Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Konrad I of Oldenburg
- Bef 13481. Konrad I of Oldenburg (son of Johann II of Oldenburg and Hedwig of Diepholz); died before 9 Feb 1348. Notes:
Count of Oldenburg.
Konrad married Ingeborg of Holstein before 13 May 1339. Ingeborg (daughter of Gerard IV of Holstein and Anastasia of Schwerin-Wittenburg) was born between 1314 and 1317; died after 1342. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Christian V of Oldenburg died between 10 Nov 1399 and 22 Apr 1403.
2. Johann II of Oldenburg was born about 1270 (son of Christian IV of Oldenburg and Jutta of Bentheim); died before 6 Dec 1316. Notes:
Count of Oldenburg. "Captured 1297 when allied with Count Otto of Tecklenburg against Konrad, Lord of Diepholz, whose daughter he married the following year and who later joined him in a feud against Duke Otto II of Brunswick-Lüneburg, in 1305 his town of Oldenburg was captured by a force of regional knights but he regained it with the help of Bremen and his Oldemnburg and Diepholz relatives." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]
Johann married Hedwig of Diepholz on 15 Sep 1298. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Hedwig of Diepholz (daughter of Konrad V of Diepholz and Hedwig of Rietberg). Children:
- 1. Konrad I of Oldenburg died before 9 Feb 1348.
Generation: 3
4. Christian IV of Oldenburg was born about 1228 (son of Johann I of Oldenburg and Richza); died between 27 Nov 1285 and 3 Feb 1287 in Bremen, Germany; was buried in Hude Cloister, Lower Saxony, Germany. Notes:
Count of Oldenburg. Called by The Ancestry of Charles II (citation details below) "Christian IV (V)". Called by Leo van de Pas (citation details below) Christian III.
"[I]n 1272 gave an estate to the church for violating asylum, suppressed various rebellious nobles and sought to protect his farmers against their oppressions. […] He was described in the chronicle of Rastede Cloister as a friendly lord who liked wine, gladly had guests at his court, sang psalms daily, was devoted to priests, and especially favored Hude and Rastede cloisters. […] He reportedly followed knightly raiders into the Bremen cathedral and personally dragged them out." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]
His first wife was Hedwig of Oldenburg-Wildeshausen, daughter of Heinrich IV, Count of Oldenburg in Wildeshausen, but The Ancestry of Charles II establishes that she was not the mother of Johann II.Christian married Jutta of Bentheim. Jutta died before 1287. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Jutta of Bentheim died before 1287. Notes:
Countess of Bentheim.
Children:
- 2. Johann II of Oldenburg was born about 1270; died before 6 Dec 1316.
6. Konrad V of Diepholz (son of Johann of Diepholz and Hedwig von Roden). Notes:
Lord of Diepholz.
Konrad married Hedwig of Rietberg before 1278. Hedwig (daughter of Friedrich I of Rietberg and Beatrix von Horstmar) died after 1347. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Hedwig of Rietberg (daughter of Friedrich I of Rietberg and Beatrix von Horstmar); died after 1347. Notes:
Countess of Rietberg.
Children:
Generation: 4
8. Johann I of Oldenburg was born about 1204 (son of Christian II of Oldenburg and Agnes von Altena); died about 1270. Notes:
Count of Oldenburg.
Johann married Richza. Richza (daughter of Heinrich II von Hoya and Hedwig) died before 1270. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Richza (daughter of Heinrich II von Hoya and Hedwig); died before 1270. Notes:
Countess of Hoya. Mentioned 1251.
Children:
- 4. Christian IV of Oldenburg was born about 1228; died between 27 Nov 1285 and 3 Feb 1287 in Bremen, Germany; was buried in Hude Cloister, Lower Saxony, Germany.
12. Johann of Diepholz (son of Konrad of Diepholz and Jutta); died after 1265. Johann married Hedwig von Roden. Hedwig (daughter of Hildebold von Roden) died in 1248. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Hedwig von Roden (daughter of Hildebold von Roden); died in 1248. Notes:
Countess of Roden.
Children:
14. Friedrich I of Rietberg was born about 1238 (son of Konrad I of Rietberg and Oda zur Lippe); died on 5 Jul 1282. Notes:
Count of Rietberg. Lord of Horstmar.
Friedrich married Beatrix von Horstmar between 1247 and 1251. Beatrix (daughter of Otto von Horstmar and Aleidis von Ahaus) died on 24 Sep 1277. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Beatrix von Horstmar (daughter of Otto von Horstmar and Aleidis von Ahaus); died on 24 Sep 1277. Children:
- 7. Hedwig of Rietberg died after 1347.