Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar (23 January 1844 – 17 October 1895) was a duke of

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, and the son of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and

Princess Cecilia of Sweden Cecilia of Sweden (Swedish: ''Cecilia Gustavsdotter Vasa'') (16 November 1540 in Stockholm – 27 January 1627 in Brussels), was Princess of Sweden as the daughter of King Gustav I and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, and Margravine of ...

Family

Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar was a child of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his third wife,

, daughter of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. His elder half-sister was

Amalia of Oldenburg Amalia of Oldenburg (; 21 December 181820 May 1875) was a Bavarian princess who became Queen of Greece from 1836 to 1862 as the wife of King Otto Friedrich Ludwig. She was loved widely by the Greeks due to her patriotic love for the country ...

, Queen-consort of

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. Elimar was a charming prince and tried his best to please his worried father. His father was determined to keep his living son alive and make his wife Cecilia proud. Elimar was patient but unlike his other half-sister and half-brothers he wanted to have a good education. He went to public academies which made his father concerned. When his father died Elimar felt lonely but continued to take public academies.

Marriage

On 9 November 1876 he married

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Baroness Natalie Vogel von Friesenhof in

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Alexandre Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...

's niece and cousin of Natalia Alexandrovna Pushkina, herself the morganatic wife of Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau. Upon marriage, she held the title Countess von Welsburg. The couple had two children: *Countess Alexandrine Gustava Friederike von Welsburg (11 October 1877,

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- 13 April 1901,

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); died unmarried at the age of 23. *Count Gustav Gregor Alexander von Welsburg (29 August 1878,

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- 29 November 1927, Switzerland); married Countess Luise

von Hahn The House of Hahn (originally Hane and Hanen) is an ancient German-Baltic noble family which was prominent in the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia and on the Baltic Island Ösel. It was founded in 1230. It is also part of the old Mecklenburg no ...

and fathered three sons and one daughter. In their former castle in Brodzany (Slovakia) is the now Pushkin's museum.

Honours

* : Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown, ''23 January 1844'' * : ** Knight of the

House Order of Fidelity The House Order of Fidelity (german: Hausorden der Treue) is a dynastic order of the Margraviate of Baden. It was established by Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach as a reward for merit and to mark the laying of the foundation ston ...

, ''1860'' ** Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion, ''1860'' * : Grand Cross of the

Ludwig Order The Ludwig Order (german: Großherzoglich Hessischer Ludwigsorden), was an order of the Grand Duchy of Hesse which was awarded to meritorious soldiers and civilians from 1807 to 1918. History The order was founded by Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse ...

, ''7 November 1860'' *

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: ** Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, ''18 October 1861'' ** Knight's Cross of the Royal

House Order of Hohenzollern The House Order of Hohenzollern (german: Hausorden von Hohenzollern or ') was a dynastic order of knighthood of the House of Hohenzollern awarded to military commissioned officers and civilians of comparable status. Associated with the various ...

, with Swords, ''20 September 1866'' * : Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order, ''1862''

Ancestors

References

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