John II, Count of Oldenburg

John II of Oldenburg
John II of Oldenburg
Count of Oldenburg
Reign	1272 - c. 1301
Predecessor	Christian III, Count of Oldenburg
Successor	John III, Count of Oldenburg
Died	c. 1314/1316
Noble family	House of Oldenburg
Spouses	Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lunenburg; Hedwig of Diepholz
Issue	Christian IV ; John III ; Conrad I ; Maurice of Oldenburg ; Gisela, Countess of Hoya
Father	Christian III, Count of Oldenburg
Mother	Hedwig von Oldenburg or Jutta of Bentheim

John II, Count of Oldenburg (German: Johann II. Graf von Oldenburg; died c. 1314 or 1316) was Count of Oldenburg from 1275 until around 1301. He was the son of Christian III, Count of Oldenburg. His mother was either Hedwig von Oldenburg in Wildeshausen^[1] or Jutta of Bentheim.

Marriages and issue

John married twice. His first marriage was to Elisabeth, the daughter of John, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Liutgard von Holstein-Itzehoe. His second marriage was to Countess Hedwig of Diepholz.^[2] John had five children:

Christian IV, Count of Oldenburg (de)
John III, Count of Oldenburg (de), married Mechtild (Matilda) of Bronckhorst
Conrad I, Count of Oldenburg
Maurice of Oldenburg (de), (killed in action in 1368 near Blexen), Dean (Domdechant) of Bremen Cathedral, Diocesan Administrator of the Archdiocese of Bremen (1345–1362), Archbishop Elect of Bremen (1348, papally refused) and coadjutor of Bremen (1348–1360)^[3]
Gisela of Oldenburg; married Gerhard III, Count of Hoya (de)

↑ http://thepeerage.com/p780.htm#i7799 The Peerage
↑ http://www.jmarcussen.dk/historie/reference/oldenburg.html Rulers of Oldenburg
↑ Adolf Hofmeister, "Adel, Bauern und Stände", in: Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser: 3 vols., Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg and Heinz-Joachim Schulze (eds.), Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 1995 and 2008, vol. I 'Vor- und Frühgeschichte' (1995; ISBN 978-3-9801919-7-5), vol. II 'Mittelalter (einschl. Kunstgeschichte)' (1995; ISBN 978-3-9801919-8-2), vol. III 'Neuzeit' (2008; ISBN 978-3-9801919-9-9), (=Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; vols. 7–9), vol. II: pp. 195-240, here p. 211.