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Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg

HRH The Duke HRH The Duchess HRH Duke Alexander HH Duke Philipp HH Duke Anton Friedrich HH Duchess Katharina HRH The Dowager Duchess HH Duchess Helene Extended family HH Duke Peter HH Duke Friedrich August HH Duchess Belinda HH Duchess Anastasia HH Duchess Alice HH Duchess Cara HH Duke Nikolaus HH Duchess Anna HH Duke Christoph HH Duke Georg HH Duke Oscar HH Duke Georg Moritz HH Duchess Margarete, Princess Philipp von Croÿ HH Duke Egilmar HH Duke Friedrich August HH Duchess Donata HH Duke Paul-Wladimir HH Duchess Maria del Pilar HH Duke Kirill HH Duke Carlos HH Duke Paul HH Duchess Maria Assunta HH Duchess Rixa, Mrs. Sanders HH Duchess Bibiane, Mrs. Dorner HH Duke Huno HH Duchess Felicitas-Anita HH Duchess Beatrix, Mrs. von Storch HH Duchess Sophie, Mrs. von Radowitz HH Duke Johann HH Duchess Ilka HH Duke Konstantin Nikolaus HH Duchess Esther HI&RH Archduchess Eilika of Austria HH Duchess Tatjana, Countess Axel de Chavagnac HH The Dowager Princess of Leiningen HH The Baroness of Erffa

The grand-ducal family of Oldenburg is the junior most branch of the House of Holstein-Gottorp, the junior most branch of the House of Oldenburg. The law of succession of the family is agnatic primogeniture, allowing only males born out of an approved marriage and of a male line to succeed. The current head of the grand-ducal family of Oldenburg is Christian, styled as His Royal Highness The Duke of Oldenburg. The family ruled the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg until 1918, when the last Grand Duke, Frederick Augustus II, was forced to abdicate in the German Revolution.

Persons marked with an "M" below are of morganatic lines and ineligible to succeed. On 11 August 1903, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia renounced, in favour of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, the rights of members of the Imperial House (that of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov) to succeed to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.^[1] Therefore, should the line of succession presented below be extinguished, the headship of the grand-ducal family would fall to the male descendants of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, as the result of an Oldenburg law dated 19 October 1904.^[2]

Current head: HRH Duke Christian of Oldenburg (born 1955)

Peter I → Augustus I → Peter II → Frederick Augustus II → Nikolaus → Anton-Günther → Christian

Duke Alexander of Oldenburg (b. 1990), son of Duke Christian
Duke Philipp of Oldenburg (b. 1991), son of Duke Christian
Duke Anton Friedrich of Oldenburg (b. 1993), son of Duke Christian
Peter I → Augustus I → Peter II → Frederick Augustus II → Nikolaus
Duke Peter of Oldenburg (b. 1926), brother of the Duke of Oldenburg
Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg (b. 1952), son of Duke Peter
Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg (b. 1955), son of Duke Peter
Duke Christoph of Oldenburg (b. 1985), son of Duke Nikolaus
Duke Georg of Oldenburg (b. 1990), son of Duke Nikolaus
Duke Oscar of Oldenburg (b. 1991), son of Duke Nikolaus
Duke Georg Moritz of Oldenburg (b. 1957), son of Duke Peter
Duke Egilmar of Oldenburg (b. 1934), brother of the Duke of Oldenburg
Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg (b. 1936), brother of the Duke of Oldenburg
Duke Paul-Wladimir of Oldenburg (b. 1969), son of Duke Friedrich
Duke Kirill of Oldenburg (b. 2002), son of Duke Paul-Wladimir
Duke Carlos of Oldenburg (b. 2004), son of Duke Paul-Wladimir
Duke Paul of Oldenburg (b. 2005), son of Duke Paul-Wladimir
Duke Huno of Oldenburg (b. 1940), brother of the Duke of Oldenburg
Duke Johann of Oldenburg (b. 1940), brother of the Duke of Oldenburg
Duke Konstantin Nikolaus of Oldenburg (b. 1975), son of Duke Johann
Peter I → Augustus I → Duke Elimar of Oldenburg → Count Gustav of Welsburg → Count Elimar of Welsburg
- Count Alexander of Welsburg ^M (b. 1938), son of Count Elimar and third cousin of the Duke of Oldenburg
- Count Christian of Welsburg ^M (b. 1939), son of Count Elimar and third cousin of the Duke of Oldenburg
Peter I → Augustus I → Duke Elimar of Oldenburg → Count Gustav of Welsburg → Count Percy Frederick of Welsburg
- Count Patrick Hubert of Welsburg ^M (b. 1943), son of Count Percy Frederick and third cousin of the Duke of Oldenburg
Peter I → Duke George of Oldenburg → Duke Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg → Duke Konstantin Petrovich of Oldenburg → Count Peter of Zarnekau → Count Constantine of Zarnekau
- Count Peter of Zarnekau ^M (b. 1948), son of Count Constantine and fourth cousin once removed of the Duke of Oldenburg
- Count Nicholas of Zarnekau ^M (b. 1968), son of Count Peter

References

↑ "Czar Renounces a Grand Duchy". New York Times. 10 March 1904. p. 9.
↑ Almanach de Gotha (186th ed.). 2003. pp. 167, 168. ISBN 0-9532142-4-9.