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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Oldenburg: Duke Anton-Günther of Oldenburg (1923-2014)+


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H.R.H. Duke Anton-Günther of Oldenburg (1923-2014).  Succeeded his father on April 3, 1970.  He is the son of Hereditary Grand Duke Nicholas (1897-1970) and his wife Princess Helene of Waldeck und Pyrmont ((1899-1948).  He married at Kreuzwertheim am Main, Germany, on August 7, 1951, Princess Ameli of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (b. 1923), daughter of Fürst Udo (1896-1980) and his wife Countess Margarete of Castell-Castell (1899-1969).  Duke Anton-Günther and Duchess Ameli ha two children: Duchess Helene (1953) and Duke Christian (1955), who is married to Countess Caroline von Rantzau, by whom he has four children: Alexander (b. 1990), Philipp (b. 1991), Anton (b. 1993) and Katharina (b. 1997).

The Head of House Oldenburg was very active in several spheres. for besides being in charge for decades of the family properties and their successful administration, he supported music festival and equine events in Lenshan and around Northern Germany.

Duke Anton-Günther passed away in Hamsdorf, Germany, on September 20, 2014. He was head of House Oldenburg for over forty-four years and his marriage lasted sixty-three years!

His funeral will take place in Oldenburg's Lambertikirche on October 4, 2014. His remains will be laid to rest in the family mausoleum in Oldenburg.

Duke Anton-Günther of Oldenburg.
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Duke Anton-Günther of Oldenburg.
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Grand Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg and his family.
From left: Duchess Elisabeth holding Princess Altburg (who married Fürst Josias of Waldeck und Pyrmont), Princess Ingeborg (who married Prince Stephan of Schaumburg-Lippe), Grand Duke Friedrich August, Princess Sophie Charlotte (who firstly married Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia) and Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus, father of the late Duke Anton-Günther.
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The family of Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg.
From left: Princess Eilika (who married Fürst Emich zu Leiningen); Hereditary Grand Duchess Helene holding Duke Friedrich August (who firstly married Princess Marie-Cecile of Prussia, and secondly Countess Donata zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, widow of her the brother of her second husband's first wife); Duke Peter (who married Princess gertrud zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg) holding Duke Egilmar (unmarried); Princess Rixa (who died after a fall from a horse three years after this image was taken) and Duke Anton-Günther. Hereditary Grand Duchess Helene gave birth to three more children, before dying in 1948: Altburg (b. 1938), who married Baron Rüdiger von Erffa; Huno (b. 1940), who married Countess Felicitas-Anita von Schwerin von Krosigk; and Johann (b. 1940), his brother's twin, and he married Countess Ilka von Ortenburg.  Duke Johann's eldest child, Duchess Eilika, is married to Archduke Georg of Austria, the youngest son of the late Archduke Otto of Austria.

 Duke Anton-Günther of Oldenburg.
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