John II, Count of Oldenburg (german: Johann II. Graf von Oldenburg; died c. 1314 or 1316) was
Count of Oldenburg
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Counts of Oldenburg
* 1088/1101–1108 Elimar I
* 1108–1143 ...
from 1275 until around 1301. He was the son of
Christian III, Count of Oldenburg. His mother was either Hedwig von Oldenburg in
Wildeshausen
Wildeshausen (Low Saxon: ''Wilshusen'') is a town and the capital of the Oldenburg district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated by the river Hunte.
History
In 1648, Wildeshausen and the surrounding district was ceded to Sweden, in the Peace ...
or Jutta of Bentheim.
Marriages and issue
John married twice. His first marriage was to
Elisabeth, the daughter of
John, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg and
Liutgard von Holstein-Itzehoe. His second marriage was to Countess
Hedwig of Diepholz. John had five children:
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Christian IV, Count of Oldenburg
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John III, Count of Oldenburg
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
, married Mechtild (Matilda) of Bronckhorst
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Conrad I, Count of Oldenburg
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People
* Conrad (name)
Places
United States
* Conrad, Illinois, an unincorporated community
* Conrad, Indiana, an unincorporated community
* Conrad, Iowa, a city
* Conrad, Montana, a city
* Conrad Glacier, Washingt ...
*
Maurice of Oldenburg (killed in action in 1368 near
Blexen),
Dean (Domdechant) of
Bremen Cathedral
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,
Diocesan Administrator :''See: Catholic Church hierarchy#Equivalents of diocesan bishops in law''
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of the
Archdiocese of Bremen
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(1345–1362), Archbishop Elect of Bremen (1348, papally refused) and
coadjutor of Bremen (1348–1360)
[Adolf Hofmeister, "Adel, Bauern und Stände", in: Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser: 3 vols., Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg and Heinz-Joachim Schulze (eds.), Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 1995 and 2008, vol. I 'Vor- und Frühgeschichte' (1995; ), vol. II 'Mittelalter (einschl. Kunstgeschichte)' (1995; ), vol. III 'Neuzeit' (2008; ), (=Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; vols. 7–9), vol. II: pp. 195-240, here p. 211.]
* Gisela of Oldenburg; married
Gerhard III, Count of Hoya
References
Counts of Oldenburg
13th-century births
1310s deaths
Year of birth unknown
Year of death uncertain
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