Duke Christian Nikolaus Udo Peter of Oldenburg (born 1 February 1955 in Rastede), married to Countess Caroline zu Rantzau and has issue
Anthony Günther, Count of Oldenburg (10 November 1583 in Oldenburg – 19 June 1667 in Rastede was an Imperial Count and a member of the House of Oldenburg.
Augustus was born on 13 July 1783 at Schloss Rastede near Oldenburg, to the then Prince Peter Frederick Louis of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Duchess Frederica of Württemberg, a daughter of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg.
Duke Christian was born in Rastede, Lower Saxony, the only son of Duke Anton-Günther of Oldenburg and his wife Princess Ameli of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (b. 1923).
However, revolutionaries forced the grand duke to raise the red flag from the flagpoles of the Palais and the Schloss on 8 November 1918 and three days later he renounced his dukedom and retired to his Schloss Rastede at Rastede.
Emich married on 10 Aug 1950 in Rastede to Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg (b. 2 February 1928), fourth child and second daughter of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his wife, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
Frederick Augustus II (16 November 1852, Oldenburg – 24 February 1931, Rastede) was the last ruling Grand Duke of Oldenburg.
Rastede Castle (German: Schloss Rastede) is a castle at Rastede near Oldenburg, Germany.
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