Anne-Marie von Schutzbar genannt Milchling explained

Anne-Marie
Countess Bechtold von Bernstorff
Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
Spouse:Count Bechtold von Bernstorff
Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Issue:Countess Verena von Bernstorff
Full Name:German: Anne-Marie
House:Schutzbar-Milchling (by birth)
Bernstorff (by marriage)
Oldenburg (by marriage)
Father:Rudolf von Schutzbar gennant Milchling
Mother:Rose Marston
Birth Date:3 July 1903
Birth Place:Hann. Münden, Kingdom of Prussia
Death Place:Rastede, Germany

Anne-Marie von Schutzbar genannt Milchling (3 July 1903 – 1 January 1991) was the second wife of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, pretender to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.

Early life

Anne-Marie was born at Hann. Münden, Kingdom of Prussia (now Lower Saxony) on 3 July 1903. She was the only daughter of Rudolf von Schutzbar gen. Milchling (1853–1935), Prussian Royal Chamberlain and Rittmeister, and his wife Rose Marston.[1]

Her family, Schutzbar genannt Milchling, belonged to an Upper Hesse, later baronial (German: [[Freiherr]]), noble family.

Marriage and family

Anne-Marie married on 15 June 1924, in Hohenhaus (in the town of Radebeul), to Count Bechtold von Bernstorff (b. 1902). They divorced in 1948.[2]

They had one daughter:

Anne-Marie married secondly on 20 September 1950, in Güldenstein, to Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, the third child and first son of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1852–1931) and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1869–1955). Nikolaus first wife Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont had died in 1948. They had no children.

Notes and sources

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Notes and References

  1. C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 206. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.
  2. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1997 79.
  3. Web site: Franziska v. Mutius. Mr. MoMA hat geheiratet. Berliner Morgenpost. de. 11 September 2006.
  4. Web site: 11. Art Forum Berlin.. Artnet. de. 21 November 2022.