Heinrich IV of Oldenburg-Wildeshausen

Heinrich IV. Von Oldenburg-Wildeshausen , the Bogener (* before 1233, † around 1271) was Count von Wildeshausen from 1233 . He came from the Wildeshausener branch of the House of Oldenburg .

His parents were Count Burchard von Oldenburg-Wildeshausen , son of Heinrich II. , And Kunigunde von Schoten-Breda, daughter of Count Heinrich II. Von Breda.

He was probably of legal age when his father died in the Stedinger crusade near Hemmelskamp . He was also older than his uncle Heinrich III's two sons . who had ruled Wildeshausen together with Burchard and later von Bruchhausen and also died against the Stedinger family near Altenesch in 1234 . In 1237, Heinrich IV. Accordingly also documented as guardian of his cousins Heinrich (attested 1232–1270) and Ludolf (attested 1241–1278). He followed his father to Wildeshausen and, like him, carried the title of Graf in (or from) Altbruchhausen, although he was actually only owned by Wildeshausen.

Heinrich married Elisabeth von Tecklenburg , daughter of Count Otto I. After the death of his father-in-law in 1263, Heinrich temporarily ruled the Mecklenburg inheritance together with his brother-in-law, Count Otto von Bentheim-Tecklenburg . When they divided the Mecklenburg area around 1267, Heinrich was content with the castle and rule of Vlotho. He evidently gained a more intensive relationship with her, since it was his wish to be buried in the monastery at Vlotho .

The Rasteder Chronik names the counties Oldenburg and Tecklenburg, Wildeshausen, Vlotho as Heinrich's possessions , probably a simplistic exaggeration, which, however, probably shows the after-effect reputation of this count.

Through many senseless feuds he got completely into debt and his territory also fell apart. After Heinrich's death, the Wildeshausen rule fell to the Archbishop of Bremen as a settled fief . His only daughter Hedwig, a potential heir to Wildeshausen, was married to her cousin Christian IV , Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst. In decades of inheritance disputes, he was unable to enforce any of his wife's property claims. The remaining property gradually fell to the brother-in-law Otto II and the bishops of Munster .

Henry IV died on a pilgrimage in Palestine .

His nickname Bogener probably reflects Heinrich's preference for the bow as a weapon of noble hunting.

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 ( PDF; 4.6 MB ).

Web links

• Genealogy Middle Ages

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hermann Lübbing ( arrangement ): Die Rasteder Chronik (1059–1477), Oldenburg 1976, ISBN 3-87358-087-X .

predecessor	Office	successor
Henry III.	Count of Oldenburg-Wildeshausen 1233–1271	Archdiocese of Bremen
- Part of Tecklenburg	Lord of Vlotho around 1267–1271	?