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 I58 GERMANY— OLDENBURG.

of the Grand-duchy is 2,806 English square miles, with 823,138 inhabitants, according to the enumeration of Dec. 3, 1867. The population was divided, as to religion, at the census date, in 558,597 Protestants, chiefly Lutherans, 228,005 Roman Catholics, 10,357 Christians of other denominations, and 26,089 Jews. Three Protestant superintendents and a Roman Catholic bishop direct the ecclesiastical affairs of the population.

VIII. OLDENBURG.

(Grossherzogthum Oldenburg.)

Reigning Sovereign and Family.

Peter I., Grand-duke of Oldenburg, born July 8, 1827, the son of Grand-duke August, and of Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg ; succeeded to the throne at the death of his father, Feb. 27, 1853 ; married, Feb. 10, 1852, to Elisabeth, born March 26, 1826, daughter of Prince Joseph of Saxe-Altenburg. Issue of the union are: — 1. Prince August, heir-apparent, born Nov. 16, 1852. 2. Prince Georg, born June 27, 1855.

Brother and Sisters of the Grand-duke. — 1. Princess Amalie, born Dec. 21, 1818; married, Nov. 22, 1836, to Prince Otto of Bavaria; King of Greece 1832-62 ; widow July 26, 1867. 2. Princess Friederike, born June 8, 1820, married, Aug. 15, 1855, to Freiherr Max von Washington. 3. Prince Elimar, born Jan. 23, 1844. lieutenant in the service of Russia.

Cousin of the Grand-duke. — Prince Peter, born Aug. 26, 1812, the son of Prince Georg, brother of the late Grand-duke August of Oldenburg, and of Princess Catharine, daughter of the late Czar Paul of Russia; general of infantry in the service of Russia, and President of the department of Ecclesiastical Affairs iu the Imperial Senate; married, April 23, 1837, to Princess Therese of Nassau, born April 17, 1815. Issue of the union are : — 1. Princess Alex- andra, born June 2, 1838; married, Feb. 6, 1856, to Grand-duke Nicholas, brother of Czar Alexander II. of Russia. 2. Prince Nicolaus, born May 9, 1840, colonel in the service of Russia ; mar- ried Sept. 5, J 863, to Mai'ievon Osternburg, born July 8, 1845. 3. Prince Alexander, born June 2, 1844; married Jan. 19, 1868, to Princess Eugenie, born April 1, 1845, daughter of the late Duke Maximilian of Leuchtenberg. 4. Prince Georg, bonixVpril 17, 1848. 5. Prince Constantine, born May 9, 1850. 6. Princess Therese, born March 30, 1852.

The ancient house of Oldenburg, which has given sovereigns to .Denmark, Scandinavia, and Russia, is said to be descended from