Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Duke of Oldenburg
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Place of Birth: Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
About Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg
- Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg (3 January 1754 in Eutin Castle, Eutin – 2 July 1823 in Schloss Plön, Plön.) Wilhelm succeeded his father, Frederick Augustus I, Duke of Oldenburg as the Duke of Oldenburg in 1785.
- Wilhelm's mother was Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel.Due to mental illness, Wilhelm was duke in name only, with his cousin Peter, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, acting as regent throughout his entire reign. The title became a Grand Duke in 1815, but Wilhelm never used the elevated style.
- It was not used until 1829 by the son of Wilhelm's cousin and successor, Peter I.
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