Moritz I. (Oldenburg)

Moritz I of Oldenburg (* approx. 1145; † 1209 ) was Count of Oldenburg from 1167 .

Moritz parents were Count Christian I the Warlike of Oldenburg (about 1123-1167) and his wife, Gwendolyn, presumably the house Versfleht came. He was not of age when his father died and Heinrich the Lion pulled Oldenburg under his rule. Moritz was chased away by him in 1167 and then served for years the Archbishop of Cologne, Philipp I von Heinsberg , who made an unsuccessful attempt at restitution in 1178. Heinrich also forced him to hand over Rietberg to Cuyk's house . In 1180 and 1181 Moritz took part in the Imperial War against Henry the Lion and finally received his power back from Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa . How long Oldenburg actually still in the wake welfisch was jointly controlled, is not entirely clear, estimates go from 1218 (death of Emperor Otto IV. ) Or even 1227 made.

Because of property and fiefdom issues, Moritz stood against the Wildeshausen line of the Oldenburg count's house founded by his uncle Heinrich I and the archbishops of Bremen , was temporarily banned and had to remain an archbishop vassal. His name can be found several times around 1200 in the witness series of archbishop's documents.

In order to avoid dividing inheritance, his brother Christian the Crusader was murdered, possibly at the instigation of Moritz. The Rasteder Chronicle indicates at least an accomplishment. According to the same source, the knights of Hatten, Döhlen and Sannum, who had been exposed as murderers, were executed if they could not escape persecution by fleeing. In Bergedorf ( Ganderkesee parish ), at the place where his brother returning from the Holy Land was murdered, Moritz founded a monastery together with his mother Kunigunde between 1192 and 1198. The monastery, which was initially occupied by a nunnery from Bremen and a little later by Cistercians from Marienthal near Helmstedt , did not prosper and was re-established in Hude in 1232 .

In 1198 Moritz supported the Welfs in the war of the German throne and at times Holstein against Denmark. He provoked the first rebellions in Östringen and Rüstringen by building castles .

Marriages and offspring

Moritz I married Salome von Hochstaden-Wickrath, a daughter of Count Otto II von Wickrath and his wife Adelheid von Hochstaden from the Rhineland. There were five children from this marriage:

• Otto I. Count of Oldenburg (* approx. 1175; † 1251) ⚭ Mechthild von Woldenberg
• Hedwig († 1228) ⚭ Hildebold II. Von Roden († around 1228)
• Salome († 1267); from 1224 abbess of Bassum
• Kunigunde († around 1290) ⚭ Giselbert II. Lord of Bronckhorst
• Christian II († 1233)

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 , p. 477 ( online ).

• Hermann Lübbing: The Rasteder Chronicle 1059–1477, Oldenburg 1976, ISBN 3-87358-087-X .

Web links

• www.genealogie-mittelalter.de

predecessor	Office	successor
Christian I.	Count of Oldenburg 1167–1209	Otto I. Christian II.