Anne-Marie von Schutzbar genannt Milchling

Anne-Marie

Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg

Born

Died

1 January 1991 (aged 87)
Rastede, Germany

Spouse

Issue

Countess Verena von Bernstorff

Full name
German: Anne-Marie

Father

Rudolf von Schutzbar gennant Milchling

Mother

Rose Marston

Anne-Marie von Schutzbar genannt Milchling (3 July 1903 –1 January 1991) 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 (now Lower Saxony) on 3 July 1903. She was the only daughter of Rudolf von Schutzbar gen. Milchling and Rose Marston.^[1]

Her family, Schutzbar genannt Milchling, belonged to an Upper Hesse, later baronial (German: Freiherr) noble family.

Anne-Marie married on 15 Jun 1924 in Hohenhaus (in the town of Radebeul), to Count Bechtold von Bernstorff. They divorced in 1948.^[2]

They had one daughter:

Countess Verena von Bernstorff (b. 21 August 1936), married Count Joachim von Bernstorff, had issue.

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 (1852–1931) and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1869–1955). Nikolaus first wife Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont had died in 1948. They had no children.^[1]

3 July 1903 – 15 Jun 1924: Anne-Marie von Schutzbar gennant Milchling
15 Jun 1924–1948: Countess Bechtold von Bernstorff
1948 – 20 September 1950: Anne-Marie von Schutzbar gennant Milchling
20 September 1950 – 3 April 1970: Her Royal Highness The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
3 April 1970 - 1 January 1991: Her Royal Highness The Dowager Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
- Title in pretence: 20 September 1950 – 3 April 1970: Her Royal Highness The Grand Duchess of Oldenburg

1 2 C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 206. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.
↑ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser , Reference: 1997 79.

Titles in pretence
Anne-Marie von Schutzbar genannt Milchling House of Schutzbar genannt Milchling Born: 3 July 1903 Died: 1 January 1991
Vacant Title last held by Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont	— TITULAR — Grand Duchess of Oldenburg 20 September 1950 – 3 April 1970 Reason for succession failure: Grand Duchy abolished in 1918	Succeeded by Princess Ameli of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

Duchesses of Oldenburg by marriage

The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick August I as Duke of Oldenburg in 1774 and remain unchanged even when its ruler became Grand Dukes.

1st Generation	None

2nd Generation	Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg Princess Cecilia of Sweden

3rd Generation	Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg

4th Generation	Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

5th Generation	Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont Anne-Marie von Schutzbar genannt Milchling

6th Generation	Princess Ameli of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg Princess Gertrud of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia Felicitas-Anita, Countess Schwerin von Krosigk Countess Ilka zu Ortenburg Donata Countess of Castell-Rüdenhausen

7th Generation	Belinda Tatham Warter Countess Caroline zu Rantzau Anna Dyckerhoff Maria del Pilar Méndez de Vigo y Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

8th Generation	None

All Duchesses were also by right Princesses of Holstein-Gottorp by marriage

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