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| | House Laws of Oldenburg |
 | | Johann XVI was also made heir of Jever by Maria von Papinga, the last owner, and received the investiture after her death in 1573 from Philip II of Spain as duke of Brabant, successfully fighting off the rival claims of the counts of Ostfriesland in the feudal court of Brussels. |
 | | At the peace negotiations of Aboer, under the pressure of Czarin Elisabeth, the head of the junior line of Holstein-Gottorp, Adolf Friedrich bishop of Lübeck, was chosen by the estates of Sweden as heir to the Swedish throne, to which he succeeded in 1743, leaving the bishopric to his younger brother Friedrich August in 1750. |
 | | The grand-duchy consisted of three parts: the old duchy of Oldenburg, itself composed of the original counties of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst and the lordship of Jever (acquired 1818); the principality ofLübeck (acquired 1803), and the principality of Birkenfeld (acquired 1817). |
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