List of the Counts of Oldenburg

The county of Oldenburg had the following regents:

Family coat of arms of the Oldenburg

• Huno (allegedly Count von Rüstringen, † before 1091) ∞ Willa; 1059 founder of the church in Rastede, expanded to a monastery around 1091
• their son Friedrich (fabulous, possibly confused with Count Friedrich von Werl-Arnsberg , † 1124)
• 1088–1108: Egilmar I. (approx. 1040 to approx. 1108) ∞ Richenza (* around 1044), daughter of Ida von Elsdorf (allegedly a son of Huno's sister Rixa, who is said to have been married to Hayo, a Frisian chief .)
• 1108–1142: Egilmar II. (Around 1070 - around 1142) ∞ Eilika von Werl-Rietberg
  • 1142–1167: Count Heinrich I von Oldenburg-Wildeshausen (around 1122–1167) ∞ Salome von Zutphen-Geldern
• 1148–1167: Count Christian I the controversial (around 1110–1167) ∞ Kunigunde von Versfleth
• 1167–1209: Count Moritz I (around 1145 - around 1209) ∞ Salome von Hochstaden-Wickrath
• 1209–1233: Count Christian II (around 1184–1233) ∞ Agnes von Altena-Isenberg
• 1209–1251: Count Otto I (around 1209–1251) ∞ Mechthild von Woldenberg and
• 1244–1272: Count Johann I (around 1204 - around 1270) ∞ Richza von Hoya-Stumpenhausen
• 1272–1278: Count Otto II of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (around 1238–1304) ∞ Oda von Sternberg, from 1278 in Delmenhorst
• 1272–1285: Count Christian III. (around 1250 - around Dec. 1285) ∞ Jutta von Bentheim
• 1285–1315: Count Johann II. (1272–1315) ∞ Hedwig von Diepholz
• 1316–1323: Count Christian IV. (Around 1300–1323) ∞ Hedwig von Altbruchhausen
• 1316–1342: Count Johann III. (1302–1342) ∞ Mechthild (origin cannot be determined)
• 1324–1347: Count Konrad I (approx. 1308–1347) ∞ Ingeburg von Schaumburg-Holstein
• 1345-1356: Count Johann IV. (1331-1356)
• 1347–1401: Count Konrad II. (Around 1331 - after 1401) ∞ Kunigunde
• 1368–1398: Count Christian V (before 1342–1399) ∞ Agnes von Hohnstein-Heringen
• 1401–1420: Count Moritz II. (1381–1420) ∞ Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
• 1403–1421: Count Christian VI. (before 1394-1421)
• 1403–1440: Count Dietrich , the lucky one (before 1394–1440) ∞ Heilwig zu Schleswig
  • 1428–1464: Count Moritz III. (also Moritz IV., before 1428–1464) ∞ Katharina von Hoya, from 1463 in Delmenhorst
• 1440–1448: Christian VII. (1426–1481), from 1448 as Christian I King of Denmark, Norway (1450), Sweden (1457), Duke of Schleswig (1460), Count or Duke of Holstein (1460 or 1460). 1473)
• 1450–1500: Count Gerhard the Brave (1430 / 1431–1500) ∞ Adelheid von Tecklenburg
• 1482–1500: Count Adolf von Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (1458–1500)
• 1482–1526: Count Johann V. (1460–1526) ∞ Anna von Anhalt-Zerbst
• together:
  • 1526–1542: Count Johann VI. (1501–1548)
  • 1526–1551: Georg
  • 1526–1566: Christoph (1504–1566)
  • 1526–1573: Count Anton I (1505–1573) ∞ Sofie von Sachsen-Lauenburg
• 1573–1603: Count Johann VII. (1540–1603) ∞ Elisabeth von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
• 1577–1619: Anton II of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (1550–1619) ∞ Sibylle Elisabeth of Braunschweig - only ruled in Delmenhorst
  • 1619-1647: Christian IX. (1612–1647) - ruled only in Delmenhorst
• 1603–1667: Count Anton Günther (1583–1667) ∞ Sophie Catherine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1617–1696), daughter of Duke Alexander of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1573–1627)

literature

• Dieter Riemer: Counts and gentlemen in the ore monastery of Bremen in the mirror of the history of Lehes , Diss. Phil. Oldenburg, W. Mauke Sons, Hamburg-Bremerhaven 1995, ISBN 3-923725-89-2 .
• Gunther E. Kreutz: The first Oldenburg, short biographies of the first counts of the House of Oldenburg with branch lines Wildeshausen and Delmenhorst in the 12th and 13th centuries, Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89995-396-1 .
• Förderverein Palais Rastede eV (Ed.): The early Oldenburg Counts , Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89995-534-7 . This includes:
• Dieter Riemer : Count Huno on the trail , pp. 6–45.
• Bernd Ulrich Hucker : Fratricide in the Oldenburg House - Struggle for Rule and Power in the 12th Century , pp. 47–68.
• Renate Oldermann: Stift Börstel, an Oldenburg foundation , pp. 71–111.
• Hans Georg Trüper : The Ministeriality of the Counts of Oldenburg , p. 113-150.
• Family tree from Egilmar I (1091–1108) to Archbishop Nikolaus von Bremen († 1435) p. 84.
• Family tree from Heinrich I von Wildeshausen († 1167) to Gerhard II. Von Neubruchhausen († 1388) p. 91.
• Compilation of older literature pp. 65–68.

Web links

• Family tables from Martin Teller

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 34-36 ( PDF; 4.6 MB ).