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Counts of Oldenburg

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

Maurice I Maurice (; ; 539 – 27 November 602) was Eastern Roman emperor from 582 to 602 and the last member of the Justinian dynasty. A successful general, Maurice was chosen as heir and son-in-law by his predecessor Tiberius II. Maurice's reign was ...

* 1209–1251

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

Christian II A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words ''Christ'' and ''Ch ...

* 1233–1272

John I John I may refer to: People Religious figures * John I (bishop of Jerusalem) * John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople * John I of Antioch (died 441) * Pope John I of Alexandria, Coptic Pope from 496 to 505 * Pope John I, P ...

* 1272–1278

Christian III Christian III (12 August 1503 – 1 January 1559) reigned as King of Denmark from 1534 and King of Norway from 1537 until his death in 1559. During his reign, Christian formed close ties between the church and the crown. He established ...

* 1272–1301 Otto II, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst * 1278–1305

John II John II may refer to: People * John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455–1499) * John II Casimir Vasa of Poland (1609–1672) * John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (died 1302) * John II Doukas of Thessaly (1303–1318) * John II Komnenos (1087–114 ...

* 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 Conrad II (, – 4 June 1039), also known as and , was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 until his death in 1039. The first of a succession of four Salian emperors, who reigned for one century until 1125, Conrad ruled the kingdom ...

* 1386–1420

Maurice II Maurice may refer to: *Maurice (name), a given name and surname, including a list of people with the name Places * or Mauritius, an island country in the Indian Ocean *Maurice, Iowa, a city *Maurice, Louisiana, a village *Maurice River, a trib ...

* 1368–1398

Christian V Christian V (15 April 1646 – 25 August 1699) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699. Well-regarded by the common people, he was the first king anointed at Frederiksborg Castle chapel as absolute monarch since the de ...

* 1398–1423

Christian VI Christian VI (30 November 1699 – 6 August 1746) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 to 1746. The eldest surviving son of Frederick IV and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, he is considered one of Denmark-Norway's more anonymous kings, bu ...

* 1423–1440 Dietrich the Lucky * 1440–1448

Christian VII Christian VII (29 January 1749 – 13 March 1808) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1766 until his death in 1808. He was affected by mental illness and was only nominally king for most of his reign. His roya ...

* 1448–1483 Gerhard VI "the Quarrelsome" * 1483–1500 Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst * 1500–1526

John V John V may refer to: * Patriarch John V of Alexandria or John the Merciful (died by 620), Patriarch of Alexandria from 606 to 616 * John V of Constantinople, Patriarch from 669 to 675 * Pope John V (685–686), Pope from 685 to his death in 686 ...

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

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

Christopher Christopher is the English language, English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek language, Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or ''Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Jesus ...

, 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

Christian VIII Christian VIII (18 September 1786 – 20 January 1848) was King of Denmark from 1839 to 1848 and, as Christian Frederick, King of Norway in 1814. Christian Frederick was the eldest son of Hereditary Prince Frederick, a younger son of King Fred ...

, 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

Christian IX Christian IX (8 April 181829 January 1906) was King of Denmark from 15 November 1863 until his death in 1906. From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently List of dukes of Schleswig, Duke of Schleswig, List of dukes of Holstein, Holstein and Saxe-Laue ...

, 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

Christian X Christian X (; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark and independent Ice ...

, 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 Paul I may refer to: *Paul of Samosata (200–275), Bishop of Antioch *Paul I of Constantinople (died c. 350), Archbishop of Constantinople *Pope Paul I (700–767) *Paul I Šubić of Bribir (c. 1245–1312), Ban of Croatia and Lord of Bosnia *Paul ...

, 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

Gottorp Gottorf Castle (, , Low German: ''Slott Gottorp'') is a castle and estate in the city of Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is one of the most important secular buildings in Schleswig-Holstein, and has been rebuilt and expanded severa ...

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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

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

Eutin Eutin () is the district capital of Ostholstein, Eastern Holstein county located in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. As of December 2022, the town had some 17,000 inhabitants. History The name Eutin (originally Utin) is of Slavic ...

son of Frederick August I and Ulrike , Never married , 2 July 1823

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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

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

aged 69 , - ,

Peter I Peter I may refer to: Religious hierarchs * Saint Peter (c. 1 AD – c. 64–68 AD), a.k.a. Simon Peter, Simeon, or Simon, apostle of Jesus * Pope Peter I of Alexandria (died 311), revered as a saint * Peter I of Armenia (died 1058), Catholicos ...

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 ,

Frederica of Württemberg Frederica or Fredrica may refer to: * Frederica (given name), including a list of notable people who bear the name * Frederica (novel), ''Frederica'' (novel), a romance novel by Georgette Heyer * Frederica, Delaware, United States * Frederica Acade ...

6 June 1781
two children , 21 May 1829

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

5 May 1831
three children , 27 February 1853

aged 69 , - , Peter II
1853–13 June 1900 , NicolaasFrederikPeter

, 8 July 1827

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

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 The Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (, USPD) was a short-lived political party in Germany during the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. The organization was established in 1917 as the result of a split of anti-war members of t ...

) * 1919–1923 Theodor Tantzen ( DDP) * 1923–1930

Eugen von Finckh Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923 * Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and pa ...

(no party) * 1930–1932

Friedrich Cassebohm Friedrich may refer to: Names *Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich'' *Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich'' Other *Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' ...

* 1932–1933

Carl Röver Carl Georg Röver (12 February 188915 May 1942) was a German Nazi Party official. His main posts were as '' Gauleiter'' of Gau Weser-Ems and '' Reichsstatthalter'' of both Oldenburg and Bremen. Early years Röver was born in Lemwerder and ...

(

NSDAP The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party ( or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor, the German Workers ...

) * 1933–1945

Georg Joel Georg Joel (8 August 1898 in Wilhelmshaven – 10 October 1981 in Rastede) was a German Nazi Party politician. He was the long-serving Deputy ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Weser-Ems and also Minister-president of the Free State of Oldenburg throughout th ...

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

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

in 1946

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