Burchard von Oldenburg-Wildeshausen

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Burchard von Oldenburg-Wildeshausen (* before 1199 ; † 6. July 1233 at Hemmelskamp ) was an out of the House of Oldenburg originating Graf . From around 1199 he took along with his brother Heinrich III. the lordship rights of the county Wildeshausen true and was enfeoffed with him after 1227 also with the county Bruchhausen . He also took part in various crusades.

Life

Burchard's parents were Heinrich II. Von Oldenburg and Beatrix Countess von Loccum-Hallermund. His siblings were

From 1199 Burchard was given a share in the rule by his brother Heinrich III, who had inherited the county of Wildeshausen after his father's death. Until his death, he held the title of Count in Alt-Bruchhausen, but the rule was not officially divided.

In 1215/1216 Burchard took part in a crusade against the pagan Estonians in Livonia and was active there again in 1223. From Albert , bishop of Riga , he was with the castle Kokenhusen on the Daugava invested where Burch Hard apparently tried on a rule expansion since 1224th In 1226 or 1227, however, he returned to Wildeshausen. Apparently he was absent again for a longer period of time in 1228 or 1229, since on March 2, 1229 Heinrich also in Burchard's name left the castle and dominion of Wildeshausen to the Archbishop of Bremen Gerhard II in order to receive them back as a fief . It is possible that both of them or Heinrich alone were enfeoffed with the Grafschaft Bruchhausen by Gerhard II as early as 1227/28. Presumably that was the decisive motive of the brothers for the feudal commissioning of Wildeshausen.

1233 Burchard entered the service of the Bremen Bishop and moved in early July again as a crusader , but also in the interest of the power projection of his house, at the head of an army dressing from the Delmenhorster Geest out against as heretics applicable Stedinger . This happened in coordination with the already started crusade of Gerhard to Osterstade right of the Weser .

Burchard's campaign failed on July 6th against the Steding resistance at Hemmelskamp. Burchard was killed in the fighting there.

heritage

After his death, Burchard's inheritance reverted to his brother. After his death in 1234, the county of Wildeshausen-Bruchhausen was finally divided between Heinrich's sons.

Marriage and children

Burchard married Kunigunde von Schoten-Breda, daughter of Count Heinrich II. Von Breda. Burchard's brother Heinrich was married to Kunigunde's sister, Ermtrud. The following children were from Burchard's marriage:

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Friedl u. a. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the history of the state of Oldenburg. Edited on behalf of the Oldenburg landscape. Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5 , p. 296 ( PDF; 4.6 MB ).
  2. ↑ Person Page - 844 (in English). In: The Peerage - A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe (Private Website). Retrieved September 26, 2016 .
predecessor Office successor
Henry III. Count of Oldenburg-Wildeshausen
1199–1234 		Henry III.
Count of Bruchhausen
around 1228–1234 		Henry III.
personal data
SURNAME Burchard von Oldenburg-Wildeshausen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burchard of Oldenburg; Burchard von Oldenburg-Wildeshausen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Bruchhausen
DATE OF BIRTH before 1199
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1233
Place of death at Hemmelskamp