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Christian V, Count Of Oldenburg
Christian V, Count of Oldenburg (sometimes called ''Christian VI''; – after 6 April 1399) was the ruling count of Oldenburg from 1368 until 1398. He was born sometime before 1347 to Count Conrad I of Oldenburg and Ingeborg of Brunswick. After his father died in 1347, he ruled Oldenburg jointly with his elder brother Conrad II, and after Conrad II's deaths in 1386, with the latter's son, Maurice II. He married Agnes of Honstein, and the Danish Royal houses of Oldenburg and Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg descend from him via his son and successor Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg Dietrich or Theoderic of Oldenburg (c. 1398 – 14 February 1440) was a feudal lord in Northern Germany, holding the counties of Delmenhorst and Duchy of Oldenburg, Oldenburg. He was called "Fortunatus", as he was able to secure Delmenhorst .... Through the dynastic marriages of his descendants, he is an ancestor of many European Royal houses. Ancestry External linksChristian V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Of Oldenburg
120px, Shield of the Counts of Oldenburg 120px, Shield of the Counts of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst This is a list of the counts, dukes, grand dukes, and prime ministers of Oldenburg. Counts of Oldenburg * 1088/1101–1108 Elimar I * 1108–1143 Elimar II * 1143–1168 Christian I the Quarrelsome * 1168–1211 Maurice I * 1209–1251 Otto I, joint rule with Christian II and later with John I * 1211–1233 Christian II * 1233–1272 John I * 1272–1278 Christian III * 1272–1301 Otto II, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst * 1278–1305 John II * 1302–1323 Christian IV * 1305–1345 John III * 1331–1356 John IV * 1345–1368 Conrad I * 1368–1386 Conrad II * 1386–1420 Maurice II * 1368–1398 Christian V * 1398–1423 Christian VI * 1423–1440 Dietrich the Lucky * 1440–1448 Christian VII * 1448–1483 Gerhard VI "the Quarrelsome" * 1483–1500 Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst * 1500–1526 John V * 1526–1529 John VI, joint rule with his brothers George, Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard IV, Count Of Holstein-Plön
Gerhard IV ( – 1323), was Count of Holstein-Plön from 1312 until his death. Life He was the eldest son of Gerhard II and his wife, Ingeborg of Sweden. He inherited Holstein-Plön; on 7 June 1314, he sold most of his inheritance to his brother John III. Marriage and issue He married on 30 July 1313 to Anastasia of Schwerin ( – after 1316), a daughter of Nicholas I of Schwerin, and had the following children with her: * Gerhard V of Holstein-Plön ( – 22 September 1350), canon at Lübeck Cathedral, potential future Count of Holstein-Plön until his early death. File:Seal_Gerhard_V._(Holstein-Plön)_01.jpg, Seal of Gerhard V File:Seal_Gerhard_V._(Holstein-Plön)_02.jpg, Seal of Gerhard V File:Seal_Gerhard_V._(Holstein-Plön)_03.jpg, Seal of Gerhard V * Ingeborg ( – after 1349), married to Count Conrad I Oldenburg; they were parents of Christian V, Count of Oldenburg Christian V, Count of Oldenburg (sometimes called ''Christian VI''; – afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunzelin III, Count Of Schwerin
Gunzelin III, Count of Schwerin, also known as ''Günzel III of Schwerin'', (d. after 23 October 1274) was Count of Schwerin from 1228 until his death. Life Gunzelin III was the son of Count Henry I and his wife, Audacia. He inherited the County of Schwerin when his father died in 1228. As his was still a minor at the time, his mother acted as his guardian and regent. She ensured that he would hold the county of Schwerin as a feudal fief. After the Battle of Bornhöved (1227), Duke Otto I of Brunswick and Luneburg was held captive in Schwerin. As a condition for his release, he had to confirm Gunzelin III as the holder of the fiefs Schwerin held from Brunswick. During this period, all feudal transactions of the County were sealed by both Gunzelin and his mother. On 1 November 1246, they jointly founded Zarrentin Abbey and donated some land to it. On 30 October 1230, Gunzelin III was engaged to Princess Margaret of Mecklenburg and Lord John I, who had just come of age, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Of Denmark
Sophia of Denmark (Danish: ''Sofie Eriksdatter'' and Swedish: ''Sofia Eriksdotter''; 1241–1286) was Queen of Sweden as the consort of King Valdemar. Background Sophia was the eldest daughter of Eric IV of Denmark and Jutta of Saxony. She had no brothers, but three sisters, Ingeborg, Agnes and Jutta. Her father was murdered in 1250 when she and her sisters were children. As he left no son, he was succeeded by his brother Abel, and then in 1252 by his second brother Christopher I. Marriage The marriage between Sophia of Denmark and King Valdemar of Sweden was arranged as a part of the policy of peaceful diplomacy between Denmark and Sweden which was favored by Birger Jarl, Valdemar's father and the de facto Regent of Sweden.Sophia urn:sbl:6154, '' |
Valdemar I Of Sweden
Valdemar (English: Waldemar; sv, Valdemar Birgersson; 1239 – 26 December 1302) was King of Sweden from 1250 to 1275. Biography Valdemar was the son of the Swedish princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter and Birger Jarl, from the House of Bjelbo. When her brother King Eric XI died in 1250, though a child, Valdemar was elected king and crowned the following year in the cathedral at Linköping. During the first sixteen years of his reign, it was Birger Jarl who was the real ruler. Birger Jarl had been the de facto ruler of Sweden from 1248, before the reign of Valdemar, even under Eric XI. Valdemar's mother and King Eric were children of King Eric X and Richeza of Denmark. After Birger's death in 1266 Valdemar eventually came into conflict with his younger brother Magnus Birgersson, Duke of Södermanland, over taxation and personal matters. In 1260, Valdemar married Sophia, the eldest daughter of King Eric IV of Denmark and Jutta of Saxony. Valdemar also had a relationship with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard I, Count Of Holstein-Itzehoe
Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe (1232 – 21 December 1290) was the only count of Holstein-Itzehoe. Life He was the second son of Count Adolf IV of Holstein and Heilwig of Lippe. When his father retired to a monastery in 1238, he ruled the Holstein jointly with his elder brother John I, initially under the guardianship of their brother-in-law the Duke Abel of Schleswig. When they came of age, the brothers took up government and continue their joint rule. In 1255, they concluded a trade agreement with Lübeck. When their father died in 1261, John and Gerhard divided Holstein. Gerhard took Holstein-Itzehoe, consisting of the districts of Stormarn, Plön and Schaumburg, with his residence in Itzehoe. John received Holstein-Kiel, consisting of the districts Kiel, Wagria and East Holstein, with his seat in Kiel. John later won Rendsburg back from Denmark and traded it with Gerhard for Segeberg. Gerhard founded several villages, in order to develop Holstein and contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richeza Of Hoya-Stumpenhausen
Richeza or Richenza is a woman's first name. It is a Polish name of Old Icelandic origin (Rikissa). In Old Icelandic ''Rixa'' means ''wealthy''. It can be compared to other names ending in :wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīks, -ric. *Richeza of Denmark (died 1220) * Richeza of Sweden, Queen of Poland, mother of Elisabeth Richeza of Poland *Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile (1140-1185) *Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary (1013-1075) *Richeza of Poland, Queen of Sweden (1116–after 1156) * Elizabeth Richeza of Poland, Polish princess and Czech queen. * Richeza of Berg (1095-1125), wife of Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Vladislav I of Bohemia and the Duchess of Bohemia. She was the daughter of count Henry I of Berg and his wife Adelheid of Mochental. * Richeza of Lotharingia (died 1063), daughter of Count Palatine Ezzo of Lotharingia and niece of Emperor Otto III. and wife of Polish King Mieszko II Lambert. * Richenza of Northeim, a member of the dynasty of the Counts of Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John I, Count Of Oldenburg
John I, Count of Oldenburg ( – ) was a ruling Count of Oldenburg from 1233 until his death. Life His father, Christian II, had ruled jointly with his uncle, Otto I. After Christian II died in 1233, Otto I acted as guardian for the underage John I. When John I came of age, he ruled jointly with Otto I. After Otto I died in 1251, John I ruled alone. In 1244, Otto I and John I together founded the Cistercian Rosenthal monastery in Menslage. In 1251, the monastery moved to a fort in the Börsteler Forest, which John I already owned. In 1258 and 1259, he fought in the Bremen Prince-Archbishopric Feud on the side of his cousin Hildebold of Wunstorf against Rüstringen, Östringen and Stedingen. When the feud had ended, he kept the territories he had conquered. After a dispute with the City of Bremen, he had to cede the castle in Berne. As a replacement, John I and his uncle built a castle in Delmenhorst, which provoked a strong reaction from Stedingen. Like his predece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niklot I, Count Of Schwerin in Zarrenthin
* Anastasia, married in 1306 to Duke Valdemar IV, Duke of Schleswig, Valdemar IV of Schleswig and secondly, in 1313, to Count Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön, G ...
Niklot I, Count of Schwerin (1250–1323) was the ruling Count of Schwerin-Wittenburg from 1299 until his death. He was a son of Count Gunzelin III of Schwerin and his wife, Margaret of Mecklenburg. Niklot married twice: * Elisabeth, the daughter of Count John I of Holstein-Kiel * Mirosalawa, the daughter of Duke Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania Niklot was the father of: * Gunzelin VI (d. 1327) * Mechtild, a nun in Szczecin * Beatrix, a nun in Szczecin * Kunegonde, a nun in Zarrenthin * Agnes, a nun in Zarrenthin * Audacia, a nun and later abbess An abbess (Latin: ''abbatissa''), also known as a mother superior, is the female superior of a community of Catholic nuns in an abbey. Description In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Copt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingeborg Of Sweden (1263–1292)
Ingeborg of Sweden (1263–1292), was a Swedish Princess and Countess consort of Holstein-Plön by marriage to Gerhard II, Count of Holstein-Plön. She was the daughter of Valdemar, King of Sweden, and Sophia of Denmark. Marriage Ingeborg married on 12 December 1275 Gerhard II, Count of Holstein-Plön. The couple had four children: * Catherine ( - before 1300) * Gerhard IV (1277-1312), Count of Holstein-Plön * Valdemar ( - 29 July 1306), Count of Holstein-Schauenburg, died after the Second Battle of Uetersen * Elizabeth ( - 20 July 1318 or 1319), married Otto I, Duke of Pomerania Otto I, Duke of Pomerania (1279 – 31 December 1344) was Duke of Pomerania-Stettin. Youngest, and probably posthumous, son of Duke Barnim I and his third wife, Mechtild of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, Otto became titular co-ruler at his birth, along w ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ingeborg Of Sweden 1292 deaths Swedish princesses 1263 births House of Bjelbo House of Schauenburg 13th-century S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard II, Count Of Holstein-Plön
Gerhard II of Holstein-Plön (1254 - 28 October 1312), nicknamed the Blind, was Count of Holstein-Plön from 1290 to 1312. Life He was the second son of Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe and Elisabeth of Mecklenburg. After his father's death in 1290, the county was divided among the surviving sons. Gerhard II received Holstein-Plön; his younger brother Adolph VI received Holstein-Schauenburg and Henry received Holstein-Rendsburg. Seal The seal reads : :"Seal of Count Gerhard of Hostein and Schauenburg" Marriages and issue He married on 12 December 1275 the Swedish Princess Ingeborg of Sweden (1263–1292), Ingeborg (born: ; died: ), a daughter of King Valdemar, King of Sweden, Valdemar of Sweden. They had four children: * Catherine ( - before 1300) * Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön, Gerhard IV (1277-1323), Count of Holstein-Plön * Valdemar ( - 29 July 1306), Count of Holstein-Schauenburg, died after the Second Battle of Uetersen File:Seal_Waldemar_(Holstein-Plö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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