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s, and

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s of Oldenburg.

Counts of Oldenburg

* 1088/1101–1108 Elimar I * 1108–1143 Elimar II * 1143–1168 Christian I the Quarrelsome * 1168–1211 Maurice I * 1209–1251

Otto I Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), known as Otto the Great ( ) or Otto of Saxony ( ), was East Francia, East Frankish (Kingdom of Germany, German) king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the eldest son o ...

, joint rule with Christian II and later with John I * 1211–1233 Christian II * 1233–1272

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* 1272–1278 Christian III * 1272–1301 Otto II, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst * 1278–1305 John II * 1302–1323

Christian IV Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648. His reign of 59 years and 330 days is the longest in Scandinavian history. A member of the H ...

* 1305–1345 John III * 1331–1356 John IV * 1345–1347 Conrad I * 1368–1386 Conrad II * 1386–1420 Maurice II * 1368–1398 Christian V * 1398–1423 Christian VI * 1423–1440 Dietrich the Lucky * 1440–1448 Christian VII * 1448–1483 Gerhard VI "the Quarrelsome" * 1483–1500 Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst * 1500–1526

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* 1526–1529 John VI, joint rule with his brothers George, Christopher and Anthony I, forced to resign in 1529 * 1526–1529 George, joint rule with his brothers John VI, Christopher and Anthony I, forced to resign in 1529 * 1526–1566

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, joint rule with his brothers John VI, George and Anthony I * 1526–1573 Anthony I, joint rule with his brothers John VI, George and Christopher * 1573–1603 John VII * 1573–1619 Anthony II, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst * 1603–1667 Anthony Günther * 1667–1670

Frederick I Frederick I or Friedrich I may refer to: * Frederick of Utrecht or Frederick I (815/16–834/38), Bishop of Utrecht. * Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine (942–978) * Frederick I, Duke of Swabia (1050–1105) * Frederick I ...

, in

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as Frederick III King of Denmark-Norway * 1670–1699

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, in personal union as Christian V King of Denmark-Norway * 1699–1730 Frederick II, in personal union as Frederick IV King of Denmark-Norway * 1730–1746

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, in personal union as Christian VI King of Denmark-Norway * 1746–1766 Frederick III, in personal union as Frederick V King of Denmark-Norway * 1766–1773

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, in personal union as Christian VII King of Denmark-Norway, ceded the county to the

Holstein-Gottorp Holstein-Gottorp () is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, also known as Ducal Holstein, that were ruled by the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, a side ...

line * 1773 Paul I, ceded the county to his cousin of the

line * 1773–1774 Frederick Augustus I (elevated to Duke in 1774), in personal union Prince-Bishop of Lübeck

Dukes of Oldenburg

, Frederick Augustus I
1774–6 July 1785 , Friedrich August von Oldenburg

, 20 September 1711

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son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp and Albertina Frederica , Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel

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21 November 1752
three children , 6 July 1785
Oldenburg
aged 73 , - ,

William I William I may refer to: Kings * William the Conqueror (–1087), also known as William I, King of England * William I of Sicily (died 1166) * William I of Scotland (died 1214), known as William the Lion * William I of the Netherlands and Luxembour ...

1785–1810 , , 3 January 1754

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son of Frederick August I and Ulrike , Never married , 2 July 1823
Schloss Plön
aged 69 :''To

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in 1810–1813'' ,

1813–1815 , , 3 January 1754

son of Frederick Augustus I and Ulrike , Never married , 2 July 1823
Schloss Plön
aged 69

Grand Dukes of Oldenburg

1815–2 July 1823 , , 3 January 1754

son of Frederick Augustus I and Ulrike , Never married , 2 July 1823
Schloss Plön
aged 69 , - , Peter I
1823–21 May 1829 , Peter I Oldenburg

, 17 January 1755

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 ...

nephew of Frederick Augustus I and cousin of William ,

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6 June 1781
two children , 21 May 1829
Oldenburg
aged 74 , - , Augustus I
1829–27 February 1853 , AugustOld

, 13 July 1783

son of Peter I and Friederike , Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
24 July 1817
two children

Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (; 10 March 1804 – 31 March 1828) was a princess of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym by birth as a daughter of Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. As the wife of Augustus I, Gr ...

24 June 1825
one child

Cecilia of Sweden
5 May 1831
three children , 27 February 1853
Oldenburg
aged 69 , - , Peter II
1853–13 June 1900 , NicolaasFrederikPeter

, 8 July 1827
Oldenburg
son of Augustus I and Ida , Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg
10 February 1852
two children , 13 June 1900

aged 72 , - , Frederick Augustus II
1900–11 November 1918 , August II von Oldenburg 1902

, 16 November 1852
Oldenburg
son of Peter II and Elisabeth , Elisabeth Anna of Prussia
18 February 1878
two children

Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
24 October 1896
5 children , 24 February 1931

aged 78

Full style

*''Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Heir in Norway, Duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Ditmarshes & Oldenburg, Prince of Lübeck and Birkenfeld, Lord of Jever and Kniphausen''

Prime ministers of the Republic of Oldenburg

* 1918–1919 Bernhard Kuhnt ( USPD) * 1919–1923 Theodor Tantzen ( DDP) * 1923–1930 Eugen von Finckh (no party) * 1930–1932 Friedrich Cassebohm * 1932–1933 Carl Röver (

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) * 1933–1945 Georg Joel (NSDAP) * 1945–1946 Theodor Tantzen ( FDP) :''To

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in 1946

References

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External links

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