Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg (original) (raw)

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Duchess of Oldenburg

Ameli, Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (German: Ameli Gertrud Pauline Antonie Madeleine Wanda Elisabeth Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg;[a] 4 March 1923 – 26 March 2016) was the daughter of Udo, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, and widow of Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg, the late pretender to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.

Ameli was born at Frankfurt am Main, Weimar Republic, the first child of Udo, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1896–1980), and his wife, Countess Margarete of Castell-Castell (1899–1969), daughter of Friedrich Carl, Prince of Castell-Castell, and his wife, Countess Gertrud of Stolberg-Wernigerode.[1]

Marriage and family

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Ameli married on 7 August 1951 in Kreuzwertheim, to Duke Anton-Günther of Oldenburg (1923–2014), son of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1897–1970) and his first wife Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1899–1948). Duke Anton-Günther is a grandson of the last Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Frederick Augustus II.[2]

They had two children.

• Duchess Helene Elisabeth Bathildis Margarete of Oldenburg (born 3 August 1953 in Rastede), unmarried
• Duke Christian Nikolaus Udo Peter of Oldenburg (born 1 February 1955 in Rastede), married to Countess Caroline zu Rantzau and has issue. Since the death of Duke Anton-Günther, Duke Christian is now the Duke of Oldenburg and head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg.

1. ^ Regarding personal names: _Prinzessin was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Princess. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The masculine form is Prinz.

2. ^ Koenig, Marlene Eilers (2016-03-30). "Royal Musings: The Dowager Duchess of Oldenburg has died". Royal Musings. Retrieved 2025-08-22.

3. ^ McNaughton, Arnold (1973). The book of kings : a royal genealogy. Vol. 1. New York City: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co. p. 210. ISBN 0812902807.

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