Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg

Duke Friedrich August
Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg
Born (1936-01-11)11 January 1936
Rastede, Oldenburg, Germany
Spouse Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia
Countess Donata of Castell-Rüdenhausen
Issue Duke Paul-Wladimir
Duchess Rixa
Duchess Bibiane
Full name
German: Friedrich August Wilhelm Christian Ernst[1]
House Holstein-Gottorp
Father Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Mother Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg
  • HRH The Duke
    HRH The Duchess
    • HRH Duke Alexander
    • HH Duke Philipp
    • HH Duke Anton Friedrich
    • HH Duchess Katharina

  • HH Duchess Helene

Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg (11 January 1936) is a member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp. He is a son of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont.[1]

Family and early life

Frederich August is the sixth child and fourth son of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his first wife Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont.[1] His paternal grandparents are Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. His maternal grandparents are Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe.

His grandfather was overthrown as Grand Duke of Oldenburg in 1918, at the end of World War I. His father Nikolaus thus never legally succeeded to the title when the deposed Grand Duke died in 1931. Friedrich is an uncle of Christian, Duke of Oldenburg, the current head of the House of Oldenburg.

Marriage and issue

Friedrich August's first wife was Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia. She was a daughter of Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (second son of William, German Crown Prince) and his wife, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia. They married in Berlin in a civil ceremony on 3 December 1965 and a religious ceremony the following day.[1][2] He was working as an agricultural expert.[2] The ceremony was the first Hohenzollern marriage in Berlin since 1913.[2]

Friedrich August and Marie-Cécile have three children: a son, and two daughters. The three are detailed below:

Marie-Cécile and Friedrich August divorced on 23 November 1989.[1] On 9 February 1991, Friedrich August was remarried to Donata Countess of Castell-Rüdenhausen in Rüdenhausen, Germany.[1] She was the widow of Marie-Cécile's deceased brother, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia. Donata died at Traunstein on 5 September 2015 after a long illness.[3]

Titles and styles

Ancestry

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Friedrich August Wilhelm Christian Ernst von Holstein-Gottorp, Duke of Oldenburg". Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "Marie Cecilie of Prussia Wed In Berlin to Duke of Oldenburg", The New York Times (Berlin), 4 December 1965
  3. "Georg Friedrich von Preußen - Er trauert um seine geliebte Mutter (†65)". BUNTE.de. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015. (German)
Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg
Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg
Born: 11 January 1936
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Duke Egilmar of Oldenburg
Line of succession to the Oldenburgian throne
12th position
Succeeded by
Duke Paul-Wladimir of Oldenburg
British royalty
Preceded by
Duke Egilmar of Oldenburg
Line of succession to the British throne
descended from Princess Augusta, granddaughter of George II
Succeeded by
Duke Huno of Oldenburg
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