Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg

Peter I
Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Reign2 July 1823 – 21 May 1829
PredecessorWilliam I
SuccessorAugustus I
Born(1755-01-17)17 January 1755
Riesenburg, Prussia (now Poland)
Died21 May 1829(1829-05-21) (aged 74)
Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau (now Germany)
Burial
Ducal Mausoleum, Gertrudenfriedhof, Oldenburg
SpouseDuchess Frederica of Württemberg
Issue
Names
German: Peter Friedrich Ludwig
HouseHouse of Holstein-Gottorp
FatherPrince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp
MotherPrincess Sophie Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
ReligionLutheranism

Peter I or Peter Frederick Louis of Holstein-Gottorp (German: Peter Friedrich Ludwig von Holstein-Gottorp) (17 January 1755 – 21 May 1829) was the Regent of the Duchy of Oldenburg for his incapacitated cousin William I from 1785 to 1823, and then served himself as Duke from 1823 to 1829.

He also served from 1785 to 1803 as the last Lutheran Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, until that Prince-Bishopric was secularized and joined to Oldenburg. His son, Augustus, was the first Duke of Oldenburg to use the style of Grand Duke that was granted in 1815.[1]

  1. ^ "Oldenburg Royal Family". Archived from the original on 17 March 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)