Moritz II. (Oldenburg)
Count Moritz II of Oldenburg (documented in 1381 ; † September 3, 1420 in Oldenburg ) was Count of Oldenburg . He was a son of Count Konrad II from his marriage to Kunigunde von Diepholz .
Life
Although still under the age of majority, Moritz first registered documents for the city of Oldenburg together with his brother Johann in 1381. Since 1393, he then notarized legal transactions several times and thus appeared next to his father and his uncle, Christian V. (attested 1342-1399), in sovereign official acts.
Around 1400 he, like his father, granted protection and shelter to the Vitalien brothers who had moved from the Baltic Sea to the southern North Sea coast area at the time .
After the death of his father, Moritz II ruled alone from 1401 to 1403, after which he had to live with his cousins Dietrich and Christian VI. , give the sons of his uncle Christian V a share of the sovereignty. According to the Rastede Chronicle, Moritz II owned half of the castle in Oldenburg, while his cousins lived in the other half.
In 1408 Moritz tried together with Edo Wiemken the Elder of Rüstringen and other East Frisian chiefs to prevent the city of Bremen from building the Vredeborg near Atens . The company failed, however, and to his co-regent, Count Christian VI, who had been taken prisoner in Bremen. to trigger, he had to pledge land dignitaries , sausages and lehe to the Hanseatic city.
Moritz II had a friendly political relationship with the Frisian chief Ocko II. Tom Brok . Ocko was married to Ingeborg, a daughter of the Oldenburg Count, who fled back to Oldenburg after the death of her husband while fighting for supremacy in East Friesland .
Moritz II was married to Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Lüneburg , but remained without any male heirs who had survived. The dynastic succession was secured by the descendants of his cousin Dietrich.
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 , pp. 477-478.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Konrad II. |
 Count of Oldenburg 1401–1403 |
Joint reign of Moritz II, Christian VI. and Dietrich |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moritz II. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moritz II of Oldenburg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German count |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1381 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oldenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1420 |
| Place of death | Oldenburg |