The present members of this family bear the title
Duke/Duchess of Oldenburg (Highness). The head of the family and the heir
apparent apparently enjoy the style "Royal Highness".
Christian Albrecht, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
1a) Sophie Amalie (Gottorp
2a) Friedrich IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (Gottorp
1b) Karl Friedrich, Duke of
Holstein-Gottorp (
1c) Karl Peter Ulrich
(1728-1762); succeeded as Emperor Peter
3a) Christian August, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (Gottorp
1b) Hedwig Sophie
Auguste, Abbess of
2b) Karl August, Bp of Lübeck
(Gottorp
3b) Friederike Amalie (Gottorp
4b) Anne (Gottorp
5b) Adolf Friedrich (1710-1771);
in 1751 he ascended the Swedish throne; for further details see
6b) FRIEDRICH AUGUST, Duke of
Holstein-Gottorp; in 1773/4 the Tsarevich of Russia ceded to him Oldenburg
and Delmenhorst (Gottorp 20 Sep
1711-Oldenburg 6 Jul 1785; bur Lübeck Dom 1788); m.Kassel 21 Nov 1752 Ulrika
Friederike Wilhelmine, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (Kassel 31 Oct 1722-Eutin 28
Feb 1787; bur Lübeck Dom)
1c) Peter Friedrich WILHELM,
Duke of
2c) Luise (Eutin
3c) Hedwig Sophie Charlotte
(Eutin 22 Mar 1759-Stockholm 20 Jun 1818); m.Stockholm
7b) Johanna Elisabeth (Gottorp
8b) Friederike (
9b) Johanna Elisabeth (b.and
d.24 Dec 1714)
10b) Wilhelm Christian August (
11b) Friedrich Konrad [or,
Friederike Konradine] (12 Mar 1718-1719)
12b) Georg Ludwig (
1c) Friedrich Georg (
2c) Wilhelm August (
3c) PETER I Friedrich Ludwig,
Duke of Oldenburg on the death of his cousin Wilhelm in 1823, he had actually
administered the duchy since 1785 because of Wilhelm's mental disability
(Riesenburg 17 Jan 1755-Wiesbaden 21 May 1829; bur Oldenburg); m.Château
d'Etupes 26 Jun 1781 Friederike, Dss of Württemberg (Treptow 27 Jul 1765-Eutin
24 Nov 1785; bur Oldenburg)
1d) Paul Friedrich AUGUST, Duke
of Oldenburg, became Grand Duke of Oldenburg 28 May 1829 (Rastede 13 Jul
1783-Oldenburg 27 Feb 1853;bur Oldenburg Gertrudenfriedhof); m.1st
Schaumburg 24 Jul 1817 Adelheid Pss von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
(Schaumburg 23 Feb 1800-Oldenburg 13 Sep 1820;bur Oldenburg Gertrudenfriedhof);
m.2nd Schaumburg 24 Jun 1825 Ida Pss von
Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (Schaumburg 10 Mar 1804-Oldenburg 31 Mar
1828;bur Oldenburg Gertrudenfriedhof); m.3rd Vienna 5 May 1831
Cecilie Pss of Sweden (Stockholm 22 Jun 1807-Oldenburg 27 Jan 1844)
1e) Marie Friederike Amelie
(Oldenburg 21 Dec 1818-Bamberg 20 May 1875; bur Munich Theatinerkirche);
m.Oldenburg
2e) Elisabeth Marie Friederike
(Oldenburg 8 Jun 1820-Pöls 20 Mar 1891); m.Rastede
3e) Nikolaus Friedrich PETER II,
Grand Duke of
1f) FRIEDRICH AUGUST, Grand
Duke of
1g) Sophie Charlotte (Oldenburg
2 Feb 1879-Westerstede 29 Mar 1964); m.1st
