Heinrich II. (Oldenburg)

Heinrich II. Von Oldenburg († 1197 at Caesarea ) was Count von Wildeshausen from 1167 . His parents were Heinrich I von Oldenburg , the founder of the Wildeshausen line of the Oldenburg Count House and Salome von Geldern-Zütphen, the daughter of Count Gerhard II.

In 1167, Heinrich II succeeded his father in the government. He submitted to Heinrich the Lion and became ducal administrator for the expelled cousins ​​in Oldenburg and Vogt of the Rastede family monastery .

Heinrich feuded Frisians and neighbors and, together with his wife's brothers, took part in the army of Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa in the Third Crusade , from which he returned in 1192. From 1197 he accompanied Hartwig II of Bremen on Heinrich VI's crusade. who in turn led him to the Holy Land . On this crusade he died in 1197 near Caesarea Maritima .

Marriage and children

He married Beatrix von Loccum-Hallermund, daughter of Count Wilbrand I. von Loccum-Hallermund . He had the following children with her:

• Henry III. (⚔ May 27, 1234), Count von Wildeshausen and Bruchhausen ∞ Ermtrud von Schoten-Breda, daughter of Count Heinrich II. Von Breda
• Wilbrand († 1233), Bishop of Paderborn (1211–1233) and Utrecht (1227–1233)
• Egilmar († 1217 in the Holy Land ), Canon of Münster and Provost of Friesland
• Burchard (⚔ July 6, 1233), Count von Wildeshausen and Bruchhausen ∞ Kunigunde von Schoten-Breda, daughter of Count Heinrich II. Von Breda. He was Count von Wildeshausen from 1199 to 1233.

Web links

• genealogie-mittelalter.de

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 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Heinrich I.	Count of Oldenburg-Wildeshausen 1167–1197	Henry III.