Anne-Marie von Schutzbar genannt Milchling


Anne-Marie von Schutzbar genannt Milchling was the second wife of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, pretender to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.

Early life

Anne-Marie was born at Hann. Münden, Kingdom of Prussia on 3 July 1903. She was the only daughter of Rudolf von Schutzbar gen. Milchling and Rose Marston.
Her family, Schutzbar genannt Milchling, belonged to an Upper Hesse, later baronial noble family.

Marriage and family

Anne-Marie married on 15 Jun 1924 in Hohenhaus, to Count Bechtold von Bernstorff. They divorced in 1948.
They had one daughter:
Anne-Marie married secondly on 20 September 1950 in Güldenstein to Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, the third child and first son of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Nikolaus first wife Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont had died in 1948. They had no children.

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