2g) Margarete (Oldenburg 13 Oct
1881-Oldenburg 20 Feb 1882)
3g) NIKOLAUS Friedrich Wilhelm,
Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (Oldenburg 10 Aug 1897-Rastede 3 Apr 1970);
m.1st Arolsen 26 Oct 1921 Helene Pss zu Waldeck und Pyrmont (Arolsen
22 Dec 1899-Rastede 18 Feb 1948); m.2nd Güldenstein 20 Sep 1950
Anne-Marie von Schutzbar gt Milchling (Hannover Münden 3 Jul 1903-Rastede 1 Jan
1991)
1h) ANTON-GÜNTHER Friedrich
August Josias, Duke of
1i) Helene Elisabeth Bathildis
Margarete (b.Rastede
2i) CHRISTIAN Nikolaus Udo
Peter, Duke of
1j) Alexander Paul Hans-Caspar
Andreas Daniel Carl Philippe (b.Lübeck
2j) Philipp Konstantin
Wittekind Raimund Clemens Hans-Heinrich (b.Lübeck
3j) Anton Friedrich Ludwig Jan
Vincent (b.Lübeck
4j) Katharina Bibiane Edwina
Isabell (b.Lübeck
2h) Rixa Elisabeth Bathildis
Enna Cecilie (Lensahn 28 Mar 1924-d.after fall from horse nr Lensahn 1 Apr
1939)
3h) Peter Friedrich August Max
(Lensahn 7 Aug 1926-Neustadt 18 Nov 2016); m.Kreuzwertheim 7 Aug 1951 Gertrud
Pss zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (Langenzell 24 Jan 1926-Lübeck 4 Feb
2011)
1i) Friedrich August Nikolaus
Udo Peter Philipp (Lensahn 26 Sep 1952-Nanyuki, Kenya 12 Sep 2018); m.Lensahn
1j) Anastasia Caroline
Margarete Adelheid (b.1982)
2j) Alice Johanna Helene
Susannah (b.1986) ;
m.Nanyuki,
3j) Cara Emma Amanda Bettina
(b.1993)
2i) Margarete Elisabeth
Bathildis Ameli Eilika Barbara Marie-Alix Altburg (b.1954); m.Lensahn (civ)
3i) Nikolaus Anton-Günther Max
Johann Alfred Ernst (b.1955); m.Lensahn
1j) Christoph Christian Ludwig
Friedrich Wilhelm (b.1985)
2j) Georg Friedrich August Karl
Constantin Hubertus Claus (b.1990)
3j) Oscar Philippe Raimund
Thomas Jan (b.1991)
4i) Georg-Moritz Friedrich
Ferdinand Egilmar Huno (Lübeck 25 Jun 1957-Rickling 13 Jan 2011)
4h) Eilika Stephanie Elisabeth
Thekla Juliana (Lensahn 2 Feb 1928-26 Jan 2016); m.Rastede 10 Aug 1950 Emich
Fst zu Leiningen (Coburg 18 Oct 1926-Amorbach 30 Oct 1991)
5h) Egilmar Friedrich Franz
Stephan Wilhelm (Lensahn 14 Oct 1934-2013)
6h) Friedrich August Wilhelm
Christian Ernst (Rastede 11 Jan 1936-Meran 9 Jul 2017); m.1st
1i) Paul Wladimir Nikolaus
Louis-Ferdinand Peter Max Karl-Emich (b.1969); m.Wertheim
1j) Kirill Friedrich-August
Jaime Cristobal Hermann Antonius Vincenz Josef Maria (b.2002)
2j) Carlos Jakobus Leo Wilfried
Josef Maria (b.2004)
3j) Paul Marie (b.2005)
4j) Maria Assunta (b.2007)
5) Louis Ferdinand (b.2012)
2i) Rixa Marie-Alix Kira
Altburg (b.1970); m.Hamburg-Nienstedten
3i) Bibiane Marie Alexandra Gertrud
(b.1974); m.Meran 22 May 2004 Peter Dorner (b.1972)
7h) Altburg Elisabeth Hilda
Ingeborg Marie Luise Mathilde (b.Lensahn
8h) Huno Friedrich Peter Max
(b.Lensahn
1i) Beatrix Amelie Ehrengard
Eilika (b.1971); m.22 Oct 2010 (rel) Schloß Eutin
2i) Sophie Altburg Marie Cécile
Margarete (b. 1972); m.Rastede
9h) Johann Friedrich Adolf
