Peter Friedrich Wilhelm (Oldenburg)
Peter Friedrich Wilhelm von Oldenburg (born January 3, 1754 in Eutin , † July 2, 1823 in Plön ) was formally the second Duke of Oldenburg from the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf , but was subject to his government due to a mental illness Reign of his cousin Peter Friedrich Ludwig von Oldenburg .
Life
Peter Friedrich Wilhelm von Oldenburg was the only son of Friedrich August , Prince-Bishop of Lübeck and first Duke of Oldenburg . He studied at the University of Kiel for a year in 1769/1770 and then went on a grand tour for a year . Accompanied by Johann Gottfried Herder , he traveled to Darmstadt and to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Strasbourg , then (without Herder) to Paris, Brussels and London.
As a side effect of the Treaty of Tsarskoe Selo , he was elected in 1773 by the cathedral chapter of the Lübeck bishopric instead of the Danish Prince Friedrich as coadjutor of the bishopric with the right of succession.
When the Russian heir to the throne Paul Petrowitsch ceded the counties of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst, which had just been exchanged against his claims to power in Holstein, to Friedrich August, Peter Friedrich Wilhelm took part in his father's entry into Oldenburg in December of the same year as the first Duke of Oldenburg .
Peter Friedrich Wilhelm suffered from a " mental illness ", the traces of which had already been shown and which broke out completely on a trip that was aimed at the intended marriage of the prince with the princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt . Thereupon his renunciation both of the succession in the bishopric as well as in the government of the Duchy of Oldenburg became necessary, which he declared on February 14, 1777. Administrator in his place was his cousin Peter Friedrich Ludwig, who, out of consideration for Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, only accepted the title of duke after his death in 1823. Peter Friedrich Wilhelm first lived on Gut Stendorf and then received the Plön Castle from King Christian VII of Denmark as his home, which he lived in until his death. He was buried in the New Prince-Bishop's Mausoleum in Lübeck Cathedral .
Individual evidence
- ↑ She then married Charles II of Mecklenburg.
literature
- August Mutzenbecher : Peter Friedrich Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 469.
- Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Holstein-Oldenburg , in: New Nekrolog der Deutschen , first year 1823, second issue, Ilmenau 1824, pp. 569–577 ( digitized version )
- Johannes Children : Duke Peter Friedrich Wilhelm in Plön from 1777–1823. In: Journal of the Society for Schleswig-Holstein History 33 (1903), pp 189 -235.
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Friedrich Wilhelm in the catalog of the German National Library
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Friedrich August |
Duke of Oldenburg 1785–1823 (under regency) |
Peter I. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peter Friedrich Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peter Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Coadjutor of the Lübeck bishopric, titular Duke of Oldenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1754 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eutin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 2, 1823 |
| Place of death | Plön |