The House of Oldenburg

 

 

Part 1

 

 

Egilmar I, Gf in Lerigau ca 1091-1108 left issue by his wife Richeza: a daughter, Gertrud; a son, Christian, Gf 1108; and another son, Gf Egilmar II (d.by 1145), who in turn left issue by his wife Eilika von Rietberg:

 

1a) Heinrich I von Wildeshausen Gf von Ammerland, Gf von Rietberg 1150, d.1167; m.NN

 

1b) Heinrich II von Wildeshausen, d.on Crusade 1198; m.Beatrix (d.after 1194), dau of Wilbrand von Hallermund Gf von Loccum

 

1c) Heinrich III, 1207 Gf von Oldenburg, k.a.nr Altenesch 27 May 1234; m.Ermentrud, dau of Rudolf von Stotel

 

1d) Heinrich V, in Neu-Bruchhausen; m.Ermengard (d.after 1278), dau of Heinrich Gf von Hoya

 

1e) Ludwig, d.1277/8

 

2e) Wilbrand gt von Hallermund fl 1278/92

 

3e) Gerhard I gt von Hallermund, d.after 8 Sep 1310; m.Gisela N (d.after 14 Oct 1362)

 

1f) Heinrich VI, in Neu-Bruchhausen, d.1359/62; m.Lyse N

 

1g) Gf Gerhard II, k.a.nr Winsen 28 May 1388; he sold Neu-Bruchhausen 1384 to Otto Gf von Hoya

 

2g) Konrad, k.a.nr Koldewerf 20 Jul 1368

 

3g) Gisela, Abbess in Bassum 1374/6

 

2d) Ludolf Gf von Oldenburg, in Alt-Bruchhausen, d.after 24 Jul 1278; m.Hedwig, dau of Konrad Gf von Wölpe

 

1e) Hildebold I Gf von Oldenburg, in Alt-Bruchhausen; m.Sophie, dau of Otto Gf von Ravensberg

 

1f) Otto, d.after 24 Sep 1360; m.Oda N (d.after 1354)

 

1g) Hildebold fl 1321/6

 

2g) Helena fl 1335/52; m.by 19 Aug 1335 Nikoluas Gf von Tecklenburg Gf von Schwerin; Nikolaus inherited Alt-Bruchhausen and later sold it to Gerhard and Johann Gfen von Hoya

 

2f) Ludwig fl 1321

 

3f) Hedwig; m.Christian VII Gf von Oldenburg (below)

 

2e) Burchard, a canon in Bremen and Magdeburg, d.after 11 Mar 1300

 

3d) Burchard, a canon in Verden fl 1241/62

 

4d) Wilbrand fl 1241

 

2c) Egilmar, a canon in Friesland, d.after 29 May 1217

 

3c) Wilbrand, Bp of Paderborn 1225/7 and of Utrecht 1227/35, d.Zwolle 27 Jul 1235; bur St.Servatius, Utrecht

 

4c) Burchard von Wildeshausen Gf von Oldenburg 1201, Gf von Kokenhusen 1224/6, k.a.nr Hemmelskamp 6 Jul 1283; m.Kunigunde, dau of Rudolf von Stotel

 

1d) Heinrich IV Gf zu Oldenburg 1234, Gf von Tecklenburg 1264/5 (d.1270; bur Vlotho); m.by 18 Mar 1253 Elisbeth (d.after 22 May 1268), dau of Otto Gf von Tecklenburg; he had sons living 1253/6

 

2d) Ludolf, a canon in Elsten and Utrecht fl 1230/71

 

3d) Wilbrand fl 1230

 

4d) Otto, a canon in Verden, Minden and Magdeburg fl 1230/61

 

5d) Thomas, a canon in Bremen fl 1241/73

 

6d) Gerhard, a canon in Bremen fl 1244/70

 

7d) Sophie fl 1224/61, bur Bersenbrück; m.Otto Gf von Ravensberg (d.1 Apr 1244)

 

2b) Gerhard, Bp of Osnabrück 1194/1216, Archbishop of Bremen 1217/9, d.Frankfurt 14 Aug 1219

 

3b) Otto, Bp of Münster 1213/8, d.11 Mar 1218

 

4b) Beatrix, Abbess in Bassum fl 1207/24

 

5b) a dau., m.Widekind von Stumpenhusen

 

2a) Otto, a canon in Bremen, d.after 16 Nov 1181

 

3a) [possibly the eldest son] Christian I Gf von Aldenburg [Oldenburg] 1148, d.1167; m.Kunigunde, dau of Gerbert Gf von Versfleth

 

1b) Moritz I Gf von Oldenburg, d.by 1209; m.Salome (d.after 1211 bur Rastede), dau of Otto von Wickrath

 

1c) Christian III fl 1209/33; m.Agnes [von Isenbergen]

 

1d) Otto, Abbot of St.Paul in Bremen 1261, and of Rastede 1267, d.Dec 1285

 

2d) Johann I Gf von Oldenburg, built Delmenhorst, fl 1243/62; m.Richza, dau of Heinrich Gf von Hoya

 

1e) Christian IV Gf von Oldenburg, d.Bremen 1285/7, bur Hude; m.1st Hedwig N (fl 1270); m.2nd Jutta von Bentheim (d.by 1287)

 

1f) Johann II, d.1314/6; m.1st by 7 Mar 1294 Elisabeth, dau of Duke Johann of Braunschweig-Lüneburg; m.2nd after 15 Sep 1298 Hedwig, dau of Konrad von Diepholz

 

1g) [by 1st m.] Christian VII, d.after 29 May 1323; m.Hedwig von Oldenburg-Bruchhausen (above)

 

1h) Jutta, Prioress in Blankenburg fl 1348/67

 

