Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg
{{Short description|Count of Oldenburg}}
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| name = Gerhard VI "the Quarrelsome"
| title = Count of Oldenburg
| image = Blason Gérard VI (1430-1500), comte d'Oldenbourg et de Delmenhorst.svg
| caption = Coat of arms of Gerhard VI
| noble family = House of Oldenburg
| father = Dietrich of Oldenburg
| mother = Hedvig of Holstein
| spouse = Adelheid of Tecklenburg
| issue = Gerhard of Oldenburg
Dietrich of Oldenburg
Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
Christian of Oldenburg
John V, Count of Oldenburg
Otto of Oldenburg
Elisabeth of Oldenburg
Anna of Oldenburg
Irmgard von Esens, Countess of Harlingerland
Hedwig of Oldenburg
Adelheid of Oldenburg
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| death_date = 22 February {{death year and age|1500|1430}}
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Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg ({{Langx|de|Gerhard (Gerd) der Mutige von Oldenburg}}; 1430 – 22 February 1500) was a Count of Oldenburg and regent of Bad Zwischenahn in 1440–1482.{{cite web|url= https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd138742537.html#ndbcontent |title= Gerhard (Gerd) VI. der Mutige
|website= Deutsche Biographie|access-date=1 August 2020}}
Biography
Gerhard was the third son of Dietrich of Oldenburg and his wife, Hedvig of Holstein. His eldest brother first succeeded their father and later was elected King Christian I of Denmark in 1448, therefore passing on the county to his brothers in 1450. From 1440 to 1463 Gerhard VI ruled in Delmenhorst as regent and from 1464 to 1482 (after the death of his brother Maurice) as the guardian of his nephew Jakob. He was constantly at war with Gerhard III, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, and Frisians. In 1483 Gerhard was compelled to abdicate in favor of his sons, and he died whilst on a pilgrimage in the Rhône valley.
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|title= Christian I. (König von Dänemark, Norwegen und Schweden)|website= Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie|access-date=1 August 2020}}
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)
- Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (1458 – 17 February 1500)
- Christian of Oldenburg (1459 – 27 May 1492)
- John V, Count of Oldenburg (1460 – 10 February 1526)
- Otto of Oldenburg (d. 17 February 1500), a canon of Bremen Cathedral Chapter
- Elisabeth of Oldenburg (1468 – 12 September 1505)
- Anna of Oldenburg (1469 – 26 September 1505)
- Irmgard of Oldenburg; married Hero Oomkens von Esens, Lord of Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund.
- Hedwig of Oldenburg (d. 22 February 1502); married in 1498 Edo Wimken II of Jever (1468{{Cite web|url=http://saurma.info/g/r598.htm|title = Edo Wimken 1468-1511}} - 19 April 1511); had issue, including Maria of Jever.
- Adelheid of Oldenburg (d. 1513); married in 1503 Dietrich III of Plesse.
Ancestry
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|1= 1. Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg
|2= 2. Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg
|3= 3. Hedvig of Holstein
|4= 4. Christian V, Count of Oldenburg
|5= 5. Agnes of Hohnstein-Heringen
|6= 6. Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg
|7= 7. Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg
|8= 8. Conrad I, Count of Oldenburg
|9= 9. Ingeborg of Itzehoe
|10= 10. Dietrich V, Count of Hohnstein-Heringen
|11= 11. Sophie of Brunswick
|12= 12. Henry II, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg
|13= 13. Ingeborg of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
|14= 14. Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
|15= 15. Catherine of Anhalt-Bernburg
|16= 16. John II, Count of Oldenburg
|17= 17. Hedwig of Diepholz
|18= 18. Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön
|19= 19. Anastasia of Wittenberg
|20= 20. Dietrich III, Count of Hohnstein-Klettenberg
|21= 21. Elisabeth of Waldeck
|22= 22. Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (=28)
|23= 23. Sophia of Brandenburg-Stendal (=29)
|24= 24. Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg
|25= 25. Sophie of Mecklenburg-Werle
|26= 26. Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg
|27= 27. Euphemia of Sweden
|28= 28. Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (=22)
|29= 29. Sophia of Brandenburg-Stendal (=23)
|30= 30. Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
|31= 31. Agnes of Saxe-Wittebberg
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References
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Other sources
- Hartmut Platte (2006) as Haus Oldenburg (Börde-Verlag, Werl) {{ISBN|3-9810315-4-7}}
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