Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg (; 1430 – 22 February 1500) was a
Count of Oldenburg and regent of
Bad Zwischenahn in 1440–1482.
Biography
Gerhard was the third son of
Dietrich of Oldenburg
Dietrich () is an ancient German name meaning "Ruler of the People.” Also "keeper of the keys" or a "lockpick" either the tool or the profession.
Given name
* Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (c. 1398 – 1440)
* Thierry of Alsace (german: Dietric ...
and his wife,
Helvig of Schauenburg. His eldest brother first succeeded their father and later was elected King
Christian I of Denmark in 1448, therefore passing on the county to his brothers in 1450. From 1440 to 1463 Gerhard VI ruled in
Delmenhorst as regent and from 1464 to 1482 (after the death of his brother
Maurice) as the guardian of his nephew Jakob. He was constantly at war with Gerhard III,
Prince-Archbishop of Bremen
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, and
Frisians
The Frisians are a Germanic ethnic group native to the coastal regions of the Netherlands and northwestern Germany. They inhabit an area known as Frisia and are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, ...
. In 1483 Gerhard was compelled to abdicate in favor of his sons, and he died whilst on a
pilgrimage in the
Rhône valley.
Family and children
In 1453 he married with
Adelheid of Tecklenburg
Adelheid is the modern Dutch and German form of the Old High German female given name Adalheidis, meaning "nobility" or "noble-ness". It may refer to the following people:
* Saint Adelheid or Adelaide of Italy, (931–999), Holy Roman Empress an ...
(c. 1435 – 2 March 1477), daughter of
Otto VII, Count of Tecklenburg
Otto VII of Tecklenburg (died 1450) was Count of Tecklenburg from 1426 until his death.
Life
Otto VII was the son of the only son of Count Nicholas II of Tecklenburg and his wife Anna Elisabeth, a daughter of Count Frederick III of Moers. In ...
. They had eleven children:
* Gerhard of Oldenburg (1454–1470)
* Dietrich of Oldenburg (c. 1456 – 1463)
*
Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (1458 – 17 February 1500)
* Christian of Oldenburg (1459 – 27 May 1492)
*
John V, Count of Oldenburg (1460 – 10 February 1526)
* Otto of Oldenburg (d. 17 February 1500), a
canon of
Bremen Cathedral Chapter
* Elisabeth of Oldenburg (1468 – 12 September 1505)
* Anna of Oldenburg (1469 – 26 September 1505)
* Irmgard of Oldenburg; married
Hero Oomkens von Esens, Earl of Harlingerland.
* Hedwig of Oldenburg (d. 22 February 1502); married in 1498
Edo Wimken II of Jever (1468
- 19 April 1511); had issue, including
Maria of Jever.
* Adelheid of Oldenburg (d. 1513); married in 1503 Dietrich III of Plesse.
Ancestry
References
Other sources
*Hartmut Platte (2006) ''as Haus Oldenburg'' (Börde-Verlag, Werl)
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1430 births
1500 deaths
Counts of Oldenburg