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Peter III, Emperor of Russia Oldenburg 1728–1762 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Feb 1728

Birth Location: Kiel, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Death Date: 17 Jul 1762

Death Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia

Father: Charles Holstein-Gottorp

Mother: Anna Romanov

Spouse(s): Catherine Ascania

Children(s): Paul Hospitaller, Anna Romanov, Count Bobrinskoy, Elizabeth Russias

In 1728, Peter III, Emperor of Russia Oldenburg entered the world in Kiel, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, born to Charles Frederick Duke Of Holstein Gottorp And Anna Petrovna Grand Duchess Tsesarevna Of Russia Romanov. Peter III, Emperor of Russia Oldenburg married Catherine Ii The Great Empress Romanov Ascania, and had children including Anna Petrovna Grand Duchess Romanov, Count Alexei Grigorievitch Bobrinskoy, Elizabeth Alexandrovna Grand Duchess Romanov Holstein Gottorp Romanov De Klinger Emperor Of All The Russias, Paul I Petrovich Tsar Of Russia Romanov Grand Master Knights Hospitaller. Peter III, Emperor of Russia Oldenburg passed away in 1762 in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia.

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Biography

  • In 1728, Peter III, Emperor of Russia Oldenburg entered the world in Kiel, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, born to Charles Frederick Duke Of Holstein Gottorp And Anna Petrovna Grand Duchess Tsesarevna Of Russia Romanov.
  • Peter III, Emperor of Russia Oldenburg married Catherine Ii The Great Empress Romanov Ascania, and had children including Anna Petrovna Grand Duchess Romanov, Count Alexei Grigorievitch Bobrinskoy, Elizabeth Alexandrovna Grand Duchess Romanov Holstein Gottorp Romanov De Klinger Emperor Of All The Russias, Paul I Petrovich Tsar Of Russia Romanov Grand Master Knights Hospitaller.
  • Peter III, Emperor of Russia Oldenburg passed away in 1762 in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Charles Holstein-Gottorp
1700–1739
Birth Location: Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
CH
Anna Romanov
1708–1728
Birth Location: Kolomenskoye, Moskva, Moscow City, Russia
AR

Spouses(s)

Catherine Ascania
1729–1796
Birth Location: Szczecin, Lodzkie, Poland
CA

Children(s)

Paul Hospitaller
1754–1801
Birth Location: Sankt-Peterburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia
PH
Anna Romanov
1757–1759
Birth Location: St Petersburg, St Petersburg, Russia
AR
Count Bobrinskoy
1762–1813
Birth Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia
CB
Elizabeth Russias
1761–1844
Birth Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia
ER

Peter Oldenburg's Ancestors

Self
Peter Oldenburg
1728–1762
Birth Place: Kiel, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Parents
Charles Frederick Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
1700–1739
Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Anna (Petrovna "Grand Duchess, Tsesarevna of Russia") Romanov
1708–1728
Kolomenskoye, Moskva, Moscow City, Russia
Grandparents
Frederick (IV Duke of) Holstein-Gottorp
1671–1702
gottorf castle, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Hedvig (Sophia Duchess of) Holstein-Gottorp
1681–1708
Stockholms slott, Kungliga Slottet, Stockholm, 11130, Sverige
Peter (I "the Great" Alexeyevich Romanov, Tsar of all) Russia
1672–1725
Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russia
Catherine (I (Marta Helena) Skowrońska, Empress and Autocrat of All the) Russias
1684–1727
Jēkabpils, Latvia, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Great-Grandparents
Charles Sweden
1655–1697
Ulrika countries
1656–1693
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Frederick Norway
1609–1670
Sophia Norway
1628–1685

