Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
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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.
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Grand Duke of Oldenburg | |||||
Reign | 2 July 1823 – 21 May 1829 | ||||
Predecessor | William I | ||||
Successor | Augustus I | ||||
Born | (1755-01-17)17 January 1755 Riesenburg, Prussia (now Poland) | ||||
Died | 21 May 1829(1829-05-21) (aged 74) Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau (now Germany) | ||||
Burial | Ducal Mausoleum, Gertrudenfriedhof, Oldenburg | ||||
Spouse | Duchess Frederica of Württemberg | ||||
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House | House of Holstein-Gottorp | ||||
Father | Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp | ||||
Mother | Princess Sophie Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck | ||||
Religion | Lutheranism |
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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]