Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg

Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg

HRH The Duke HRH The Duchess HRH Duke Alexander HH Duke Philipp HH Duke Anton Friedrich HH Duchess Katharina HH Duchess Helene Extended family 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 Friedrich August 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 Duchess Altburg, Baroness Rüdiger von Erffa

Princess Ameli of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (German: Prinzessin Ameli Gertrud Pauline Antonie Madeleine Wanda Elisabeth zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg; 4 March 1923 – 26 March 2016) was the daughter of Udo, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, and widow of Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg, the late pretender to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg who died on September 20, 2014.

Early life

Ameli 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 (1923–2014), 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 had two children.

• Duchess Helene Elisabeth Bathildis Margarete of Oldenburg (born 3 August 1953 in Rastede), unmarried
• Duke Christian Nikolaus Udo Peter of Oldenburg (born 1 February 1955 in Rastede), married to Countess Caroline zu Rantzau and has issue. Since the death of Duke Anton-Günther, Duke Christian is now the Duke of Oldenburg and head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg.

Titles and styles

• 4 March 1923 – 7 August 1951: Her Serene Highness Princess Ameli of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
• 7 August 1951 – 3 April 1970: Her Royal Highness Duchess Ameli of Oldenburg
• 3 April 1970 – 20 September 2014: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Oldenburg
• 20 September 2014 - 26 March 2016: Her Royal Highness The Dowager Duchess of Oldenburg
• Title in pretence:
  • 3 April 1970 – 20 September 2014: Her Royal Highness The Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
  • 20 September 2014 - 26 March 2016: Her Royal Highness The Dowager Grand Duchess of Oldenburg

Ancestry

Notes and sources

• thePeerage.com - Ameli Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
• Genealogics - Leo van de Pas - Princess Ameli zu Löwenstein-Wertheim- Freudenberg
• L'Allemagne dynastique, Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: IV 475
• The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: II 381
• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1964 265
• Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg's obituary (in German)