 1699–1730 Frederick IIFrederick IV of DenmarkFrederick IV was the king of Denmark and Norway from 1699 until his death. Frederick was the son of King Christian V of Denmark and Norway and Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel .-Foreign affairs:...
, in personal union as Frederick IV King of Denmark - 1730–1746 Christian IXChristian VI of DenmarkChristian VI was King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 to 1746.He was the son of King Frederick IV of Denmark and Norway and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. He married Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and fathered Frederick V.-The reign and personality of Christian VI:To posterity Christian...
, in personal union as Christian VI King of Denmark - 1746–1766 Frederick IIIFrederick V of DenmarkFrederick V was king of Denmark and Norway from 1746, son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.-Early life:...
, in personal union as Frederick V King of Denmark - 1766–1773 Christian XChristian VII of DenmarkChristian VII was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1766 until his death. He was the son of Danish King Frederick V and his first consort Louisa, daughter of King George II of Great Britain....
, in personal union as Christian VII King of Denmark, ceded the county to the Holstein-GottorpHolstein-GottorpHolstein-Gottorp or Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein that were ruled by the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. Other parts of the duchies were ruled by the kings of Denmark. The...
line - 1773 Paul IPaul I of RussiaPaul I was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. He also was the 72nd Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta .-Childhood:...
, ceded the county to his cousin of the Holstein-GottorpHolstein-GottorpHolstein-Gottorp or Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein that were ruled by the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. Other parts of the duchies were ruled by the kings of Denmark. The...
line - 1773–1774 Frederick Augustus I (elevated to Duke in 1774), in personal union Prince-Bishop of Lübeck
Dukes of Oldenburg
| Frederick Augustus IFrederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg
Friedrich August, Duke of Holstein-Oldenburg was the son of Christian August, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Margravine Albertine Friederike of Baden-Durlach.-Marriage and issue:...
1774–6 July 1785
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| 20 September 1711
Gottorp
Gottorp
Gottorf Castle is a castle and estate in the city of Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the ancestral home of the Holstein-Gottorp branch of the House of Oldenburg...
, Schleswig
son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp and Albertina Frederica
| Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel was a member of the House of Hesse-Kassel by birth, and of the House of Holstein-Gottorp through her marriage to Frederick Augustus I, Duke of Oldenburg...
Kassel
Kassel
Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
21 November 1752
three children
| 6 July 1785
Oldenburg
Oldenburg
Oldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig...
aged 73
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| Peter Frederick William
1785–1810
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| 3 January 1754
Eutin
Eutin
Eutin is the district capital of Eastern Holstein located in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. As of 2005, it had some 17,000 inhabitants....
son of Frederick August I and Ulrike
| Never married
| 2 July 1823
Schloss Plön
Plön
Plön is the district seat of the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and has about 13,000 inhabitants. It lies right on the shores of Schleswig-Holstein's biggest lake, the Great Plön Lake, as well as on several smaller lakes, touching the town on virtually all sides...
aged 69
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- To FranceFirst French EmpireThe First French Empire , also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France...
in 1810–1813
| Peter Frederick William
1813–2 July 1823
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| 3 January 1754
Eutin
Eutin
Eutin is the district capital of Eastern Holstein located in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. As of 2005, it had some 17,000 inhabitants....
son of Frederick Augustus I and Ulrike
| Never married
| 2 July 1823
Schloss Plön
Plön
Plön is the district seat of the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and has about 13,000 inhabitants. It lies right on the shores of Schleswig-Holstein's biggest lake, the Great Plön Lake, as well as on several smaller lakes, touching the town on virtually all sides...
aged 69
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| Peter I Frederick Louis
Peter, Duke of Oldenburg
Peter I or Peter Frederick Louis of Holstein-Gottorp was the Regent of the Duchy of Oldenburg for his incapacitated cousin Peter Frederick William from 1785 to 1823, and then served himself as Duke from 1823-1829...
1823–21 May 1829
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| 17 January 1755
Rastede
Rastede
Rastede is a municipality in the Ammerland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 12 km north of Oldenburg. It is the site of the Schloss Rastede.-References:...
nephew of Frederick Augustus I and cousin of William
| Frederica of Württemberg
6 June 1781
two children
| 21 May 1829
Oldenburg
Oldenburg
Oldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig...
aged 74
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Grand Dukes of Oldenburg
| Paul Frederick Augustus IAugustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg was the Grand Duke of Oldenburg from 1829 to 1853.-Family:Augustus was born to the then Prince Peter of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Duchess Frederica of Württemberg, a daughter of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg...
1829–27 February 1853
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| 13 July 1783
Rastede
Rastede
Rastede is a municipality in the Ammerland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 12 km north of Oldenburg. It is the site of the Schloss Rastede.-References:...
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
Oldenburg
Oldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig...
aged 69
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| Nicholas Frederick 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...
1853–13 June 1900
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| 8 July 1827
Oldenburg
Oldenburg
Oldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig...
son of Augustus I and Ida
| Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg
10 February 1852
two children
| 13 June 1900
Rastede
Rastede
Rastede is a municipality in the Ammerland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 12 km north of Oldenburg. It is the site of the Schloss Rastede.-References:...
aged 72
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| 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...
1900–11 November 1918
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| 16 November 1852
Oldenburg
Oldenburg
Oldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig...
son of Peter II and Elisabeth
| Elisabeth Anna of Prussia
Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia
Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia was a German princess. She was the second child of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau...
18 February 1878
two children
Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a daughter of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg by his third wife Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt...
24 October 1896
5 children
| 24 February 1931
Rastede
Rastede
Rastede is a municipality in the Ammerland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 12 km north of Oldenburg. It is the site of the Schloss Rastede.-References:...
aged 78
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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)
- 1918–1931 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...
- 1931–1970 Hereditary Grand Duke 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...
- 1970–present Duke Anton GüntherAnton-Günther, Duke of OldenburgAnton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg is the head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg....
Prime Ministers of the Republic of Oldenburg
- 1918–1919 Bernhard Kuhnt (USPDIndependent Social Democratic Party of GermanyThe Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany was a short-lived political party in Germany during the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic. The organization was established in 1917 as the result of a split of left wing members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany...
) - 1919–1923 Theodor Tantzen (DDP)
- 1923–1930 Eugen von Finckh (no party)
- 1930–1932 Friedrich Cassebohm
- 1932–1933 Carl RöverCarl RöverCarl Georg Röver was a German Nazi Party official. His main posts were as Gauleiter of Weser-Ems and Reichsstatthalter of Oldenburg/Bremen.-Early years:...
(NSDAPNational Socialist German Workers PartyThe National Socialist German Workers' Party , commonly known in English as the Nazi Party, was a political party in Germany between 1920 and 1945. Its predecessor, the German Workers' Party , existed from 1919 to 1920...
) - 1933–1945 Georg Joel (NSDAP)
- 1945–1946 Theodor Tantzen (FDPFree Democratic Party (Germany)The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government...
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- To Lower SaxonyLower SaxonyLower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
in 1946