List of rulers of Oldenburg

See Also: List of consorts of Oldenburg

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 Gerhard VI "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

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Frederick Augustus I 1774–6 July 1785		20 September 1711 Gottorp, Schleswig son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp and Albertina Frederica	Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel Kassel 21 November 1752 three children	6 July 1785 Oldenburg aged 73
Peter Frederick William 1785–1810		3 January 1754 Eutin son of Frederick August I and Ulrike	Never married	2 July 1823 Schloss Plön aged 69

To France in 1810–1813

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Peter Frederick William 1813–2 July 1823		3 January 1754 Eutin son of Frederick Augustus I and Ulrike	Never married	2 July 1823 Schloss Plön aged 69
Peter I Frederick Louis 1823–21 May 1829		17 January 1755 Rastede nephew of Frederick Augustus I and cousin of William	Frederica of Württemberg 6 June 1781 two children	21 May 1829 Oldenburg aged 74

Name	Birth	Marriages	Death
Paul Frederick Augustus I 1829–27 February 1853	13 July 1783 Rastede 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 aged 69
Nicholas Frederick Peter II 1853–13 June 1900	8 July 1827 Oldenburg son of Augustus I and Ida	Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg 10 February 1852 two children	13 June 1900 Rastede aged 72
Frederick Augustus II ^[1] 1900–11 November 1918	16 November 1852 Oldenburg son of Peter II and Elisabeth	Elisabeth Anna of Prussia 18 February 1878 two children Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 24 October 1896 5 children	24 February 1931 Rastede aged 78

Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Heir in Norway, Duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Ditmarshes & Oldenburg, Prince of Lübeck and Birkenfeld, Lord of Jever and Kniphausen

To Lower Saxony in 1946

^ "Grand Duke of Oldenburg Dead. Connected with Russian Imperial Family. His Military Services.". New York Times. June 14, 1900, Wednesday.