Anton Günther Duke of Oldenburg

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Anton-Günther Friedrich August Josias Duke of Oldenburg (born January 16, 1923 in Lensahn ; † September 20, 2014 in Harmsdorf ) was head of the House of Oldenburg from 1970 to 2014 .

Life

Anton Günther Herzog von Oldenburg was the eldest son of Nikolaus Friedrich Wilhelm von Oldenburg , the last Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, who was not undisputed because of his NSDAP membership , and his wife Princess Helena von Waldeck and Pyrmont (1899-1948). His paternal grandfather, Friedrich August von Oldenburg (1852–1931), was the last ruling Grand Duke of Oldenburg. Anton Günther had a total of eight younger siblings, including Huno Herzog von Oldenburg, the father of AfD politician Beatrix von Storch . After the death of his father in 1970, he became head of the Oldenburg family .

On August 7, 1951, he married Amelie Princess zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg in Oldenburg (born March 4, 1923 in Frankfurt a. M. , † March 26, 2016 in Eutin ), the eldest of four children of Udo zu Löwenstein-Wertheim -Freudenberg (1896–1980) and his wife Margarethe geb. Countess of Castell-Castell (1899–1969). The marriage resulted in two children: Helene (born August 3, 1953) and the current boss of the Oldenburg House, Christian Herzog von Oldenburg (born February 1, 1955), who is married to Caroline Countess zu Rantzau ; the couple have three sons and one daughter.

Together with the Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein , he formed the board of the " Eutin Castle Foundation ". From 1962 to 1986 he was chairman of the Schleswig-Holstein Equestrian Association and was awarded the German Equestrian Cross in Gold in 1978 and the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class in 1986. Since 1991 he has been a member of the advisory board of the DRK regional association in Oldenburg . In early 2007 he was awarded the German Red Cross Decoration.

Anton Günther Herzog von Oldenburg lived on Gut Güldenstein in the Harmsdorf community in Ostholstein , where he died on September 20, 2014 at the age of 91. He was buried on October 4, 2014 in the Grand Ducal Mausoleum in the Gertrudenfriedhof in Oldenburg.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.taz.de/Das-Haus-Oldenburg-und-die-Nazis/!5359430/
  2. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ), NWZ online, accessed on April 13, 2016.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.nwzonline.de
  3. ^ Fn-press: Anton-Günther Herzog von Oldenburg passed away. German Society for Zuchtungskunde eV (DGfZ), October 10, 2014, accessed on December 4, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Oldenburg mourns Herzog. In: Nordwest-Zeitung of September 23, 2014 (accessed on September 23, 2014).
  5. ^ Great sympathy for the death of Anton Günther Herzog von Oldenburg
personal data
SURNAME Oldenburg, Anton Günther Herzog von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oldenburg, Anton-Günther Friedrich August Josias Duke of (full name); Holstein-Gottorp, Anton Günther von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German aristocratic descendant, head of the House of Oldenburg
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Lensahn
DATE OF DEATH 20th September 2014
Place of death Harmsdorf