From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg
Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg
Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg
Regnal titles
Preceded by Count of Oldenburg Succeeded by
Christian VI 1448–1483 Adolph
Family and children
In 1453 he married with Adelheid of Tecklenburg (ca.
1435 – 2 March 1477), daughter of Count Otto VIII of
Tecklenburg. They had eleven children:
1. Gerhard (1454–1470)
2. Dietrich (ca. 1456 – 1463)
3. Adolph, Count of Oldenburg (1458 – 17 February
1500)
4. Christian (1459 – 27 May 1492)
Count Gerhard VI "the Quarrelsome" of Oldenburg (Ger- 5. John (1460 – 10 February 1526)
man: Gerhard (Gerd) der Mutige von Oldenburg) (1430 – 22 6. Otto (d. 17 February 1500), a canon of Bremen
February 1500) was a Count of Oldenburg and regent of Cathedral Chapter
Bad Zwischenahn in 1440–1482. 7. Elisabeth (1468 – 12 September 1505)
Gerhard was the third son of Count Dietrich of Olden- 8. Anna (1469 – 26 September 1505)
burg and his wife Helvig of Schauenburg. His eldest 9. Irmgard, married to Hero Oomkens von Esens
brother succeeded their father as Christian VI but was 10. Hedwig (d. 22 February 1502, married in 1498 to Edo
elected King Christian I of Denmark in 1448, therefore Wimken II zu Jever
passing on the county to his brothers in 1450. In 11. Adelheid (d. 1513), married in 1503 to Dietrich III von
1440–1463 Gerhard VI ruled in Delmenhorst as regent Plesse
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 Ancestry
Frisians. In 1483 Gerhard was compelled to abdicate in fa-
vor of his sons, and he died whilst on a pilgrimage in the
Rhône river valley.
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