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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 Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg (''Anton-Günther Friedrich August Wilhelm Josias von Holstein-Gottorp, Erbgroßherzog von Oldenburg, Prinz von Lübeck''; 16 January 1923 – 20 September 2014) was the head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg ...

, the late pretender to the

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who died on September 20, 2014.

Early life

Ameli was born at

, the first child of Udo, Prince of

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-Freudenberg (1896–1980), and his wife, Countess Margarete of

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(1899–1969), daughter of Friedrich Carl, Prince of Castell-Castell, and his wife, Countess Gertrud of Stolberg-Wernigerode.

Marriage and family

Ameli married on 7 August 1951 in

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, to Duke Anton-Günther of Oldenburg (1923–2014), son of

Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg , house = Holstein-Gottorp , father = Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg , mother = Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , birth_date = , birth_place = Oldenburg, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg , death ...

(1897–1970) and his first wife

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, Frederick Augustus II.C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings, volume 1, page 210. They had two children. *Duchess ''Helene'' Elisabeth Bathildis Margarete of Oldenburg (born 3 August 1953 in

Rastede Rastede (Low German: ''Raastäe/Raas'') is a municipality in the Ammerland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 12 km north of Oldenburg. It is the site of the Schloss Rastede. The Rastede railway station is loc ...

), unmarried * Duke ''Christian'' Nikolaus Udo Peter of Oldenburg (born 1 February 1955 in

), 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.

Ancestry

Notes and sources

*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
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