Alexander, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg

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HRH The Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Titles Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Biographical Information
Born 17 March 1990 (age 35)

Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Spouse Princess Olga of Yugoslavia

(m. 2024)

Issue Prince Nikolaus
Name Alexander Paul Hans Caspar Andreas

Daniel Carl Philippe

House Oldenburg
Father Christian, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Mother Countess Caroline of Rantzau
Religion Lutheran

Alexander, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (born Prince Alexander of Oldenburg on 17 March 1990) is a member of the Oldenburg Grand Ducal Family as the son and heir of Christian, Grand Duke of Oldenburg. He is also a member of the Yugoslavian Royal Family as the son-in-law of Alexander II, King of Yugoslavia.

Life[edit | edit source]

Alexander was born the eldest child of Christian, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Countess Caroline of Rantzau.

On 30 March 2022, Alexander was named regent of the grand duchy after his father was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

On 12 October 2024, Alexander married Princess Olga of Yugoslavia in Oldenburg. Alexander and Olga have one son, Nikolaus.

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Prince Nikolaus 6 May 2025

Residences[edit | edit source]

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1990-2014 Prince Alexander of Oldenburg
  • 2014-present Alexander, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg

National Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig (2008)

Foreign Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of the White Eagle (2024) (Yugoslavia)

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Christian, Grand Duke of Oldenburg Grand Duke Anton Gunther of Oldenburg

Princess Ameli of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

Grand Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg

Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Udo, Prince of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

Countess Margarete of Castell-Castell

Grand Duke Frederick Augustus II of Oldenburg

Princess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe

Prince Alfred of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

Countess Pauline of Reichenbach-Lessonitz

Friedrich Carl, Count of Castell-Castell

Countess Gertrud of Stolberg-Wernigerode

Countess Caroline of Rantzau Christian, Count of Rantzau

Heloise von Lettow-Vorbeck

Hans, Count of Rantzau

Countess Emma of Rantzau

Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck

Martha Wallroth

Count Otto of Rantzau

Adelheid von Buchwaldt

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Lines of Succession[edit | edit source]

Alexander, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg

House of Oldenburg

Born: 17 March 1990

Lines of Succession
Preceded by
Succession to the Oldenburg throne
Followed by
Christian, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
1st in the line of succession
Prince Nikolaus of Oldenburg