List of the Counts of Delmenhorst
The county of Delmenhorst was independent at different times and was ruled by branch lines of the Earl's House of Oldenburg . The county had the following regents:
Older line Delmenhorst
- 1278–1304: Otto II. Von Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (around 1238–1304) ∞ Oda von Sternberg
- 1304–1347: joint government of Johann I (1294–1347) ∞ Kunigunde von Wölpe and Christian (I) the Elder of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (1294–1355) ∞ Elisabeth Princess of Rostock
- 1347–1355: Christian (I.) the Elder from Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
- 1355-1374: Otto III. von Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (around 1337-1374) - for a time probably together with Christian (II.) the Younger from Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (1335-1367)
- 1374–1380: Guardian government by Heilwig von Hoya for her son Otto IV.
- 1380–1418: Otto IV. Von Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (1367–1418) ∞ Richarda von Tecklenburg
- 1418–1436 (including 1420–1436 as fiefdom of the Archdiocese of Bremen): Nikolaus von Oldenburg-Delmenhorst († 1447)
In 1436 Nikolaus signed the county over to his Oldenburg relatives.
Middle line Delmenhorst
- 1463–1464: Moritz III. von Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (also Moritz IV., before 1428–1464) ∞ Katharina von Hoya
In 1464 the county was conquered after a short period of independence by Gerhard (Gerd) von Oldenburg .
Younger line Delmenhorst
- 1597–1619: Anton II of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (1550–1619) ∞ Sibylle Elisabeth of Braunschweig-Dannenberg
- 1619–1633: Guardian government by Sibylle Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Dannenberg for her son Christian IX.
- 1633-1647: Christian IX. from Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (1612–1647)
After Christian's death, who left no heirs, the county fell back to the county of Oldenburg.
literature
The biographies of the rulers as well as the sequence of the reigns are taken from the following work:
- 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 .