Grand Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg

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HRH The Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Titles Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Reign 24 February 1931 - 3 April 1970
Coronation 16 August 1931
Predecessor Frederick Augustus II
Successor Anton Gunther
Biographical Information
Born 10 August 1897

Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Died 3 April 1970 (aged 72)

Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Spouse Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont

(m. 1921; w. 1948)
Anne Marie von Schutzbar
(m. 1950; d. 1970)

Issue Anton Gunther

Princess Rixa
Prince Peter
Princess Eilika
Prince Egilmar
Prince Friedrich August
Altburg von Erffa
Prince Huno Friedrich
Prince Johann Friedrich

Name Nikolaus Friedrich Wilhelm
House Oldenburg
Father Grand Duke Frederick Augustus II of Oldenburg
Mother Princess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Religion Lutheran

General

Life

TBA

Marriage and Issue

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Anton Gunther 16 January 1923 20 September 2014 (aged 91) Princess Amelie of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (m. 1951); had issue
Princess Rixa 28 March 1924 1 April 1939 (aged 15) Died in adolescence
Prince Peter 7 August 1926 18 November 2016 (aged 90) Princess Gertrud of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (m. 1951); had issue
Princess Eilika 2 February 1928 26 January 2016 (aged 87) Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen (m. 1950); had issue
Prince Egilmar 14 October 1934 10 May 2013 (aged 78) Died unmarried and without issue
Prince Friedrich August 11 January 1936 9 July 2017 (aged 81) Princess Marie Cecile of Prussia (m. 1965); had issue
Altburg von Erffa 14 October 1938 Rudiger von Erffa (m. 1967); has issue
Prince Huno Friedrich 3 January 1940 Countess Felicitas Anita of Krosigk (m. 1970); has issue
Prince Johann Friedrich 3 January 1940 13 April 2025 (aged 85) Countess Ilka of Ortenburg (m. 1971); had issue

Titles and Honours

  • 1897-1900 Prince Nikolaus of Oldenburg
  • 1900-1931 Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg
  • 1931-1970 Nikolaus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg

Ancestry

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Grand Duke Frederick Augustus II of Oldenburg Grand Duke Peter II of Oldenburg

Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg

Grand Duke Augustus of Oldenburg

Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

Duke Joseph of Saxe-Altenburg

Princess Amelia of Wurttemberg

Grand Duke Peter I of Oldenburg

Princess Frederica of Wurttemberg

Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

Princess Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg

Duke Frederick of Saxe-Altenburg

Princess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Prince Louis of Wurttemberg

Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

Princess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Grand Duke Frederick Francis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Grand Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Princess Alexandrine of Prussia

Prince Adolph of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Princess Mathilde of Schonburg-Waldenburg

Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia

King Frederick William III of Prussia

Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Prince Charles Gunther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Princess Louise Ulrike of Hesse-Homburg

Otto Victor, Prince of Schonburg-Waldenburg

Princess Thekla of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt