Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg

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Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Names
German: Peter Friedrich Ludwig
HouseHouse of Holstein-GottorpFatherPrince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-GottorpMotherPrincess Sophie Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-BeckReligionLutheranism

Peter I or Peter Frederick Louis of Holstein-Gottorp (German: Peter Friedrich Ludwig von Holstein-Gottorp) (17 January 1755 – 21 May 1829) was the Regent of the Duchy of Oldenburg for his incapacitated cousin William I from 1785 to 1823, and then served himself as Duke from 1823 to 1829.

He also served from 1785 to 1803 as the last Lutheran Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, until that Prince-Bishopric was secularized and joined to Oldenburg. His son, Augustus, was the first Duke of Oldenburg to use the style of Grand Duke that was granted in 1815.[1]

Early life

Peter Frederick Louis was born on 17 January 1755 at Riesenburg, Prussia. He was the only surviving son of Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp and Sophie Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.[2]

Marriage and issue

Duke August and Duke Georg of Oldenburg, 1790s.

On 6 June 1781, he married Duchess Frederica of Württemberg, the second daughter of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and his wife, Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Frederica's sister, Sophie, was the wife of Crown Prince Paul of Russia (the future Tsar Paul I. Peter and Frederica became the parents of two sons: August (born in 1783) and George (born in 1784).

Fredericka died due to complications from a miscarriage on 24 November 1785 at Vienna, Austria, predeceasing her husband by forty years.

Name Birth Death Notes
Paul Friedrich August, Grand Duke of Oldenburg 13 July 1783 27 February 1853 married firstly Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym; had issue, including Amalia of Oldenburg who became Queen consort of Greece;
secondly, he married Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym; had issue;
thirdly, he married Princess Cecilia of Sweden; had issue.
Duke Georg Peter Friedrich of Oldenburg 9 May 1784 27 December 1812 married Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia; had issue.

Later life and succession

He was appointed Regent of the Duchy of Oldenburg for his incapacitated cousin Peter Frederick William in 1785.

From 1785 until 1803, he also served as the last Lutheran Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, until that Prince-Bishopric was secularized as the Principality of Lübeck and joined to Oldenburg.

Following the death of Wilhelm in 1823, he himself became reigning Duke of Oldenburg. Although the Duchy of Oldenburg had been elevated to a Grand Duchy in 1815, he refrained from using the title of Grand Duke. His son, Augustus, was the first Duke of Oldenburg to use the style of Grand Duke.[3]

Peter I died on 21 May 1829 in Wiesbaden. He was buried in the Ducal Mausoleum in the Churchyard of Saint Gertrude in Oldenburg.

He was succeeded as Grand Duke of Oldenburg by his eldest son, Paul Friedrich August, the first of the House of Holstein-Gottorp to use the elevated style.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg[4]
8. Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
4. Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin
9. Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark
2. Prince George Louis of Holstein-Gottorp
10. Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
5. Margravine Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach
11. Princess Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp
1. Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
12. Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
6. Frederick William II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
13. Princess Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
3. Princess Sophie Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
14. Christopher I, Burgrave and Count of Dohna-Schlodien
7. Burgravine and Countess Ursula Anna of Dohna-Schlodien-Carwinden
15. Burgravine and Countess Friederike Marie of Dohna

References

  1. ^ "Oldenburg Royal Family". Archived from the original on 17 March 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Peter I Friedrich Ludwig von Holstein-Gottorp, Grand Duke of Oldenburg". thepeerage.com/. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Oldenburg Royal Family". Archived from the original on 17 March 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 80.

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Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg
Born: 17 January 1755 Died: 21 May 1829
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Preceded byas Lutheran administrator Prince-Bishop of Lübeck
1785–1803
(Lutheran administrator)
Secularized
Preceded by Grand Duke of Oldenburg
1823–1829
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