Anne-Marie
Countess Bechtold von Bernstorff
Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
Born(1903-07-03)3 July 1903
Hann. Münden, Kingdom of Prussia
Died1 January 1991(1991-01-01) (aged 87)
Rastede, Germany
SpouseCount Bechtold von Bernstorff
Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg
IssueCountess Verena von Bernstorff
Names
German: Anne-Marie
HouseSchutzbar-Milchling (by birth)
Bernstorff (by marriage)
Oldenburg (by marriage)
FatherRudolf von Schutzbar gennant Milchling
MotherRose Marston

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:

  • Countess Verena von Bernstorff (b. 21 August 1936), married Count Joachim von Bernstorff (b. 14 November 1911)
    • Countess Andrea von Bernstorff (b. 24 January 1964), married in 2006 Prof. Dr. Peter Raue (b. 4 February 1941)[3][4]

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.[1]

Notes and sources

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ Franziska v. Mutius (11 September 2006). "Mr. MoMA hat geheiratet". Berliner Morgenpost (in German).
  4. ↑ "11. Art Forum Berlin". Artnet (in German). Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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