2g) [by 1st m.] Johann IV fl 1302/45; m.Mechtild [?von Bronckhorst]

 

1h) Johann V fl 1331/56; m.NN

 

1i) Otto fl 1357

 

2i) Konrad III Gf von Oldenburg 1357

 

2h) Otto IV fl 1331/57

 

3h) Wilhelm, d.1367

 

4h) Christian, k.a.Koldewärf 20 Jul 1368

 

3g) [by 2nd m.] Konrad I, d.8 Jul 1350; m.Ingeborg, dau of Gerhard Gf von Holstein-Schauenburg

 

1h) Konrad II, d.1401/2; m.Kunigunde N (fl 1367)

 

1i) Johann, b.1375, fl 1386

 

2i) Moritz III, d.4 Sep 1420, bur Rastede; m.Elisabeth (d.1420; bur Rastede), dau of Duke Magnus II of Braunschweig-Lüneburg

 

1j) Johann fl 1402

 

2j) Anna, d.after 22 Jun 1438; m.ca 1424 Otto Gf von Waldeck (d.1458/9)

 

3j) Ingeborg, d.1431; m.Otto Benisma tom Book, lord of Aurich

 

3i) Jutta, Abbess in Wunstorf, d.23 Sep 1418

 

4i) Kunigunde; m.Johann von Diepholz

 

2h) Gerhard I, k.a.Koldewärf 20 Jul 1368

 

3h) Christian XI, d.1399/1403; m.by 29 Aug 1377 Agnes, dau of Dietrich Gf von Honstein

 

1i) Dietrich (d.Delmenhorst 14 Feb 1440; bur St.Lamberti, Oldenburg); m.1st 1401 Adelheid of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (below); m.2nd 1423 Hedwig (d.1436; bur St.Lamberti, Oldenburg), dau of Gerhard, Duke of Schleswig, and widow of Balthasar Fst zu Wenden; for the descendants of this 2nd marriage, see Part 2

 

2i) Christian XIII, a canon in Köln, d.by 25 Oct 1425, bur St.Lamberti, Oldenburg

 

4g) [by 2nd m.] Moritz, k.a.Koldewärf 20 Jul 1368

 

5g) [by 2nd m.] Gisela, d.1343; m.Gerhard Gf von Hoya

 

6g) [by 2nd m.] Neseke/Agnes fl 1342; m.Ludolf Gf zu Wunstorf u.Roden (d.after 6 Jan 1391)

 

2f) Christian V, d.after 7 Sep 1314

 

3f) Otto, Archbishop of Bremen 1345/8

 

2e) [possibly the eldest son] Heinrich VI, fl 1262/73

 

3e) Moritz II, a canon in Bremen fl 1264/1318

 

4e) Otto II Gf von Oldenburg-Delmenhorst, d.1304; m.Oda N (d.by 1291)

 

1f) Johann III von Delmenhorst Gf von Oldenburg u.Delmenhorst, d.1348; m.Kunigunde, dau of Konrad Gf von Wölpe

 

1g) Bernhard, a canon in Hildesheim fl 1340/52

 

2g) Burchard fl 1340/8

 

3g) Johann, a canon in Minden fl 1340/9

 

4g) Christian VIII fl 1335/67; m.Heilwig, dau of Otto Gf von Hoya

 

1h) Otto V, d.1415; m.Richeza (d.1430), dau of Nikolaus Gf von Tecklenburg

 

1i) Nikolaus, Archbishop of Bremen 1421/35

 

1j) [illegitimate] Nikolaus, a cnaon in Oldenburg 1487

 

2i) Adelheid (bur Hude); m.1401 Dietrich Gf von Oldenburg u.Delmenhorst (above)

 

2h) Johann fl 1354

 

3h) Christian XII fl 1371/93; m.by 5 Oct 1393 NN

 

4h) Otto, a canon in Köln fl 1323/46

 

5g) Kunigunde, a nun fl 1344

 

6g) Agnes, a nun fl 1344

 

2f) Otto, a canon in Bremen, d.by 9 Feb 1341

 

3f) Christian VI von Delmenhorst, d.1354/5; m.Elisabeth, dau of Nikolaus Fst von Mecklenburg-Rostock

 

1g) Otto III fl 1337/73

 

2g) Johann, a canon in Köln and Bremen fl 1339/59

 

3g) Christian IX Gf zu Delmenhorst, a canon in Bremen and Osnabrück fl 1339/91

 

4g) Watzlaw, a canon in Verden and Bremen, d.by 12 Feb 1358

 

5g) Jutta (bur St.Martini, Hoya); m.by 1349 Gerhard Gf von Hoya u.Bruchhausen

 

4f) Jutta; m.Rudolf von Diepholz

 

5f) Agnes, Abbess in Bassum 1301/34

 

6f) Heilwig; m.1297 Werner von Hadmersleben

 

7f) a dau, d.by 1287; m.Otto II Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg

 

5e) Hedwig, d.after 15 Jul 1296; m.Egbert Gf von Bentheim

 

2c) Otto I, d.by 10 Jul 1256; m.Mechtild, dau of Hoyer Gf von Wöltingerode u.Woldenberg

 

1d) Heinrich fl 1243

 

2d) Salome, d.after 1266; m.1238 Gerbert Gf von Stotel

 

3c) Hedwig; m.by 1211 Hildebold Gf von Limmer (d.by 1228)

 

4c) Kunigunde; m.1st N von Ahaus; m.2nd Gisbert von Bronckhorst

 

5c) Oda

 

6c) Salome, Abbess in Bassum

 

2b) Christian II Gf von Oldenburg 1186, murdered at Bergdorf 1192

 

4a) Beatrix; m.1159 Friedrich von Ampfurth

 

5a) Eilika; m.Heinrich Gf von Tecklenburg