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Counts, dukes and grand dukes of Oldenburg

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Style
  
His Royal Highness

Formation
  
1101

Residence
  
Rastede Castle

First monarch
  
Elimar I (As Count)

Abolition
  
9 November 1918

Counts, dukes and grand dukes of Oldenburg

Last monarch
  
Frederick Augustus II (As Grand Duke)

This is a list of the counts, dukes, grand dukes, and prime ministers of Oldenburg.

Contents

Counts of Oldenburg

  • 1101–1108 Elimar I
  • 1108–1143 Elimar II
  • 1143–1168 Christian I the Quarrelsome
  • 1168–1211 Maurice I
  • 1209–1251 Otto I, joint rule with Christian II and later with John I
  • 1211–1233 Christian II
  • 1233–1272 John I
  • 1272–1278 Christian III
  • 1272–1301 Otto II, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
  • 1278–1305 John II
  • 1302–1323 Christian IV
  • 1305–1345 John III
  • 1331–1356 John IV
  • 1345–1368 Conrad I
  • 1368–1386 Conrad II
  • 1386–1420 Maurice II
  • 1368–1398 Christian V
  • 1398–1423 Christian VI
  • 1423–1440 Dietrich the Lucky
  • 1440–1448 Christian VII, in personal union as Christian I King of Denmark
  • 1448–1483 Gerhard VI "the Quarrelsome"
  • 1483–1500 Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
  • 1500–1526 John V
  • 1526–1529 John VI, joint rule with his brothers George, Christopher and Anthony I, forced to resign in 1529
  • 1526–1529 George, joint rule with his brothers John VI, Christopher and Anthony I, forced to resign in 1529
  • 1526–1566 Christopher, joint rule with his brothers John VI, George and Anthony I
  • 1526–1573 Anthony I, joint rule with his brothers John VI, George and Christopher
  • 1573–1603 John VII
  • 1573–1619 Anthony II, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
  • 1603–1667 Anthony Günther
  • 1667–1670 Frederick I, in personal union as Frederick III King of Denmark
  • 1670–1699 Christian VIII, in personal union as Christian V King of Denmark
  • 1699–1730 Frederick II, in personal union as Frederick IV King of Denmark
  • 1730–1746 Christian IX, in personal union as Christian VI King of Denmark
  • 1746–1766 Frederick III, in personal union as Frederick V King of Denmark
  • 1766–1773 Christian X, in personal union as Christian VII King of Denmark, ceded the county to the Holstein-Gottorp line
  • 1773 Paul I, ceded the county to his cousin of the Holstein-Gottorp line
  • 1773–1774 Frederick Augustus I (elevated to Duke in 1774), in personal union Prince-Bishop of Lübeck

    • Dukes of Oldenburg

    To France in 1810–1813

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  • Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Heir in Norway, Duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Ditmarshes & Oldenburg, Prince of Lübeck and Birkenfeld, Lord of Jever and Kniphausen

    • References

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