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Duke Alexander Frederick Constantin of Oldenburg (German: Herzog Alexander Friedrich Konstantin von Oldenburg; Russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Ольденбу́ргский, Alexander Petrovich Oldenburgsky; 2 June [O.S. 21 May] 1844 – 6 September 1932) was the second son of Duke Peter of Oldenburg and Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg. [1]
Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1783-1853) Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1827-1900) Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1852-1931) Nikolaus, Duke of Oldenburg (1897-1970) Anton Günther, Duke of Oldenburg (1923-2014) Christian, Duke of Oldenburg (b. 1955) Prince Alexander of Oldenburg (b. 1990) Prince Philipp of Oldenburg (b ...
William, Duke of Oldenburg 1813–2 July 1823 3 January 1754 Eutin son of Frederick Augustus I and Ulrike Never married 2 July 1823 Schloss Plön aged 69
He was born in Saint Petersburg in the Oldenburg Palace (present-day site of Saint-Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts), the only child of Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg (1844–1932) and Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg (1845–1925).
The Grand Duchy of Oldenburg came into existence in 1815 combining the territory of the old Duchy of Oldenburg with the Principality of Birkenfeld.Whilst Oldenburg was elevated to a grand duchy at the Congress of Vienna, the first two grand dukes continued to style themselves as merely dukes and it was not until 1829 that the newly acceded Augustus used the title of grand duke.
Ekaterina's family was utterly horrified, and the Dowager Empress immediately arranged a marriage for her daughter to her nephew, Duke George of Oldenburg. Thus, Ekaterina was married to her first cousin Duke George of Oldenburg on 3 August 1809. George was the second son of Peter, Duke of Oldenburg and his wife, Duchess Friederike of Württemberg.
On 12 May 1879, Therese married Prince George Maximlianovich Romanovsky (1852–1912), youngest son of Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. [1] Therese's elder brother Duke Alexander Petrovich had been married to George's sister Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna since 1868.
Christian was born in Rastede, Lower Saxony, the only son of Duke Anton-Günther of Oldenburg and his wife Princess Ameli of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (b. 1923). ). Christian has an elder sister, Duchess Helene (b. 1953) who is unm