Christian II, Count of Oldenburg (died 1233) was a German nobleman. He was the ruling
Count
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of
Oldenburg from 1209 until his death.
Life
He was a son of
Maurice I of Oldenburg (died 1211) and his wife Salome of Wickerode.
After his father's death, he ruled jointly with his brother
Otto I
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. They ruled harmoniously and managed significantly to expand the rights and territory of Oldenburg in Frisia.
Christian II managed to end the sovereignty of the
Archbishopric of Bremen
The Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (german: Fürsterzbistum Bremen) — not to be confused with the modern Archdiocese of Hamburg, founded in 1994 — was an ecclesiastical principality (787–1566/1648) of the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholi ...
over Oldenburg; in return, he assisted Bremen against the rebellious farmers in
Stedingen
Stedingen is an area north of Bremen in the delta of the Weser river in north-western Germany.
Founding
In 1106, five Dutchmen journeyed from the mouth of the Rhine to Bremen to negotiate an arrangement with Archbishop Frederick I of Bremen to s ...
. He also fought many
feud
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s against his
liege lord
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s, against his cousins, and against
Hoya.
Marriage and issue
He married Agnes, a daughter of
Count Arnold of Altena-Isenburg with Mechtild of Holland and had two sons:
*
Otto of Oldenburg (d. ),
abbot
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in
Bremen
Bremen ( Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state con ...
*
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 ...
-Delmenhorst
See also
*
List of rulers 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 ...
References
* Hans Friedl, Wolfgang Günther, Hilke Günther-Arndt, Heinrich Schmidt (eds.): ''Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte des Landes Oldenburg'', Oldenburg, 1992,
External links
genealogie-mittelalter.de
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Counts of Oldenburg
12th-century births
1233 deaths
Year of birth unknown