Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg (; 1430 – 22 February 1500) was a

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and regent of

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in 1440–1482.

Biography

Gerhard was the third son of

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and his wife,

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. His eldest brother first succeeded their father and later was elected King

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in 1448, therefore passing on the county to his brothers in 1450. From 1440 to 1463 Gerhard VI ruled in

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as regent and from 1464 to 1482 (after the death of his brother

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) as the guardian of his nephew Jakob. He was constantly at war with Gerhard III,

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, and Frisians. In 1483 Gerhard was compelled to abdicate in favor of his sons, and he died whilst on a

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in the

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valley.

Family and children

In 1453 he married with Adelheid of Tecklenburg (c. 1435 – 2 March 1477), daughter of Otto VII, Count of Tecklenburg. They had eleven children: * Gerhard of Oldenburg (1454–1470) * Dietrich of Oldenburg (c. 1456 – 1463) *

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(1458 – 17 February 1500) * Christian of Oldenburg (1459 – 27 May 1492) *

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(1460 – 10 February 1526) * Otto of Oldenburg (d. 17 February 1500), a

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Chapter * Elisabeth of Oldenburg (1468 – 12 September 1505) * Anna of Oldenburg (1469 – 26 September 1505) * Irmgard of Oldenburg; married

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, 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

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. * 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) {{Authority control 1430 births 1500 deaths Counts of Oldenburg