Duke Elimar of Oldenburg

Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar (23 January 1844 – 17 October 1895) was a duke of Oldenburg, and the son of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Princess Cecilia of Sweden.

Duke Elimar of Oldenburg
Born(1844-01-23)23 January 1844
Oldenburg
Died17 October 1895(1895-10-17) (aged 51)
Erlau
SpouseBaroness Natalia Vogel von Friesenhof
IssueCountess Alexandrine Gustava
Count Gustav Gregor
Names
Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar
HouseHouse of Holstein-Gottorp
FatherAugustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
MotherCecilia of Sweden

Family

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Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar was a child of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his third wife, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, daughter of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. His eldest half-sister Amalia was the first modern Queen-consort of Greece.

Elimar was a charming prince and tried his best to please his worried father. His father was determined to keep his living son alive and make his wife Cecilia proud.[citation needed] Elimar was patient but unlike his other half-sister and half-brothers he wanted to have a good education. He went to public academies which made his father concerned. When his father died Elimar felt lonely but continued to take public academies.

Marriage

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On 9 November 1876[1] he married morganatically Baroness Natalia Vogel von Friesenhof in Vienna, daughter of Baron Gustav Vogel von Friesenhof (1807-1889) and his wife, Alexandrine Goncharova (1811-1891). Her mother, being the sister Natalia Goncharova, made her Alexandre Pushkin's niece and cousin of Natalia Alexandrovna Pushkina, Countess of Merenberg (1836-1913), herself the morganatic wife of Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau. Upon marriage, she held the title Countess von Welsburg. The couple had two children:

  • Countess Alexandrine Gustava Friederike von Welsburg (11 October 1877, Vienna - 13 April 1901, Austria); died unmarried at the age of 23.
  • Count Gustav Gregor Alexander von Welsburg (29 August 1878, Hungary - 29 November 1927, Switzerland); married Countess Salbourg Luise von Hahn (1885-1923), daughter of Friedrich Franz, Count von Hahn (1859-1916) and his wife, Countess Therese Henckel von Donnersmarck (1859-1928). They had three sons and one daughter.

In their former castle in Brodzany (Slovakia) is the now Pushkin's museum.

Honours

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Ancestors

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References

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  1. ^ Wien, Kirchengemeinde zur Hl. Dreifaltigkeit, Trauung
  2. ^ Staat Oldenburg (1852). Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg: für ... 1852. Schulze. p. 25.
  3. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1862), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 33, 45
  4. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (1879), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen" p. 11
  5. ^ "Königlich Preussische Ordensliste", Preussische Ordens-Liste (in German), 1, Berlin: 21, 944, 1886 – via hathitrust.org
  6. ^ Staat Hannover (1865). Hof- und Staatshandbuch für das Königreich Hannover: 1865. Berenberg. p. 80.