| Reigning Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp, 1713–1773
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Name
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Father
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Birth
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Marriage
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Became Duchess
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Ceased to be Duchess
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Death
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Spouse
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Anna Petrovna of Russia
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Peter I of Russia
(Romanov)
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27 January 1708
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22 November 1724
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4 March 1728
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Charles Frederick
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Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst
[1] |
Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
(Ascania)
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2 May 1729
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21 August 1745
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17 July 1762
husband’s death
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17 November 1796
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Charles Peter Ulrich
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Titular Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp[edit]
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Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
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Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
(Hesse-Darmstadt)
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25 June 1755
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29 September 1773
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15 April 1776
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Paul I
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Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg
[1] |
Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg
(Württemberg)
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25 October 1759
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26 September 1776
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23 March 1801
husband’s death
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5 November 1828
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Louise of Baden
[1][2] |
Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
(Baden)
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24 January 1779
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28 September 1793
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23 March 1801
husband’s accession
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1 December 1825
husband’s death
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16 May 1826
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Alexander I
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Joanna Grudzińska
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Antoni Grudziński
(Grudziński)
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17 May 1795
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27 May 1820
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1 December 1825
husband’s accession
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27 June 1831
husband’s death
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17 November 1831
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Constantine I
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Charlotte of Prussia
[1][2] |
Frederick William III of Prussia
(Hohenzollern)
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13 July 1798
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13 July 1817
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1 December 1825
husband’s accession
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2 March 1855
husband’s death
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1 November 1860
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Nicholas I
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Marie of Hesse and by Rhine
[1][2] |
Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse
(Hesse and by Rhine)
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8 August 1824
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16 April 1841
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2 March 1855
husband’s accession
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8 June 1880
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Alexander II
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Dagmar of Denmark
[1][2] |
Christian IX of Denmark
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
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26 November 1847
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9 November 1866
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13 March 1881
husband’s accession
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1 November 1894
husband’s death
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13 October 1928
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Alexander III
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Alix of Hesse and by Rhine
[1][2] |
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
(Hesse and by Rhine)
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6 June 1872
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26 November 1894
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17 July 1918
husband’s death
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minutes after
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Nicholas II
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Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
[3] |
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
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25 November 1876
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8 October 1905
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17 July 1918
husband’s accession
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2 March 1936
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Cyril I
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Leonida Georgievna Bagration-Moukhransky
[3] |
Prince George Bagration of Mukhrani
(Mukhrani)
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23 September 1914
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13 August 1948
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21 April 1992
husband’s accession
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Vladimir I
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| The usual understanding (sources include: Stair Sainty, Theroff) is that the heir is the non-dynastic son of Grand Duke Dimitri, only son of Grand Duke Paul, himself the youngest brother of Alexander III. This heir is non-dynastic in the Russian sense, but the House of Oldenburg had no full limitations against unequal marriages, and Schleswig, where the (once sovereign) Schloss Gottorf is located, was never part of Holy Roman Empire and under its jurisdiction. These heirs live in USA and have not staked a public claim to titles. If Grand Duke Dmitri’s marriage with Audrey Emery is considered unacceptable to Holstein titular succession, the question that arises is which of the various Romanov branches will be accepted. Presumably, marriages with countesses and princesses are at least acceptable, and thus male-line heirs exist. However, if all marriages deemed morganatic by Russian standards are unacceptable in the Gottorp succession, the next in the line of succession is Anton Gunther, Duke of Oldenburg, who is the current head of the branch descending from Christian August, Prince of Holstein-Eutin, the younger brother of Duke Frederick IV. He already holds claim to the defunct Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.
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Angelica Philippa Kauffmann
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21 June 1932
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1 October 1952
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21 April 1992
husband’s accession
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10 February 2004
husband’s death
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Paul II
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Martha Murray McDowell
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15 June 1952
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22 September 1979
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10 February 2004
husband’s accession
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INCUMBENT
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Dimitri I
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