- List of rulers of Oldenburg
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- See Also: List of consorts of Oldenburg
This is a list of the counts, dukes, grand dukes, and prime ministers of Oldenburg.
Contents
Counts of Oldenburg
- 1101–1108 Elimar I
- 1108–1143 Elimar II
- 1143–1168 Christian I the Quarrelsome
- 1168–1211 Maurice I
- 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 I
- 1368–1386 Conrad II
- 1386–1420 Maurice II
- 1368–1498 Christian V
- 1398–1423 Christian VI
- 1423–1440 Dietrich the Lucky
- 1440–1448 Christian VI, in personal union 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 Christopher
- 1529–1573 Anthony I
- 1573–1603 John VII
- 1573–1619 Anthony II, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
- 1603–1667 Anthony Günther
- 1667–1670 Frederick I, in personal union as Frederick III King of Denmark
- 1670–1699 Christian VIII, in personal union as Christian V King of Denmark
- 1699–1730 Frederick II, in personal union as Frederick IV King of Denmark
- 1730–1746 Christian IX, in personal union as Christian VI King of Denmark
- 1746–1766 Frederick III, in personal union as Frederick V King of Denmark
- 1766–1773 Christian X, in personal union as Christian VII King of Denmark, ceded the county to the Holstein-Gottorp line
- 1773 Paul I, ceded the county to his cousin of the Holstein-Gottorp line
- 1773–1774 Frederick Augustus I (elevated to Duke in 1774), in personal union Prince-Bishop of Lübeck
Dukes of Oldenburg
Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Frederick Augustus I
1774–6 July 178520 September 1711
Gottorp, Schleswig
son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp and Albertina FredericaUlrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel
Kassel
21 November 1752
three children6 July 1785
Oldenburg
aged 73Peter Frederick William
1785–18103 January 1754
Eutin
son of Frederick August I and UlrikeNever married 2 July 1823
Schloss Plön
aged 69- To France in 1810–1813
Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Peter Frederick William
1813–2 July 18233 January 1754
Eutin
son of Frederick Augustus I and UlrikeNever married 2 July 1823
Schloss Plön
aged 69Peter I Frederick Louis
1823–21 May 182917 January 1755
Rastede
nephew of Frederick Augustus I and cousin of WilliamFrederica of Württemberg
6 June 1781
two children21 May 1829
Oldenburg
aged 74Grand Dukes of Oldenburg
Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Paul Frederick Augustus I
1829–27 February 185313 July 1783
Rastede
son of Peter I and FriederikeAdelheid 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 children27 February 1853
Oldenburg
aged 69Nicholas Frederick Peter II
1853–13 June 19008 July 1827
Oldenburg
son of Augustus I and IdaElisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg
10 February 1852
two children13 June 1900
Rastede
aged 72Frederick Augustus II [1]
1900–11 November 191816 November 1852
Oldenburg
son of Peter II and ElisabethElisabeth Anna of Prussia
18 February 1878
two children
Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
24 October 1896
5 children24 February 1931
Rastede
aged 78Full 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 II
- 1931–1970 Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus
- 1970–present Duke Anton Günther
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
References
- ^ "Grand Duke of Oldenburg Dead. Connected with Russian Imperial Family. His Military Services.". New York Times. June 14, 1900, Wednesday.
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