European Heraldry

House of Oldenburg

Counts of Oldenburg
1101
Counts of Delmenhorst
1404

• Elimar I, the first Count of Oldenburg from 1101 to 1108.

• Dietrich of Oldenburg, (c.1398– 1440), Count of Delmenhorst and Oldenburg from 1423.

Sons of Dietrich of Oldenburg:

• Christian (1426-1481), Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst, and later King Christian I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, as well as Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1448. Order of the White Elephant founded by 1462.

Ancestor of all future lines.

• Maurice (1428-1464), Count of Delmenhorst from 1448.

Line extinct 1483

• Gerhard (1430-1500), Count of Oldenburg from1448 and Count of Delmenhorst from 1483.

Line extinct 1667

Kings of Denmark-Norway
1559-1814
Kings of Demark
1814-1863
Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein
1559-1863
King of Livonia
1570-1583
Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon
1564-1622

• Christian III (1503-1559), King of Denmark and from 1534.

Sons of Christian III:

• Frederick II (1534–1588), King of Denmark and Norway.

See Denmark

• Magnus, (1540–1583),Duke of Holstein, titular King of Livonia from 1570 to 1578.

Line extinct.

• Johann II, (1545–1622), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon from 1564.

Ancestor of all lines below

Cadet Descendents of
Frederick II (1534–1588), King of Denmark and Norway

• Prince George of Denmark and Norway, (1653-1708), Duke of Cumberland, the prince consort of Queen Anne of Great Britain. Son of Frederick III of Denmark.
• Prince William of Denmark and Norway, (1689- 1700), Duke of Gloucester, son of Prince George and Princess Anne of Denmark and Norway later Queen Anne of Great Britain and Ireland.

Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Ærø
1622-33
Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg
1622-27

• Alexander, (1573-1627), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.

Ancestor of all lines below

Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen
1627-1709
Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
1627-1863
Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein

• Christian August, (1798-1869), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg,
• Frederick VIII, (1829-1880), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, proclaimed himself Duke of Schleswig-Holstein in 1863.Knight of the Garter.

Line extinct 1931

Cadet Descendents of
Alexander, (1573-1627), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.


Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
1627-1825
Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
1825-1931
Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein
1931-present
Kings of Demark, Greece and Norway
1863-present
Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
1627-1744

• August Philipp, (1612-1675), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.
• Friedrich Wilhelm, (1785-1831), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck from 1816 and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg from 1825. Founder of a line that includes the Royal Houses of Denmark,Greece,Norway, and the United Kingdom.

Cadet Descendents of
Johann II, (1545–1622), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon


Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Nordborg
1624-1688
Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg
1622-1779
Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg-Plön
1622-1761
Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön-Rethwisch
1671-1729

• Joachim Ernest II, (1637-1700), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön-Rethwisch, Knight of the Golden Fleece.