Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg

Friedrich August, Duke of Holstein-Oldenburg was born at Gottorp on 20 September 1711 and died at Oldenburg on 6 July 1785, the son of Christian August, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and Albertine Friederike of Baden-Durlach. He married Ulrika Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) and fathered three issue: [http://members.surfeu.fi/thaapanen/data/x776.html]

* Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg (born 3 January 1754)
* Luise of Holstein-Gottorp-Oldenburg (born 2 October 1756)
* Hedwig Sophie Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp-Oldenburg (born 22 March 1759)

Titular History

Emperor Paul I of Russia, last of the Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp ceded the Duchy lands to Denmark. Denmark then mediatised Holstein-Gottorp into the Holstein-Segeburg state, thus creating a new entity: Schleswig-Holstein. In exchange, Denmark granted the Tsar the territories of the Duchy of Oldenburg. Tsar Paul created the title of Duke of Holstein-Oldenburg and his successor was Friedrich August [http://www.geocities.com/kfzhouy/Chron/Chron11e.html A Chronology of World Political History 1701 - 1800] ] .

His son and heir apparent, Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, succeeded him as Wilhelm I, Duke of Oldenburg.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg
2= 2. Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin
3= 3. Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach
4= 4. Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
5= 5. Frederikke Amalie of Denmark
6= 6. Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
7= 7. Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp
8= 8. Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
9= 9. Marie Elisabeth of Saxony
10= 10. Frederick III of Denmark
11= 11. Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
12= 12. Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
13= 13. Christine Magdalen of Zweibrücken
14= 14. Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (= 8)
15= 15. Marie Elisabeth of Saxony (= 9)
16= 16. John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
17= 17. Augusta of Denmark
18= 18. John George I, Elector of Saxony
19= 19. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia
20= 20. Christian IV of Denmark
21= 21. Anne Catherine of Brandenburg
22= 22. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
23= 23. Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt
24= 24. Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
25= 25. Barbara of Württemberg
26= 26. John Casimir of Pfalz-Zweibrücken
27= 27. Catharina of Sweden
28= 28. John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (= 16)
29= 29. Augusta of Denmark (= 17)
30= 30. John George I, Elector of Saxony (= 18)
31= 31. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia (= 19)

See also

* Rulers of Oldenburg

References