Rulers of Oldenburg
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This is a list of the counts, dukes , grand dukes, and prime ministers of Oldenburg.
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[edit] Counts of Oldenburg
- 1101-1108 Elimar I
- 1108-1143 Elimar II
- Partitioned between itself and Wildeshausen
- 1143-1168 Christian I the Quarrelsome
- 1168-1211 Maurice
- 1211-1251 Christian II
- 1211-1262 Otto II
- 1251-1272 John IX
- 1272-1278 Christian III
- Partitioned between itself and Delmenhorst
- 1278-1305 John X
- 1305-1345 John XI
- 1345-1368 Conrad I
- 1368-1386 Conrad II
- 1386-1398 Christian IV
- 1386-1420 Maurice III
- 1398-1423 Christian V
- 1423-1440 Dietrich the Lucky
- Partitioned between Denmark, itself, and Delmenhorst
- 1440-1483 Gerard the Quarrelsome
- 1483-1498 Adolph
- 1483-1526 John XIV
- 1488-1492 Christian VI
- 1526-1529 John XV
- 1526-1529 George
- 1526-1529 Christopher
- 1529-1573 Anthony I
- 1573-1603 John XVI
- 1573-1577 Anthony II
- Partitioned between itself and Delmenhorst
- 1603-1667 Anthony Gunther
- To Denmark in 1667-1773
- Granted to the line of Oldenburg-Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
- 1773-1774 Frederick Augustus I (Duke from 1774)
[edit] Dukes of Oldenburg
- 1774-1785 Frederick Augustus
- 1785-1810 William
- To France in 1810-1813
[edit] Grand Dukes of Oldenburg
- 1829-1853 August
- 1853-1900 Peter II
- 1900-1918 Frederick Augustus II
[edit] Heads of the House of Oldenburg since 1918 (not ruling)
- 1918-1931 Frederick Augustus II
- 1931-1970 Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus
- 1970-present Duke Anton Günther
[edit] Prime Ministers of the Republic of Oldenburg
- 1918-1919 Bernhard Kuhnt (USPD)
- 1919-1923 Theodor Tantzen (DDP)
- 1923-1930 Eugen von Finckh (no party)
- 1930-1932 Friedrich Cassebohm
- 1932-1933 Carl Röver (NSDAP)
- 1933-1945 Georg Joel (NSDAP)
- 1945-1946 Theodor Tantzen (FDP)
- To Lower Saxony in 1946
