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 III of Russia; for further details see
Russia; had he not been declared heir to the Russian throne he probably would
have been next in line to succeed his great-aunt, Queen Ulrika Eleonore of
Sweden, and her husband, Friedrich of Hesse, King of Sweden, on the Swedish
throne on their deaths. Instead, the Swedish throne was inherited by his cousin
Adolf Friedrich (see below)
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
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 (
2c) Wilhelm (
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); m.Château d'Etupes 26 Jun 1781 Friederike, Dss of Württemberg (Treptow 27 Jul 1765-Eutin 24 Nov 1785)
1d) Paul Friedrich AUGUST, Duke
of Oldenburg, became Grand Duke of Oldenburg 28 May 1829 (Rastede 13 Jul
1783-Oldenburg 27 Feb 1853); m.1st Schaumburg 24 Jul 1817 Adelheid Pss von
Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (Schaumburg 23 Feb 1800-Oldenburg 13 Sep 1820);
m.2d Schaumburg 24 Jun 1825 Ida Pss von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
(Schaumburg 10 Mar 1804-Oldenburg 31 Mar 1828); m.3d 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); 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.2d 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 (b.Rastede
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 (b.Lensahn
1i) Friedrich August (b.Lensahn
1j) Anastasia (b.Cambridge
2j)
3j) Cara (b.Cambridge
2i) Margarete (b.Lübeck
3i) Nikolaus (b.Lübeck
1j) Christoph (b.Hamburg
2j) Georg (b.Hamburg
3j) Oscar (b.Hamburg
4i) Georg-Moritz (b.Lübeck
4h) Eilika Stephanie Elisabeth
Thekla Juliana (b.Lensahn
5h) Egilmar Friedrich Franz Stephan Wilhelm
(b.Lensahn
6h) Friedrich August Wilhelm Christian Ernst
(b.Rastede
1i) Paul Wladimir Nikolaus Louis-Ferdinand Peter Max Karl-Emich (b.Lübeck
1j) Kirill Friedrich-August
Jaime Cristobal Hermann Antonius Vincenz Josef Maria (b.Berlin
2j) Carlos Jakobus Leo Wilfried Josef Maria
(b.Eutin
3j) Paul Marie (b.8 Sep 2005)
4j) Maria Assunta (b.21 Mar 2007)
2i) Rixa Marie-Alix Kira Altburg (b.Lübeck
3i) Bibiane Marie Alexandra Gertrud
(b.Oldenburg
7h) Altburg Elisabeth Hilda Ingeborg Marie Luise Mathilde (b.Lensahn
1i)
Mattias Frhr von Erffa, b.Lübeck
1j)
Elisabeth Christine Olga Sophie Frn v.Erffa, b.Wismar
2j ) Nikolaus Hubertus Konstantin Hartmann Frhr v.Erffa,
b.Wismar
3j) Ludwig Stephan Carl Ferdinand
Hartmann Frhr v.Erffa, b.Wismar
4j) Maximilian Hubertus
Wolfram Hartmann Frhr v.Erffa, b.Wismar
2i)
Rudolf Frhr von Erffa, b.Munich
1j)
Johanna Barbara Maria Frn v.Erffa, b.Kronach
2j) Cornelius
Stephan Henning Hartmann Frhr v.Erffa, b.Augsburg
3j) Pauline Vita
Claudia Frn v.Erffa, b.Augsburg
3i) Ferdinand Frhr
von Erffa, b.Munich
1j)
Carl Matthias Ludwig Hartmann Frhr v.Erffa, b.Quedlinburg
2j)
Anton Stephan Christian Hartmann Frhr v.Erffa, b.Halberstedt
3j)
Peter Rudolf Conor Thomas Hartmann Frhr v.Erffa, b.Wernigerode
4i)
Stephan Frhr von Erffa, b.Nakuru,
1j)
Philippa Annette Ingeborg Frn v.Erffa, b.Munich
5i) Hubertus Frhr
von Erffa, b.Nakuru,
8h) Huno Friedrich Peter Max
(b.Lensahn
1i) Beatrix Amelie Ehrengard
Eilika (b.Lübeck
2i) Sophie Altburg Marie Cécile Margarete
(b.Lübeck
1j) Joseph Maria
Moritz Edzard Konstatin von Radowitz, b.Berlin
9h) Johann Friedrich Adolf (b.Lensahn
1i) Eilika Helene Jutta
Clementine (b.Bad Segeberg
2i) Tatjana Ingeborg Altburg Elisabeth Marita
(b.Bad Segeberg
3i) Konstantin Nikolaus Alram Heinrich Hubertus
(b.Bad Segeberg
4g) Friedrich August (Oldenburg 25 Mar 1900-Oldenburg 26 Mar 1900)
5g) Alexandrine (b.and d.Oldenburg
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
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 (b.Schloß
Waldenfels 9 Sep 1912); m.2d Prinsing 21 Nov 1936 Maria Ruth Schalscha von Ehrenfeld (Parchim 2 Mar 1899- 27 Oct
1979); m.3d Magda Kormos (Budapest 4 Sep 1906-Budapest 6 Sep 1979); m.4th Budapest 19 Mar 1982 (rel) 8 May
1980 Ilona Tarnoczy (b.Budapest 19 Jul 1909)
1h)
Alexander Thankmar Paul Franz Maria Anton Gf von Welsburg (b.Brodány,
1i)
Nicolette Anna Maria Nathalie Gfn von Welsburg (b.Vienna
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
1h)
Barbara von Schalburg, b.Rostock
2h)
Christiane-Alexandra von Schalburg, b.Rostock
3h) Hans-Anton von
Schalburg, b.Lützenburg
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.London
2i) Meredith
Brook Gfn von Welsburg (b.London
2h) Nathalie Gfn von Welsburg (b.London
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)
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,
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
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
Pistolkers (St.Petersburg 30 Oct 1890-New York 14 May 1976); m.2d
4g) Alexei Gf
von Zarnekau (Koutais 16 Jul 1887-murdered by Bolsheviks at St.Petersburg 16
Sep 1918); m.Sep 1918 Anna Behrs (
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 (b.Paris
1j)
Nicholas Gf von Zarnekau, b.Villiers-le-Bel
2h)
Nina Gfn von Zarnekau, b.Gagry,
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 (