Christian IX (Oldenburg-Delmenhorst)
Count Christian IX. von Oldenburg (born September 26, 1612 in Delmenhorst ; † May 23, 1647 ibid) from the House of Oldenburg was the ruling Count of Delmenhorst from 1633 .
origin
After the death of his older brother Anton Heinrich (1604–1622), Christian was the only son of Count Anton II (1550–1619) from his marriage to Sibylle Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Dannenberg (1576–1630).
Life
Christian's father had with a partition contract dated November 3, 1577 from his older brother Johann XVI. von Oldenburg initially fought for the income of the old county of Delmenhorst, the Harpstedt pawnshop , the Varel office and the Vorwerke in Butjadingen for ten years . In 1597, after further disputes , the Imperial Councilor passed a judgment in his favor in terms of the complete division of the counties of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst.
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When his father died, Christian was only seven years old. Since his older brother was also underage (he was supposed to die of smallpox on an educational trip to Italy in Tübingen on September 1, 1622 ), his mother Sibylle Elisabeth initially led the regency. The guardian was Duke August the Younger of Braunschweig-Lüneburg . Christian does not seem to have left Delmenhorst due to the ongoing Thirty Years War . In the fourteen years of his independent government from 1633 onwards, military threats from outside had to be averted, billeting of foreign troops tolerated and material and human hardship alleviated inside. The supply and equipment of his nine sisters also put a heavy strain on Delmenhorst's finances. In a succession agreement of 4 April 1630 his cousin, Count Anton Günther von Oldenburg (1583-1667) the mutual succession was agreed both lines and the economic basis of the rule of Delmenhorst including through the incorporation of the district land Would improved. Because of the difficult financial situation, Christian, unlike his father, did not appear as a patron of art. In 1639 he commissioned only six paintings from the painter Wilhelm de Saint-Simon about the legend of the lion fight by Count Friedrich, one of his possibly legendary ancestors. These works of art hang today in Heidecksburg Castle in Rudolstadt . Christian's sister Emilie von Oldenburg had married the regent Ludwig Günther I of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt in 1638 .
Christian died in 1647 unmarried and without descendants, with the result that the county of Delmenhorst fell back to Count Anton Günther von Oldenburg and the Delmenhorst sideline of the Oldenburg count's house became extinct. His body was buried on July 6, 1647 in the count's crypt of the Delmenhorst town church in a pewter coffin lavishly decorated with coats of arms next to his parents.
See also
literature
- Christian IX In: 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. 130 ( online ).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Anton II |
 Count of Delmenhorst 1633–1647 |
Anton Günther |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Christian IX |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oldenburg, Christian IX. from (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count von Delmenhorst from the House of Oldenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1612 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Delmenhorst |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1647 |
| Place of death | Delmenhorst |