Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg
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| Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg | |||||
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January 11, 1936 Rastede, Oldenburg, Germany |
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| Spouse |
Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia(m.1965—div.1989) Countess Donata of Castell-Rüdenhausen(m.1991—d.2015) |
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| Issue | Duke Paul-Wladimir Duchess Rixa Duchess Bibiane |
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| House | Holstein-Gottorp | ||||
| Father | Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg | ||||
| Mother | Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont | ||||
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| German: Friedrich August Wilhelm Christian Ernst |
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Extended family
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HH Duke Peter
HH Duke Egilmar
HH Duke Friedrich August
HH Duke Huno
HH Duchess Felicitas-Anita
HH Duke Johann
HH Duchess Ilka
HH The Dowager Princess of Leiningen
HH The Baroness of Erffa
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.
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. 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.
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. He was working as an agricultural expert. The ceremony was the first Hohenzollern marriage in Berlin since 1913.
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