(b.Lensahn
1i) Eilika Helene Jutta
Clementine (b.1972); m.Budapest
2i) Tatjana Ingeborg Altburg
Elisabeth Marita (b.1974); m.Eutin
3i) Konstantin Nikolaus Alram
Heinrich Hubertus (b.1975); m.Madrid
4g) Friedrich August (Oldenburg
25 Mar 1900-Oldenburg 26 Mar 1900)
5g) Alexandrine (b.and
d.Oldenburg 25 Mar 1900)
6g) Ingeborg Alix (Oldenburg 20
Jul 1901-Bienebek, Holstein 10 Jan 1996); m.Rastede 4 Jun 1921 Stephan Pr zu
Schaumburg-Lippe (Stadthagen 21 Jun 1891-Kempfenhausen 10 Feb 1965)
7g) Altburg Marie Mathilde Olga
(Oldenburg 19 May 1903-Arolsen 16 Jun 2001); m.Rastede 25 Aug 1922 Josias Fst
zu Waldeck u.Pyrmont (Arolsen 13 May 1896-Schaumburg 30 Nov 1967)
2f) Georg Ludwig (Rastede 27
Jun 1855-Eutin 30 Nov 1939)
4e) Alexander Friedrich Gustav
(Oldenburg 16 Jun 1834-Oldenburg 6 Jun 1835)
5e) Nikolaus Friedrich August
(Oldenburg 15 Feb 1836-Oldenburg 30 Apr 1837)
6e) Anton Günther Friedrich Elimar
(Oldenburg 23 Jan 1844-Schloß Erlau 17 Oct 1895); m.(morganatically)
1f)
Alexandrine Gustave Friederike Gfn von Welsburg (Vienna 11 Oct
1877-Erlaa, nr Vienna 13 Apr 1901)
2f)
Gustav Gregor Alexander Gf von Welsburg (Brogyan, Hungary 29 Aug
1878-Agra, nr Lugano, Switzerland 29 Nov 1927); m.Nerir Salburg
1g)
Elimar Albert Leo Luidgardis Georg Gf von Welsburg (Nice 13 Apr 1906-Budapest
31 Aug 1984); m.1st Vienna 17 Apr 1930 (div 1932) Blanka von
Tarnoczy (Schloß Waldenfels 9 Sep 1912-1967); m.2nd Prinsing 21 Nov
1936 Maria Ruth Schalscha von Ehrenfeld (Parchim 2 Mar 1899-27 Oct 1979); m.3rd
Magda Kormos (Budapest 4 Sep 1906-Budapest 6 Sep 1979); m.4th
Budapest 19 Mar 1982 (rel) 8 May 1980 Ilona Tarnoczy (Budapest 19 Jul
1909-1996)
1h)
Alexander Thankmar Paul Franz Maria Anton Gf von Welsburg (b.Brodány,
1i)
Nicolette Anna Maria Nathalie Gfn von Welsburg (b.1967); m.Purkersdorf
2h)
Christian Alois Percey Gf von Welsburg (b.Brodány
2g)
Alexander Anton Gustav Adolf Gf von Welsburg (Woolas Hall 17 Apr 1908-Berlin
[shot by SS] 29 Apr 1945)
3g)
Alexandra Noël Therese Emily Gfn von Welsburg (La Tour, nr Vevey, Switzerland
25 Dec 1910-Eutin 4 Dec 1985); m.Basedow
4g)
Percy Frederick Gf von Welsburg (Reygate 11 Feb 1913-Penzance 4 Aug 1994); m.1st
1h)
Patrick Hubert Gfn von Welsburg (b.Berlin
1i)
Colette Meryl Gfn von Welsburg (b.1975); m.Las Vegas
2i)
Meredith Brook Gfn von Welsburg (b.1975)
2h)
Nathalie Gfn von Welsburg (b.1972); m.1st
2d) Peter Friedrich Georg
(Oldenburg 9 May 1784-Twer 27 Dec 1812); m.St.Petersburg
1e) Friedrich Paul Alexander
(Pavlovsk 30 Aug 1810-Oldenburg 16 Nov 1829; bur Oldenburg)
2e) Konstantin Friedrich Peter
(Jaroslaw 26 Aug 1812-St.Petersburg 14 May 1881); m.Biebrich
1f) Alexandra Friederike
Wilhelmine (St.Petersburg 2 Jun 1838-Kiev 25 Apr 1900); m.St.Petersburg
2f) Nikolaus Friedrich August
(St.Petersburg 9 May 1840-Geneva 20 Jan 1886); m.Schtscheniatino, Russia 29 May
