Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg

Gerhard VI "the Quarrelsome"
Count of Oldenburg
Coat of arms of Gerhard VI
Spouse(s)	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
Noble family	House of Oldenburg
Father	Dietrich of Oldenburg
Mother	Helvig of Schauenburg
Born	1430
Died	22 February 1500 (aged 69–70)

Gerhard VI "the Quarrelsome", Count of Oldenburg (German: Gerhard (Gerd) der Mutige von Oldenburg; 1430 – 22 February 1500) was a Count of Oldenburg and regent of Bad Zwischenahn in 1440–1482.

Gerhard was the third son of Dietrich of Oldenburg and his wife, Helvig of Schauenburg. His eldest brother succeeded their father as Christian VI but was elected King Christian I of Denmark in 1448, therefore passing on the county to his brothers in 1450. In 1440–1463 Gerhard VI ruled in Delmenhorst as regent and in 1464–1482 (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.

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, Earl of Harlingerland.
• Hedwig of Oldenburg (d. 22 February 1502); married in 1498 Edo Wimken II of Jever (1468^[1] - 19 April 1511); had issue, including Maria of Jever.
• Adelheid of Oldenburg (d. 1513); married in 1503 Dietrich III of Plesse.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg

16. John II, Count of Oldenburg               8. Conrad I, Count of Oldenburg                       17. Hedwig of Diepholz               4. Christian V, Count of Oldenburg                             18. Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön               9. Ingeborg of Itzehoe                       19. Anastasia of Wittenberg               2. Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg                                   20. Dietrich III, Count of Hohnstein-Klettenberg               10. Dietrich V, Count of Hohnstein-Heringen                       21. Elisabeth of Waldeck               5. Agnes of Hohnstein-Heringen                             22. Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (=28)               11. Sophie of Brunswick                       23. Sophia of Brandenburg-Stendal (=29)               1. Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg                                         24. Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg               12. Henry II, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg                       25. Sophie of Mecklenburg-Werle               6. Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg                             26. Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg               13. Ingeborg of Mecklenburg-Schwerin                       27. Euphemia of Sweden               3. Helvig of Schauenburg                                   28. Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (=22)               14. Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg                       29. Sophia of Brandenburg-Stendal (=23)               7. Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg                             30. Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg               15. Catherine of Anhalt-Bernburg                       31. Agnes of Saxe-Wittebberg

References

1. http://www.medievalcoinage.com/saurma/someoldcoins.org/saur/g/r598.htm