Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar (23 January 1844 – 17 October 1895) was a duke of Oldenburg, and the son of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Princess Cecilia of Sweden.
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Family
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.
Marriage
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.
Honours
Oldenburg: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown, 23 January 1844
Baden:
Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1860
Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion, 1860
Grand Duchy of Hesse: Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 7 November 1860
Kingdom of Prussia:
Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, 18 October 1861
Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, with Swords, 20 September 1866
Kingdom of Hanover: Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order, 1862