Christian V, Count of Oldenburg ( – 1399) was the
ruling count of
Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to:
Places
* Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
*Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany
**Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony
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from 1368 until 1398. He was born sometime before 1347 to Count
Conrad I of Oldenburg and Ingeborg of Brunswick. After his father died in 1347, he ruled
Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to:
Places
* Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
*Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany
**Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony
* Ol ...
jointly with his elder brother
Conrad II
Conrad II (, – 4 June 1039), also known as and , was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 until his death in 1039. The first of a succession of four Salian emperors, who reigned for one century until 1125, Conrad ruled the kingdom ...
. In 1403, his son
Christian VI
Christian VI (30 November 1699 – 6 August 1746) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 to 1746. The eldest surviving son of Frederick IV and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, he is considered one of Denmark-Norway's more anonymous kings, bu ...
became joint ruler with his other son
Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg
Dietrich or Theoderic of Oldenburg ( – 14 February 1440) was a feudal lord in Northern Germany, holding the counties of Delmenhorst and Duchy of Oldenburg, Oldenburg. He was called "Fortunatus", as he was able to secure Delmenhorst for hi ...
, and with the son of
Conrad II
Conrad II (, – 4 June 1039), also known as and , was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 until his death in 1039. The first of a succession of four Salian emperors, who reigned for one century until 1125, Conrad ruled the kingdom ...
,
Maurice II
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, who had previously ruled by himself from his father's death in 1401.
He married Agnes of Honstein, and the Danish Royal houses of
Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to:
Places
* Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
*Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany
**Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony
* Ol ...
and
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg descend from him via his son and successor
Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg
Dietrich or Theoderic of Oldenburg ( – 14 February 1440) was a feudal lord in Northern Germany, holding the counties of Delmenhorst and Duchy of Oldenburg, Oldenburg. He was called "Fortunatus", as he was able to secure Delmenhorst for hi ...
. Through the dynastic marriages of his descendants, he is an ancestor of many European Royal houses.
Ancestry
External links
Christian V of Oldenburg
Counts of Oldenburg
1340s births
Year of birth uncertain
14th-century deaths
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