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Living Members of
The Former Ruling House of Oldenburg,
1939-1945
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Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1897- ). Succeeded as head of the dynasty in 1931 on the death of his father, Grand Duke Friedrich August.
Wife: Helene, née Princess of Waldeck und Pyrmont (1899- )
Issue:
- Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg (1923- )
- Rixa, Duchess of Oldenburg (1924-1939). Died on April 1, 1939, after a fall from her horse.
- Peter, Duke of Oldenburg (1926- )
- Eilika, Duchess of Oldenburg (1928- )
- Egilmar, Duke of Oldenburg (1934- )
- Friedrich August, Duke of Oldenburg (1936- )
- Altburg, Duchess of Oldenburg (1938- )
- Huno, Duke of Oldenburg, born on January 3, 1940, at Lensahn.
- Johann, Duke of Oldenburg, born on January 3, 1940, at Lensahn.
Mother
Second Wife of Grand Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg (1852-1931)
Elisabeth, née Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1869- )
Half-Sister
Daughter of Grand Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg (1852-1931)
by his first marriage
Sophie Charlotte, Frau Harald von Hedemann (1879- )
Sisters
Daughters of Grand Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg (1852-1931)
by his second marriage
Ingeborg Alix, Princess Stefan of Schaumburg-Lippe (1901- )
Altburg, Hereditary Princess of Waldeck und Pyrmont (1903- )
Brother of Father
Son of Grand Duke Peter II of Oldenburg (1827-1900)
Georg, Duke of Oldenburg (1855-1939). Died at Eutin on November 30, 1939.
Brother of Grandfather
Son of Grand Duke (Paul Friedrich) August of Oldenburg (1783-1853)
Elimar, Duke of Oldenburg (1844-1895)
Issue of his unequal marriage: 2 children, including
- Alexander, Count von Welsburg (1878-1927)
Issue:
- Georg Elimar, Count von Welsburg (1906- )
2nd Wife: Maria Ruth, née Schalscha von Ehrenfeld (1899- )
Issue of his second marriage:
- Alexander, Count von Welsburg (1938- )
- Christian, Count von Welsburg, born at Brodany, Hungary, on March 4, 1939.
- Alexander, Count von Welsburg (1908-1945). Died in Berlin on April 29, 1945.
- Alexandra, Frau Jürgen von Schalburg (1910- )
- Percy, Count von Welsburg (1913- ). Married in Berlin on September 12, 1940.
Wife: Ingeborg, née von Kusserow (1919- )
Issue:
- Patrick, Count von Welsburg, born in Berlin on July 13, 1943.
Brother of Great-Grandfather
Son of Grand Duke Peter I of Oldenburg (1755-1829)
Georg, Duke of Oldenburg (1784-1812)
Issue: 2 children, including
- Peter, Duke of Oldenburg (1812-1881)
Issue: 8 children, including
- Nikolaus, Duke of Oldenburg (1840-1886)
Issue of his unequal marriage: 3 children, including
- Alexandra, Mme. Paul Vérola (1864- )
- Konstantin, Duke of Oldenburg (1850-1906)
Issue of his unequal marriage: 6 children, including
- Aleksandra Konstantinovna, Mme. Leo Vassilievich Narishkina (1883- )
- Ekaterina Konstantinovna, Mme. Ivan von Ploen (1884- )
- Nikolai Konstantinovich, Count von Zarnekau (1885- )
- Petr Konstantinovich, Count von Zarnekau (1889- )
2nd Wife: Aleksandra Feodorovna, née Annenkova (1905- )
Issue of his first marriage:
- Konstantin Petrovich, Count de Zarnekau (1916- )
- Nina Petrovna, Countess de Zarnekau (1919- )
Senior Surviving Oldenburg Line
Recognized by a family compact of 1904 as possessing rights of succession
to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg upon the extinction of the junior line
(above).
Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1814-1885)
Issue: 5 children, including
- Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1855-1934)
Issue:
- Viktoria Adelheid, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1885- )
- Alexandra Viktoria, Frau Rumann (1887- )
- Helene, Princess Harald of Denmark (1888- )
- Adelheid, The Princess of Solms-Baruth (1889- )
- Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1891- )
Issue: 4 children, including
- Hans, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1917-1944). Killed in action during World War II at Zedlinsk, Poland, on August 10, 1944.
- Peter, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1922- )
- Marie Alexandra, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1927- )
- Karoline Mathilde, Countess Hans of Solms-Baruth (1894- )
- Marie, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Abbess of Itzhoe (1859-1941). Died on June 26, 1941.
- Albrecht, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863- ).
2nd Wife: Hertha, née Princess of Ysenburg und Büdingen in Büdingen (1883- )
Issue:
- Marie Luise, Baroness Rudolf Karl von Stengal (1908- ). Adopted by Duke Ernst Günther of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg in 1920.
- Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1909-1940). Killed in action during World War II on June 6, 1940, at Trier.
- Johann Georg, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1911-1941). Adopted by Duke Ernst Günther of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg in 1920. Killed in action during World War II on June 23, 1941, in Russia.
- Friedrich Ferdinand, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1913- ). Married on September 1, 1943, at Wiligrad.
Wife: Anastasia, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1923- )
Issue:
- Elisabeth, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, born in Schleswig on September 10, 1945.
- Ortrud, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1925- )
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