Peter Oldenburg's Descendants

1.
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Peter (III, Emperor of Russia) Oldenburg (21 Feb 1728–17 Jul 1762) m. Catherine (II The Great Empress Romanov) Ascania (2 May 1729–17 Nov 1796)
  1. 1. Paul (I Petrovich Tsar of Russia Romanov Grand Master Knights) Hospitaller 1754–1801 m. Wilhelmina (Louisa (Natalia Alexeievna) Grand Duchess von) Hesse-Darmstadt 1755–1776 m. Maria (Feodorovna (Sophia Marie Dorothea Auguste Luise) of Württemberg-Montbeliard, Maria Feodorovna Empress consort of All) Russia 1759–1828
    1. 1. Nicholas (I Pavlovich (The Iron Czar) Romanov 'Emperor Tsar of Russia' 'King of Poland' Holstein) Gottrop 1796–1855 m. Charlotte (“Alexandra Feodorovna” (Friederike Luise Charlotte Wilhelmine Alexandra Fjodorowna) of Hohenzollern Princess of Prussia, Empress Consort of all The) Russias 1798–1860
      1. 1. Nicholas (Nicolaevich Romanov-Holstein-Gottiorp 'Grand Duke of) Russia' 1831–1891 m. Alexandra (Petrovna von Oldenburg, Prinzessin von) Oldenburg 1838–1900 m. Catherine (Gavrilovna Chislova) 'Ballarina'\Mistress 1846–1889
        1. 1. Nicolaas (Nikolajevitsj Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp, Grand Duke of Russia, Imperial Commander of Russian) Armies 1856–1929 m. Anastasia ((Stana) Petrovic-Njegos Nikolaevna Romanova, Princess of Montengro, Grand Duchess of) Russia 1868–1935
        2. 2. Peter (Nikolaevich of Russia, Grand Duke of) Russia 1864–1931
        3. 3. Galina (Nikolaevna Nikolaeva ,) illegitimate 1877–1878
        4. 4. Nicholas (Nikolaevich Nikolaeva ,) illegitimate 1875–1902
        5. 5. Vladmir (Nikolaevich Nikolaeva ,) illegitimate 1873–1942
        6. 6. Catherine (Nikolaevna Nikolaeva ,) illegitimate 1874–1940
        7. 7. Olga (Nikolaevna Nikolaeva ,) illegitimate 1868–1950 m. Michael (Mikhailovich Cantacuzene, Prince) Cantacuzene 1858–1927
      2. 2. Czar (Alexander II Nikolaievich Romanov, Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp, Tsar\Emperor and Autocrat of All the) Russias 1818–1881
      3. 3. Alexandra (Nikolaevna "Adini" von Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov, Grand Duchess of) Russia 1825–1844 m. Prince (Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Adolf Von Hesse Landgrave of Hesse Kassel) Rumpenheim 1820–1884
        1. 1. Charles (Fredrik William Hessen) Kassel 1844–1845
      4. 4. Grand (Duchess Maria Nikolayevna Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp, Grand Duchess of Russia, Duchess of) Leuchtenberg 1819–1876 m. Maximilian (Joseph Eugène August Napoléon de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, Prince) Romanowsky 1817–1852
        1. 1. Maria (Maximilianovna de Beauharnais, Princess Romanovsky of) Leuchtenberg 1841–1914 m. Ludwig (Wilhelm August Zeringue, Prince of) Baden 1829–1897
        2. 2. Eugenia (Maximilianovna Romanowsky de Beauharnais, Princess of Leuchtenberg, Duchess) Oldenburg 1845–1925 m. Alexander (Petrovich Friedrich Konstantin 'Duke of Oldenburg' Heir of the Russian Oldenburgs Holstein) Gottorp 1844–1932
        3. 3. Georg (Maximilianovitch Romanov de Beauharnais ; 6th Grand Duke of) Leuchtenburg 1852–1912
      5. 5. Mikhail (Nikolaevich Alexandrovitch, Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp, Grand Duke of Imperial) Russia 1832–1909
      6. 6. Queen (Olga Nikolaevna Romanova, Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp, Grand Duchess of) Russia 1822–1892
      7. 7. Konstantin (Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of) Russia 1827–1892 m. Alexandra (Friederike Henriette Pauline Marianne Elisabeth Wettin Princess of Saxe-Altenburg Grand Duchess Alexandra losifovna of) Russia 1830–1911 m. Grand (Duchess Anna Vasilyevna Kuznetsova) (Romanov) 1847–1922 m. Elisabeth (Pauline Alexandrine, Princess of) Saxe-Altenburg 1826–1896
        1. 1. Dimitri (Konstantinovich Grand Duke of Russia) Romanov 1860–1919
        2. 2. Olga (Constantinovna Romanov Grand Duchess of Russia, Queen of Greece and) Denmark 1851–1926 m. George (Christian William Ferdinand Adolphus Oldenburg "House of Glucksburg" King George of the) Hellenes 1845–1913
        3. 3. Konstantin (Konstantinovich, Grand Duke of) Russia 1858–1915 m. Elisabeth ("Elizaveta Mavrikievna", Princess of) Saxe-Altenburg 1865–1927
        4. 4. Vera (Constantinovna, Princess of) Russia 1906–2001 m. Wilhelm ("Eugene" of Württemberg,) Duke 1846–1877
    2. 2. Alexandra (Pavlovna Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia, Princess of Tuscany and Archduchess of) Austria 1783–1801
    3. 3. Anna (Paulowna Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia, Queen Consort of the) Netherlands 1795–1865
    4. 4. Olga (Pavlovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Grand Duchess of) Russia 1792–1795
    5. 5. Konstantin (Pavlovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia, Viceroy of) Poland 1779–1831
    6. 6. Mikhail (Pavlovich Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Grand Duke of) Russia 1798–1849 m. Charlotte (Princess of Wuerttemberg Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia) Wuerttemberg 1807–1873
      1. 1. Grand (Duchess Elisabeth Mikhaïlovna of Russia,) Romanov 1826–1845
      2. 2. Grand (Duchess Catherine Mikhaïlovna of Russia,) Romanov 1827–1894
      3. 3. Grand (Duchess Anna Mikhailovna of Russia,) Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp 1834–1836
      4. 4. Grand (Duchess Alexandra Mikhailovna,) Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp 1831–1832
      5. 5. Grand (Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia) Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp 1825–1846 m. Adolphe (Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich of Nassau-Weilburg, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Last Sovereign Duke of) Nassau 1817–1905
    7. 7. Maria (Pavlovna Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia, Grand Duchess) Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1786–1859
    8. 8. Elena (Pavlovna Holstein Gottorp Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia, Grand Duchess of) Mecklenberg-Schwerin 1784–1803
  2. 2. Anna (Petrovna, Grand Duchess) Romanov 1757–1759
  3. 3. Count (Alexei Grigorievitch) Bobrinskoy 1762–1813 m. Anna (Dorothea von Ungern, Baroness von Ungern-Sternberg, Countess) Bobrinsky 1769–1846
    1. 1. Maria (Alexeyevna Bobrinskaya, Countess Bobrinskaya, Princess) Gagarina 1798–1835
    2. 2. Paul (Alexeivich Count) Bobrinski 1801–1830
  4. 4. Elizabeth (Alexandrovna 'Grand Duchess' Romanov Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov De Klinger Emperor of All the) Russias 1761–1844

Peter Oldenburg's Timeline

2 Records

1728
21 Feb 1728
Birth of Peter III, Emperor of Russia Oldenburg in Kiel, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Kiel, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1762
17 Jul 1762
Age 34
Death of Peter III, Emperor of Russia Oldenburg in Ropsha, Leningrad, Russia
Ropsha, Leningrad, Russia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Feb 1728
    Event Place: Kiel, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Jul 1762
    Event Place: Ropsha, Leningrad, Russia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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