Peter of Oldenburg (1812-1881)
| Duke Peter Georgievich | |
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| Duke Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg | |
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| Born |
26 August 1812 Yaroslavl, Russian Empire |
| Died | 14 May 1881 (aged 68) St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Burial | Maritime Monastery of St. Sergius |
| Spouse | Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg |
| Issue |
Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Russia Duke Nicholas Petrovich Duchess Cecile Petrovna Duke Alexander Petrovich Duchess Katherine Petrovna Duke George Petrovich Duke Konstantin Petrovich Therese, Petrovna, Princess George Maximilianovich of Leuchtenberg |
| House | House of Holstein-Gottorp |
| Father | Duke George of Oldenburg |
| Mother | Catherine Pavlovna of Russia |
Duke Konstantin Friedrich Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg (26 August 1812 in Yaroslavl, Russian Empire – 14 May 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Duke of the House of Oldenburg. He was the grandfather of Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg as well as grandfather of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich, General of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I. His great-great grandson, Nicholas Romanov, was the President of the Romanov Family Association until his death in 2014.
Peter of Oldenburg was a scholar and philanthropist. He was also noted composer of music. In 1857 he composed the music for Marius Petipa's ballet La Rose, la Violette et le Papillon. The Pas d'Esclave from the ballet Le Corsaire, which is taken from his score for this work, is still heard in theatres all over the world.
Peter Georgievich was born on 26 August 1812 in Yaroslavl, Russia as Prince Peter Konstantin Friedrich of Oldenburg. His father, Duke George, who was only the second son of the reigning Duke of Oldenburg, had no prospects of inherited his father's state or fortune of his own and was living in Russia since his marriage in 1809 to Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia. Duke George, who had been appointed governor on the Volga, died six month after Peter Georgievitch, his second, was born. Peter's mother Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia was the favorite sister of Tsar Alexander I of Russia who took his two nephews, Peter and his older brother Alexander, under his protection. The brothers lived in Russia until his mother married King William I of Württemberg in 1816. They moved to Württemberg and were educated in Stuttgart. At the death of his mother, less than three years later, Peter and his brother were sent to their grandfather in Oldenburg. Being in direct line of succession to the throne of Oldenburg, as their uncle the hereditary Grand Duke Augustus was unmarried at the time, both boys were given the same extensive education by their grandfather Duke Peter as he had given his own sons and were regularly sent on instructive trips around Germany to broaden their education.
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