Duke Elimar of Oldenburg


Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar was a duke of Oldenburg.

Family

He was a child of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his third wife, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, daughter of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. His elder half-sister was Amalia of Oldenburg, Queen-consort of Greece.
Elimar was a charming prince and tried his best to please his worried father. His father was determined to keep his living son alive and make his wife Cecilia proud. Elimar was patient but unlike his other half-sister and half-brothers he wanted to have a good education. He went to public academies which made his father concerned. When his father died Elimar felt lonely but continued to take public academies.

Marriage

On 9 November 1876, in Vienna, he married morganatically Baroness :File:Natalia_von_Friesenhof_.jpg|Natalie Vogel von Friesenhof, Alexandre Pushkin's niece and cousin of Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau's wife. The couple had two children:
In their former castle in Brodzany now is Pushkin's museum.

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