Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg

Ameli of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
Duchess of Oldenburg
Spouse Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg
Issue
Duchess Helen
Duke Christian of Oldenburg
Full name
German: Ameli Gertrud Pauline Antonie Madeleine Wanda Elisabeth
House House of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
House of Holstein-Gottorp
Father Udo, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
Mother Countess Margarete of Castell-Castell
Born 4 March 1923 (1923-03-04) (age 89)
Frankfurt am Main, Weimar Republic
Religion Lutheranism
Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg

HRH The Duke
HRH The Duchess

  • HRH Duke Christian
    HRH Duchess Caroline
    • HH Duke Alexander
    • HH Duke Philipp
    • HH Duke Anton Friedrich
    • HH Duchess Katharina
  • HH Duchess Helene

Princess Ameli of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (German: Prinzessin Ameli Gertrud Pauline Antonie Madeleine Wanda Elisabeth zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg; born 4 March 1923) daughter of Udo, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, and wife of Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg, current pretender to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.

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Early life

Helena was born at Frankfurt am Main, Weimar Republic the first child of Udo, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1896–1980), and his wife, Countess Margarete of Castell-Castell (1899–1969), daughter of Friedrich Carl, Prince of Castell-Castell.

Marriage and family

Ameli married on 7 August 1951 in Kreuzwertheim, to Duke Anton-Günther of Oldenburg (b. 1923), son of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1897–1970) and his first wife Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1899–1948). Duke Anton-Günther is a grandson of the last Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Frederick Augustus II.[1]

They have two children.

Titles and styles

Ancestry

Notes and sources

  1. ^ C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings, volume 1, page 210.
Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg
Born: 4 March 1923
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Anne-Marie von Schutzbar gennant Milchling
— TITULAR —
Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
3 April 1970 – present
Reason for succession failure:
Grand Duchy abolished in 1918
Incumbent