Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg [SEP] father
Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg
Duke Alexander Friedrich Konstantin Petrovich of Oldenburg (, Alexander Petrovich Oldenburgsky; 2 June 1844 – 6 September 1932) was the second son of Duke Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg and his wife Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg. Though he had a German title and ancestry, Alexander and his siblings were born and raised in St. Petersburg as the grandchildren of Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia.
Alexander served as Adjutant general to Alexander III of Russia, and also as commanding general of the Imperial Guard.
Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg
Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg (Duke Peter Friedrich Georg von Oldenburg) (21 November 1868 – 11 March 1924) was the first husband of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, the youngest sister of Tsar Nicholas II.
Biography.
Biography Early life.
He was born in Saint Petersburg in the Oldenburg Palace (present-day site of Saint-Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts), the only child of Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg (1844–1932) and Eugénie Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg (