Literature
- Hans Friedl, Wolfgang Günther, Hilke Günther-Arndt, Heinrich Schmidt (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte des Landes Oldenburg, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5
Otto I, Count of Oldenburg (born ca. 1175; died 1251) was Count of Oldenburg from 1209.
His father was Maurice, Count of Oldenburg who died in 1209, whereupon Otto succeeded to the title along with his brother Christian II, Count of Oldenburg.
He participated in the Stedinger Crusade in 1234. In so doing he won Moorriem, Holle, and Elsfleth from Stedingen and freed himself from the archiepiscopal sovereignty.
He also waged war on County of Hoya and on the Bishopric of Münster, the latter on a dispute over fief.
In 1244 he endowed Menslage-Börstel Monastery.
He was married to Mechthild von Woldenberg with whom he had a daughter, Salome, who married Gerbert, Count of Stotel. With the death of his son Heinrich in 1255, this line became extinct.
The Duchy of Oldenburg —named after its capital, the town of Oldenburg—was a state in the north-west of present-day Germany. The counts of Oldenburg died out in 1667, after which it became a duchy until 1810, when it was annexed by the First French Empire. It was located near the mouth of the River Weser.
Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, was a Danish nobleman.
The Grand Duchy of Oldenburg was a grand duchy within the German Confederation, North German Confederation and German Empire that consisted of three widely separated territories: Oldenburg, Eutin and Birkenfeld. It ranked tenth among the German states and had one vote in the Bundesrat and three members in the Reichstag.
This is a list of the counts, dukes, grand dukes, and prime ministers of Oldenburg.
The County of Oldenburg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire.
Maurice I was Count of Oldenburg from 1169 through 1211. He was the son of Count Christian I of Oldenburg and his wife Kunigunde.
Christian, Duke of Oldenburg is the head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg.
Events in the year 1901 in Germany.
Events in the year 1898 in Germany.
John V, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst was a member of the House of Oldenburg. He was the ruling Count of Oldenburg from 1500 to 1526. His parents were Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg and Adelheid of Tecklenburg.
Agnes of Loon (1150–1191), was a duchess consort of Bavaria, married to Otto I of Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria. She was regent of Bavaria during the minority of her son, Louis I, Duke of Bavaria, from 1183 to 1191.
Count John VII of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst was a member of the House of Oldenburg and was the ruling Count of County of Oldenburg from 1573 until his death. His parents were Count Anthony I of Oldenburg and Sophie of Saxe-Lauenburg.
John VI, Count of Oldenburg was a Count of Oldenburg. He was the eldest son of John V, Count of Oldenburg and his wife, Anna of Anhalt-Bernburg. He was supposed to rule jointly with his younger brothers. However, his time in office was marked by conflicts between John VI and his co-rulers.
Günther XL, Count of Schwarzburg nicknamed the Rich or Günther with the fat mouth, was a ruling Count of Schwarzburg.
Sophia of Brandenburg (1300–1356) was a daughter of Margrave Henry I (1256–1318) and his wife Agnes of Bavaria (1276–1345).
Anthony Günther, Count of Oldenburg was an Imperial Count and a member of the House of Oldenburg
John I, Count of Oldenburg was a ruling Count of Oldenburg from 1233 until his death.
Christian III, Count of Oldenburg was a ruling Count of Oldenburg. His parents were John I of Oldenburg and Richeza of Hoya-Stumpenhausen.
Christian II, Count of Oldenburg was a German nobleman. He was the ruling Count of Oldenburg from 1209 until his death.
