Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg

Princess Ameli of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (German: Prinzessin Ameli Gertrud Pauline Antonie Madeleine Wanda Elisabeth zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg; 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 who died on September 20, 2014.

Princess Ameli
Duchess of Oldenburg
Born(1923-03-04)4 March 1923
Frankfurt am Main, Weimar Republic
Died26 March 2016(2016-03-26) (aged 93)
Eutin, Germany
SpouseAnton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg
IssueDuchess Helene
Christian, Duke of Oldenburg
Full name
German: Ameli Gertrud Pauline Antonie Madeleine Wanda Elisabeth
HouseLöwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
FatherUdo, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
MotherCountess Margarete of Castell-Castell
ReligionLutheran

Early life

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.

Marriage and family

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.[1]

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.

Ancestry

Notes and sources
  1. C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings, volume 1, page 210.
  • L'Allemagne dynastique, Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: IV 475
  • The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: II 381
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1964 265
  • Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg's obituary (in German)
Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg
Born: 4 March 1923
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Anne-Marie von Schutzbar genannt Milchling		 — TITULAR —
Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
3 April 1970 – 20 September 2014
Reason for succession failure:
Grand Duchy abolished in 1918		 Succeeded by
Countess Caroline zu Rantzau
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