Background
Oldenburg was born at his family"s manor of Beisleiden, Kreis Pr.
Oldenburg was born at his family"s manor of Beisleiden, Kreis Pr.
Eylau, East Prussia (today Bezledy, Poland), to Botho von Oldenburg and Maria née von Arnim. He served in the 2. Garde-Ulanen-Regiment of the Prussian Army in Berlin and Potsdam for eight years and came into contact with Kaiser William I, Otto von Bismarck, Helmuth von Moltke and Albrecht von Roon. In 1884 Oldenburg married Agnes Gräfinance von Kanitz, they had three daughters.
He was an exponent of the antidemocatic conservatives and became well known for his dictum: "The King of Prussia and German Emperor must always be able say to a lieutenant: take ten men and lock up the Reichstag".
Oldenburg died on 16 August 1937 in Marienwerder (today Kwidzyn).
German National People"s Party, German Conservative Party.
Oldenburg was the only member of the Reichstag to defend Kaiser William II throughout the Daily Telegraph Affair and called the Social Democrats, who disturbed his speech, a "mob of pigs" (Schweinebande).
In 1901 Oldenburg became a member of the Prussian Landtag (until 1910) and in 1902 of the Reichstag (until 1912). Oldenburg was again elected as a member of the Reichstag for the conservative DNVP in 1930 until 1932.