Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German Grand Duke
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Place of Birth: Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
- Peter II (German: Nikolaus Friedrich Peter) (8 July 1827 – 13 June 1900) was the reigning Grand Duke of Oldenburg from 1853 to 1900.
- He claimed hereditary parts of Duchy of Holstein after the Second Schleswig War in 1864.
- After signing a treaty on 23 February 1867 in Kiel, he renounced his claims.
- But, he received the district of Ahrensbök, the Prussian parts of the former Principality of Lübeck (except the village of Travenhorst), and was given a million taler as compensation from Prussia.
- Thus the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg gained access to the Baltic Sea.
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