Christian V, Count of Oldenburg

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Christian V, Count of Oldenburg (c.1342 1399) was the ruling count of Oldenburg 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 jointly with his elder brother Conrad II. In 1403, his son Christian VI became joint ruler with his other son Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, and with the son of Conrad II, Maurice II, who had previously ruled by himself from his father's death in 1401.

Christian V
Christian V of Oldenburg
Count of Oldenburg
Reign
1368–1398
Predecessor
Conrad I with
John IV
Successor
Conrad II
Bornc.1342
Died1399
Noble familyHouse of Oldenburg
SpouseAgnes of Honstein
Issue
Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg
FatherConrad I of Oldenburg
MotherIngeborg of Brunswick

He married Agnes of Honstein, and the Danish Royal houses of Oldenburg and Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg descend from him via his son and successor Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg. Through the dynastic marriages of his descendants, he is an ancestor of many European Royal houses.






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