Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
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| Grand Duke of Oldenburg | |||||
| Reign | 17 January 1829 – 27 February 1853 | ||||
| Predecessor | Peter I | ||||
| Successor | Peter II | ||||
| Born |
July 13, 1783 Rastede |
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| Died | February 27, 1853 (aged 69) Oldenburg |
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| Burial | Ducal Mausoleum, Gertrudenfriedhof, Oldenburg | ||||
| Spouse |
Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym Cecilia of Sweden |
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| Issue |
Amalia, Queen of Greece Duchess Frederica Peter II Duke Alexander Duke August Duke Elimar |
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| House | House of Holstein-Gottorp | ||||
| Father | Peter I | ||||
| Mother | Frederica of Württemberg | ||||
| Religion | Lutheranism | ||||
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| German: Paul Friedrich August |
Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (13 July 1783 – 27 February 1853) was the Grand Duke of Oldenburg from 1829 to 1853.
Augustus was born on 13 July 1783 at Schloss Rastede near Oldenburg, to the then Prince Peter Frederick Louis of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Duchess Frederica of Württemberg, a daughter of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg.
Augustus had one younger brother, Duke George of Oldenburg, who was a year younger than him. In 1785, at the age of twenty, his mother died in childbirth. His father never remarried.
In 1785, when Augustus was two years old, his father became Prince-Bishop of Lübeck and was furthermore appointed regent of the Duchy of Oldenburg for his incapacitated cousin William, Duke of Oldenburg.
From 1788 to 1803, the two princes were educated at home under the supervision of their father. Together with his brother, he studied at the University of Leipzig from 1803 to 1805. From 1805 to 1807 he and his brother travelled extensively in England and Scotland.
In 1808, he accompanied his father to the Congress of Erfurt, the meeting between Emperor Napoléon I of France and Tsar Alexander I of Russia. Between 1810 and 1814, Oldenburg was occupied by Napoleonic France.
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