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| Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg and Princess Helene of Waldeck and Pyrmont |
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| Hereditary Grand Duchess Helene of Oldenburg |
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| Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg and Hereditary Grand Duchess Helene (née Waldeck und Pyrmont) |
On 3 January 1940, Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg (1897-1970) and his wife Hereditary Grand Duchess Helene (1899-1948; née Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont) welcomed the arrival of twins: two boys. Their sons Duke Huno Friedrich Peter Max and Duke Johann Friedrich Adolf were born at Lensahn in Schleswig-Holstein. The youngest of their family, Huno and Johann followed seven older siblings: Duke Anton-Günther (1923-2014), Duchess Rixa (1924-1939), Duke Peter (1926-2016), Duchess Eilika (1928-2016), Duke Egilmar (1934-2013), Duke Friedrich August (1936-2017), and Duchess Altburg (b.1938).
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| Duke Huno and Duchess Fenita of Oldenburg in 2011 |
Duke Huno of Oldenburg married Countess Felicitas-Anita “Fenita” Schwerin von Krosigk (b.1941) in 1970. Fenita was the daughter of Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk (1887-1977), who served as the Minister of Finance during the Third Reich, and of Baroness Ehrengard von Plettenberg (1897-1979). Duke Huno and Duchess Fenita have two daughters: Duchess Beatrix (b.1971; wife of Sven von Storch) and Duchess Sophie (b.1972; wife of Joseph von Radowitz).
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Duke Johann and Duchess Ilka of Oldenburg in 1997
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Johann and Ilka of Oldenburg with their daughter Eilika and her fiancé Georg of Austria in 1997
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Johann and Ilka of Oldenburg with their daughter Tatjana and her fiancé Jean d’Orléans in 2001
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Johann and Ilka of Oldenburg at the marriage of their daughter Tatjana to Count Axel de Chavagnac in 2010
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Duke Johann married Countess Ilka zu Ortenburg (b.1942) in 1971. Ilka was the daughter of Count Alfred-Friedrich zu Ortenburg (1906-1973) and Jutta von Lücken (1906-1991). Johann and Ilka have two daughters and one son: Duchess Eilika (b.1972; wife of Archduke Georg of Austria), Duchess Tatjana (b.1974; wife of Comte Axel de Chavagnac; former fiancée of Prince Jean d’Orléans, Duke of Vendôme, now Count of Paris), and Duke Konstantin (b.1975; husband of Esther Sáchez Calvo).
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