Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg

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Princess Ameli
Duchess of Oldenburg
Born (1923-03-04)4 March 1923
Frankfurt am Main, Weimar Republic
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Eutin, Germany
Spouse Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg
(m. 1951; died 2014)
Issue Duchess Helene
Christian, Duke of Oldenburg
Full name
German: Ameli Gertrud Pauline Antonie Madeleine Wanda Elisabeth
House Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
Father Udo, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
Mother Countess Margarete of Castell-Castell
Religion Lutheran

Princess Ameli of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (German: Prinzessin Ameli Gertrud Pauline Antonie Madeleine Wanda Elisabeth zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg; 4 March 1923 – 26 March 2016) was the daughter of Udo, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, and widow of Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg, the late pretender to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg who died on September 20, 2014.

Early life

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Marriage and family

Ameli married on 7 August 1951 in Kreuzwertheim, to Duke Anton-Günther of Oldenburg (1923–2014), son of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1897–1970) and his first wife Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1899–1948). Duke Anton-Günther is a grandson of the last Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Frederick Augustus II.[1]

They had two children.

  • Duchess Helene Elisabeth Bathildis Margarete of Oldenburg (born 3 August 1953 in Rastede), unmarried
  • Duke Christian Nikolaus Udo Peter of Oldenburg (born 1 February 1955 in Rastede), married to Countess Caroline zu Rantzau and has issue. Since the death of Duke Anton-Günther, Duke Christian is now the Duke of Oldenburg and head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg.

Ancestry

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Notes and sources

  1. C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings, volume 1, page 210.
  • L'Allemagne dynastique, Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: IV 475
  • The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: II 381
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1964 265
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Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg
Born: 4 March 1923
Titles in pretence
Preceded by — TITULAR —
Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
3 April 1970 – 20 September 2014
Reason for succession failure:
Grand Duchy abolished in 1918
Succeeded by
Countess Caroline zu Rantzau