Christian VI. (Oldenburg)

Count Christian VI. Oldenburg (documented testified 1394 - 1421 ) was Count of Oldenburg and as such of 1403 involved in the country's rule until the 1,421th

origin

Christian was the eldest son of Count Christian V from his marriage to Agnes von Hohnstein-Heringen.

Life

Christian VI., In 1398 the owner of a benefice at the St. Gereon Abbey in Cologne , left his spiritual career in order to participate in the rulership of Oldenburg together with his brother Dietrich from 1403 . This had previously been with her cousin Moritz II from 1401 .

When the Oldenburg counts, with the support of the East Frisian chief Edo Wiemken , tried to break the power of the city of Bremen on the Frisian Lower Weser in 1408 , Christian VI , who had invaded the Stadland , was caught . at Golzwarden in Bremen captivity. He was imprisoned in the Bremen Friedeburg and his brother had to pledge land dignitaries and the court of Lehe to the Bremen council for his release , which strengthened Bremen's dominance on the Lower Weser. However, Christian did not give up hope of gaining power in the Weser Frisian region. He is considered to be the founder of Vri-Jade Castle, built on the Binnenjade in 1408 . He also supported Sibet von Rüstringen in 1418 and 1419 in maintaining the chief rule against the rebellious farmers from Butjadingen , who were supported by Bremen .

Christian VI. left only one illegitimate son. Moritz II died in 1420 and Christian a year later. His brother Dietrich ruled alone from then on and through his descendants also secured the dynastic succession.

literature

Christian VI. 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. 128 ( online ).
Thomas Hill: The city and its market: Bremen's regional and external relations in the Middle Ages (12th – 15th centuries), Stuttgart 2004.

Individual evidence

^ Thomas Hill: The city and its market: Bremen's environs and external relations in the Middle Ages (12th – 15th centuries), Stuttgart 2004, page 301.

predecessor	Office	successor
Dietrich Moritz II.	Count of Oldenburg together with Dietrich and Moritz II. 1403–1421	Lockpick

personal data
SURNAME	Christian VI.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Oldenburg, Christian VI. from (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count of Oldenburg
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1394
DATE OF DEATH	after 1421

[1] Thomas Hill: The city and its market: Bremen's environs and external relations in the Middle Ages (12th – 15th centuries), Stuttgart 2004, page 301.