Christian I. (Oldenburg)

Christian I of Oldenburg , called the arguable , (* around 1123; first mentioned in 1148; † around 1167 in Oldenburg ) was Count of Oldenburg .

He was a son of Count Egilmar II of Oldenburg . After the death of his father's legacy was between him and his brother Henry I split. Heinrich founded the Wildeshausen line of the Oldenburg Count House , Christian ruled in Oldenburg.

Christian was actually a vassal of Duke Henry the Lion , but at the latest in 1166 he entered into opposition to this. In addition to participating in the first Italian campaign of Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa in 1154 and 1155, he also took part in the campaign against Mecklenburg in 1164 and the battle of Östringsfelde in 1153, known as part of the Frisian campaigns of Henry the Lion, which he lost. He tried to escape the influence of Heinrich the Lion by pulling the Bremen citizens on his side in 1167, but this did not prevent the attack of the Guelphs , so that he had to retreat to Oldenburg . Christian died around 1167 during the siege by the Guelph Duke in Oldenburg. Since his children were still underage at the time, it was Heinrich the Lion who determined the fate of Oldenburg until his fall around 1180.

Christian was married to Kunigunde, who probably came from the Versfleht family. The following children were born from the marriage:

• Moritz I. von Oldenburg (* around 1145; † after 1209) ∞ Salome von Hochstaden-Wickrath
• Christian von Oldenburg , the crusader (* before 1167, † 1192)

literature

• 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 , pp. 126-127 ( PDF; 6.8 MB ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Egilmar II.	Count of Oldenburg 1148–1167	Moritz I.