Duke Elimar of Oldenburg

• Name — Duke Elimar of Oldenburg • Issue — Countess Alexandrine Gustava von Welsburg Count Gustav Gregor von Welsburg • Full Name — Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar • House — House of Holstein-Gottorp • Father — Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg • Mother — Cecilia of Sweden • Born — 23 January 1844 • Birthplace — Oldenburg • Died — 17 October 1895 • Place of death — Erlau

Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar was a child of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his third wife, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, daughter of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. His eldest half-sister Amalia was the first modern Queen-consort of Greece. Elimar wanted to please his father, but unlike his other half-sister and half-brothers he wanted to have a good education. He went to public academies which made his father concerned. When his father died Elimar felt lonely but continued to study at public academies.

• Illustration — His wife, Baroness Natalia Vogel von Friesenhof, late 1870s. On 9 November 1876 he married morganatically Baroness Natalia Vogel von Friesenhof in Vienna, daughter of Baron Gustav Vogel von Friesenhof (1807-1889) and his wife, Alexandrine Goncharova (1811-1891). Her mother, being the sister Natalia Goncharova, made her Alexandre Pushkin's niece and cousin of Natalia Alexandrovna Pushkina, Countess of Merenberg (1836-1913), herself the morganatic wife of Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau. Upon marriage, she held the title Countess von Welsburg. The couple had two children: • Countess Alexandrine Gustava Friederike von Welsburg (11 October 1877, Vienna - 13 April 1901, Austria); died unmarried at the age of 23. • Count Gustav Gregor Alexander von Welsburg (29 August 1878, Hungary - 29 November 1927, Switzerland); married Countess Salbourg Luise von Hahn (1885-1923), daughter of Friedrich Franz, Count von Hahn (1859-1916) and his wife, Countess Therese Henckel von Donnersmarck (1859-1928). They had three sons and one daughter. In their former castle in Brodzany (Slovakia) is the now Pushkin's museum.

He also worked under the names J. Maler, Anton Günther and A. The authorities additionally record the headings Anthony Günther Friedrich Elimar von Holstein-Gottorp, Herzog von Oldenburg and Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar. His recorded language was German.

Duke Elimar of Oldenburg is recorded as composer and writer.