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Moritz of Oldenburg

Male Abt 1155 - 1209  (~ 54 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Moritz of Oldenburg was born about 1155; died in 1209.

    Notes:

    Count of Oldenburg.

    Family/Spouse: Salome von Wickrath. Salome (daughter of Otto I von Wickrath) died after 1211. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Kunigunde of Oldenburg  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. Christian II of Oldenburg  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1180; died about 1233.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Kunigunde of Oldenburg Descendancy chart to this point (1.Moritz1)

    Notes:

    Mentioned 1232.

    Family/Spouse: Gisbert von Bronkhorst. Gisbert (son of Willhem von Bronkhorst and Gertrud) died before 1241. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Wilhelm von Bronkhorst  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Christian II of Oldenburg Descendancy chart to this point (1.Moritz1) was born about 1180; died about 1233.

    Notes:

    Count of Oldenburg.

    Family/Spouse: Agnes von Altena. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Johann I of Oldenburg  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1204; died about 1270.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Wilhelm von Bronkhorst Descendancy chart to this point (2.Kunigunde2, 1.Moritz1)

    Notes:

    Lord of Reckheim. Mentioned 1241.

    Family/Spouse: Ermgard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Heilwig von Bronkhorst  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1331.

  2. 5.  Johann I of Oldenburg Descendancy chart to this point (3.Christian2, 1.Moritz1) was born about 1204; died about 1270.

    Notes:

    Count of Oldenburg.

    Family/Spouse: Richza. Richza (daughter of Heinrich II von Hoya and Hedwig) died before 1270. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Christian IV of Oldenburg  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1228; died between 27 Nov 1285 and 3 Feb 1287 in Bremen, Germany; was buried in Hude Cloister, Lower Saxony, Germany.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  Heilwig von Bronkhorst Descendancy chart to this point (4.Wilhelm3, 2.Kunigunde2, 1.Moritz1) died before 1331.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Between 15 Jul 1310 and 1331

    Heilwig married Heinrich I of Holstein in 1289. Heinrich (son of Gerhard I of Holstein and Elizabeth von Mecklenburg) was born between 1255 and 1260; died on 5 Aug 1304; was buried in Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Gerhard III of Holstein  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1293; died on 1 Apr 1340 in Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark; was buried in Steinberg Cloister, Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

  2. 7.  Christian IV of Oldenburg Descendancy chart to this point (5.Johann3, 3.Christian2, 1.Moritz1) was born about 1228; 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.

    Family/Spouse: Jutta of Bentheim. Jutta died before 1287. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Johann II of Oldenburg  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1270; died before 6 Dec 1316.


Generation: 5

  1. 8.  Gerhard III of Holstein Descendancy chart to this point (6.Heilwig4, 4.Wilhelm3, 2.Kunigunde2, 1.Moritz1) was born about 1293; died on 1 Apr 1340 in Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark; was buried in Steinberg Cloister, Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 2 Apr 1340, Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark

    Notes:

    Count of Holstein. Duke of South Jutland.

    His attempt to "pacify" northern Jutland came to an abrupt end in the town of Randers when a group of Danes led by Niels Ebbesen entered his bedroom, blocked the exit, and cut off his head over the end of the bed. For this, Ebbesen is remembered as a national hero in Denmark. A statue of him stands in front of the old town hall in Randers.

    Gerhard married Sophia of Werle about 1314. Sophia (daughter of Nikolaus II of Werle and Richza of Denmark) died after 6 Dec 1339. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Heinrich II of Holstein  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 1316 and 1318; died before 17 Apr 1390.

  2. 9.  Johann II of Oldenburg Descendancy chart to this point (7.Christian4, 5.Johann3, 3.Christian2, 1.Moritz1) was born about 1270; 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]

    Children:
    1. 11. Konrad I of Oldenburg  Descendancy chart to this point died before 9 Feb 1348.


Generation: 6

  1. 10.  Heinrich II of Holstein Descendancy chart to this point (8.Gerhard5, 6.Heilwig4, 4.Wilhelm3, 2.Kunigunde2, 1.Moritz1) was born between 1316 and 1318; died before 17 Apr 1390.

    Notes:

    Count of Holstein in Rendsburg.

    Heinrich married Ingeburg of Mecklenburg about 1366. Ingeburg (daughter of Heinrich II of Mecklenburg and Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg) died after 25 Jul 1395. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Gerhard V of Holstein  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1367; died on 5 Aug 1404 in Suderhamme, Dithmarschen; was buried in Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

  2. 11.  Konrad I of Oldenburg Descendancy chart to this point (9.Johann5, 7.Christian4, 5.Johann3, 3.Christian2, 1.Moritz1) 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:
    1. 13. Christian V of Oldenburg  Descendancy chart to this point died between 10 Nov 1399 and 22 Apr 1403.


Generation: 7

  1. 12.  Gerhard V of Holstein Descendancy chart to this point (10.Heinrich6, 8.Gerhard5, 6.Heilwig4, 4.Wilhelm3, 2.Kunigunde2, 1.Moritz1) was born about 1367; died on 5 Aug 1404 in Suderhamme, Dithmarschen; was buried in Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

    Notes:

    Count of Holstein. Duke of Schleswig. Killed in the Battle of Süderhamme, in which an alliance of German nobles failed to subjugate the free peasant state of Dithmarschen.

    Gerhard married Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1395. Elisabeth (daughter of Magnus II of Brunswick and Katharina of Anhalt) was born about 1370; died before 3 Apr 1422. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Heilwig of Holstein  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1398; died before 11 Nov 1436; was buried in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.

  2. 13.  Christian V of Oldenburg Descendancy chart to this point (11.Konrad6, 9.Johann5, 7.Christian4, 5.Johann3, 3.Christian2, 1.Moritz1) died between 10 Nov 1399 and 22 Apr 1403.

    Notes:

    Count of Oldenburg.

    Christian married Agnes of Honstein before 29 Aug 1377. Agnes (daughter of Dietrich IV of Honstein and Sophie of Brunswick) was born about 1360; died on 1 Sep 1407. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Dietrich of Oldenburg  Descendancy chart to this point died on 14 Feb 1440 in Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony, Germany; was buried in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.


Generation: 8

  1. 14.  Heilwig of Holstein Descendancy chart to this point (12.Gerhard7, 10.Heinrich6, 8.Gerhard5, 6.Heilwig4, 4.Wilhelm3, 2.Kunigunde2, 1.Moritz1) was born in 1398; died before 11 Nov 1436; was buried in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.

    Notes:

    Countess of Holstein.

    Heilwig married Dietrich of Oldenburg on 23 Nov 1423. Dietrich (son of Christian V of Oldenburg and Agnes of Honstein) died on 14 Feb 1440 in Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony, Germany; was buried in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Feb 1426; died on 21 Mar 1481 in Copenhagen, Denmark; was buried in Roskilde Cathedral, Zealand, Denmark.

  2. 15.  Dietrich of Oldenburg Descendancy chart to this point (13.Christian7, 11.Konrad6, 9.Johann5, 7.Christian4, 5.Johann3, 3.Christian2, 1.Moritz1) died on 14 Feb 1440 in Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony, Germany; was buried in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.

    Notes:

    "Der Glückliche" (the Fortunate). Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst.

    Dietrich married Heilwig of Holstein on 23 Nov 1423. Heilwig (daughter of Gerhard V of Holstein and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg) was born in 1398; died before 11 Nov 1436; was buried in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Feb 1426; died on 21 Mar 1481 in Copenhagen, Denmark; was buried in Roskilde Cathedral, Zealand, Denmark.


 

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