Ameli, Princess of 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.

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, and his wife, Countess Gertrud of Stolberg-Wernigerode.

Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg

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.

Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg

They had two children.

Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg

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

References

Sources

The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: II 381

Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1964 265

1923 births

2016 deaths

Nobility from Frankfurt am Main

House of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

Duchesses of Oldenburg

Princesses of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

Burials at the Ducal Mausoleum, Gertrudenfriedhof (Oldenburg)