Christian V. (Oldenburg)
Christian V of Oldenburg (* around 1342; † after April 6, 1399 ) was the ruling Count of Oldenburg from the House of Oldenburg from 1368 to 1398 . He was the son of Count Konrad I of Oldenburg (1300–1368) and Ingeborg von Holstein-Plön (1316–1343).
Life
Christian was apparently intended for a spiritual career and had benefices as canon in Cologne . Probably at the instigation of Archbishop Albert II of Bremen , however, he renounced it in 1368 at the latest, in order to participate in the rulership of Oldenburg alongside his brother Konrad II (documented 1342–1401).
Konrad II was an important ally of the Bremen cathedral dean Moritz von Oldenburg , who in turn was an adversary of Albert II in the struggle for power in the archbishopric of Bremen . Albert II was therefore keen to restrict Konrad's freedom of movement. Konrad accepted Christian's decision and involved him in joint ventures, for example (probably 1385) in a campaign to Butjadingen , which ended miserably for the counts. Christian, who was in danger during the campaign, then donated a St. John's Chapel in front of the Oldenburg Castle.
Overall, however, the relationship between the brothers was probably problematic. In order to consolidate his position against Konrad II, Christian had himself enfeoffed with the county of Oldenburg by his father, Duke Magnus I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg , in 1368, perhaps on the advice of Archbishop Albert II . The Archbishop of Bremen also brokered Christian's wedding to Agnes von Hohnstein-Heringen , who was his niece. With this, Albert II was also related to the counts. In addition, he pledged to him in 1377 the bailiwick and court on the Stedinger Lechterseite and in 1389 castle and bailiwick of Hagen , which Moritz von Oldenburg had used as a refuge after his defeat by Albrecht II. These pledges of the rulership rights of Bremen and the close orientation to Albert II show Christian's striving for his own weight towards his brother.
Christian died in 1399, his brother Konrad then ruled alone again.
family
In 1377 he married Agnes von Hohnstein-Heringen (around 1360; † September 1, 1404), the daughter of Count Dietrich V. von Hohnstein-Heringen (around 1306–1379) and Sophie von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (around 1340– around 1394). The couple had two children:
- Christian VI. (around 1378–1423)
- Dietrich (1390-1440)
ancestry
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Christian III (Oldenburg) (1234–1285) Count of Oldenburg |
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Johann II. (Oldenburg) Count of Oldenburg |
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| Hedwig von Oldenburg-Wildeshausen | |||||||||||||
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Konrad I (Oldenburg) Count of Oldenburg |
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| Konrad von Diepholz | |||||||||||||
| Hedwig von Diepholz | |||||||||||||
| Hedwig von Rietberg | |||||||||||||
| Christian V (Oldenburg) Count of Oldenburg |
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Gerhard II. (Holstein-Plön) (1254–1312) Count of Holstein-Plön |
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Gerhard IV. (Holstein-Plön) (1277–1323) Count of Holstein-Plön |
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| Ingeborg of Sweden († 1290) | |||||||||||||
| Ingeborg von Holstein-Plön (1316–1349) | |||||||||||||
| Nicholas I of Schwerin († 1323) | |||||||||||||
| Anastasia von Schwerin (1291-1316) | |||||||||||||
| Miroslava from Pomerania | |||||||||||||
See also
Web links
- Christian V Oldenburg, Count of Oldenburg on thepeerage.com , accessed on August 20, 2015.
literature
- Christian V. 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 , pp. 127-128 ( online ).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Konrad II. |
 Count of Oldenburg 1368-1399 |
Konrad II. |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Christian V. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Christian V. of Oldenburg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Oldenburg (1368–1398) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1342 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after April 6, 1399 |