1863 Maria Bulatzelly, cr Gfn von Osternburg 13 Jul 1863 (Kharkov 8 Jul
1845-Paris 10 Mar 1907)
1g)
Alexandra Gfn von Osternburg (Geneva 7 Jun 1864-Paris 23 Jul 1952); m.Funchal,
2g)
Peter Gf von Osternburg (Cologny, nr Geneva 7 May 1866-Lublin 6 Jan 1868)
3g)
Olga Gfn von Osternburg (Bialystok 13 May 1868-Bialystok 26 Sep 1869)
4g)
Vera Gfn von Osternburg (St.Petersburg 4 Jun 1871-Paris 5 Dec 1888)
3f) Marie Friederike Cäcilie
(St.Petersburg 27 Feb 1842-St.Petersburg 11 Jan 1843)
4f) Alexander Friedrich
Konstantin, granted style of Imperial Highness in Russia 10 Jun 1914
(St.Petersburg 2 Jun 1844-Biarritz 6 Sep 1932); m.St. Petersburg 19 Jan 1868
Pss Eugenia Romanovsky, Dss von Leuchtenberg (St.Petersburg 1 Apr 1845-Biarritz
4 May 1925)
1g) Peter Friedrich Georg (St.Petersburg
21 Nov 1868-Biarritz 11 Mar 1924); m.1st Gatchina
5f) Katharine Friederike
Pauline (St.Petersburg 21 Jan 1846-Römerbad, Styria 23 Jun 1866)
6f) Georg Friedrich Alexander
(St.Petersburg 17 Apr 1848-St.Petersburg 17 Mar 1871)
7f) Konstantin Friedrich Peter
(St.Petersburg 9 May 1850-Nice 18 Mar 1906); m.(morganatically)
Koutais,
1g)
Alexandra Gfn von Zarnekau (Koutais 10 May 1883-Paris 28 May 1957); m.1st
Nice
2g)
Catherine Gfn von Zarnekau (Koutais 16 Sep 1884-Paris 24 Dec 1962); m.1st
3g)
Nicholas Gf von Zarnekau (Koutais 7 Mar 1886-Cambo-les-Bains 21 Jan 1976); m.1st
Tsarskoie-Selo Oct 1917 (div 1930) Marianne Pistohlkors [daughter of Pss Paley]
(St.Petersburg 30 Oct 1890-New York 14 May 1976); m.2nd
4g)
Alexei Gf von Zarnekau (Koutais 16 Jul 1887-murdered by Bolsheviks at
St.Petersburg 16 Sep 1918); m.Sep 1918 Anna Behrs (8 Aug 1892-New York 21 Oct
1959); note: though it is not mentioned in any of the usual genealogical sources,
newspaper accounts from the 1920s assert that Alexei had first married and
divorced Vera Olcott, an American dancer whom he met in Paris; an article from
1926 asserts that she, believing that he was still alive, was going to Europe
to search for him; Vera Ethel Olcott was born at Philadelphia on 24 Dec 1893,
and married at New York 19 Oct 1912 Alf Oscar Wyller; while in Europe in 1913
and again in 1914 she made passport applications for travel to Russia, using
the name Vera Olcott Wyller
5g)
Peter Gf von Zarnekau (Koutais 26 May 1889-Paris 1 Nov 1961); m.1st
St.Petersburg
1h)
Constantine Gf von Zarnekau (St.Petersburg 23 May 1916-Sarcelles 24 May 1977);
m.Paris
1i)
Peter Gf von Zarnekau (Paris 12 Nov 1947-Menton 3 Jul 2018); m.1st
1967 (div 1975) Marie Josephine Anastasi (b.1951); m.2nd
1j)
Nicholas Gf von Zarnekau, b.1968
2h)
Nina Gfn von Zarnekau (Gagry, Russia 16 Jul 1919-Nice 19 Feb 2003)
6g)
Nina Gfn von Zarnekau (Koutais 13 Aug 1892-Kislovodsk 1922)
8f) Therese Friederike Olga
(St.Petersburg 30 Mar 1852-St.Petersburg 19 Apr 1883); m.Stuttgart
4a) Marie Elisabeth, Abbess of Quedlinburg (