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  1. The House of Oldenburg is an ancient dynasty of German origin whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg.

  2. Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (1390–1440) King Christian I of Denmark (1426–1481) Prince Olav of Denmark (1450–1451) Prince Canute of Denmark (1451–1455) King John of Denmark (1455–1513) Prince John of Denmark (1479–1480) Prince Ernest of Denmark (1480-1500) King Christian II of Denmark (1481–1559)

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    The first known count of Oldenburg was Elimar I (d. 1108). Elimar's descendants appear as vassals, though sometimes rebellious ones, of the dukes of Saxony; but they attained the dignity of princes of the empire when the emperor Frederick I dismembered the Saxon duchy in 1180. At this time, the county of Delmenhorst formed part of the dominions of ...

    In 1815, the Duchy acquired the Principality of Birkenfeld and became a grand duchy. In 1871, Oldenburg joined the German Empire, and in 1918, it became a free state within the Weimar Republic. In 1937 (with the Greater Hamburg Act), it lost the exclave districts of Eutin near the Baltic coast and Birkenfeld in southwestern Germany to Prussia and g...

    Oldenburg parliament building (German: Landtag)

    This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Oldenburg". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 71,...

  3. The House of Oldenburg is an ancient dynasty of German origin whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg.

  4. House of Oldenburg. The House of Oldenburg belongs to the royal family of Greece, Denmark and the United Kingdom. King Constantine II and his descendants and Queen of Denmark and her descendants, The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Greece, Denmark and the United Kingdom and his descendants belongs to this house.

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  7. Mar 7, 2019 · Harry is a male line descendant of Elimar I, Count of Oldenburg, and a member of the House of Oldenburg, one of Europe's oldest royal houses; the cadet branch to which he belongs, known as the House of Glücksburg, was founded by his paternal ancestor Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

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