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
Died	c. 1314/1316
Noble family	House of Oldenburg
Spouse(s)	;
	Issue ; ; Conrad I ; ; Gisela, Countess of Hoya
Father	Christian III, Count of Oldenburg
Mother

John II of Oldenburg (German: Johann II. 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 and Hedwig von Oldenburg in Wildeshausen.^[1] John married twice. His first marriage was to , the daughter of John, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg and . His second marriage was to Countess .^[2]

John had five children:

, married Mechtild (Matilda) of Bronckhorst
Conrad I, Count of Oldenburg
(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

References[]

^ 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.

Regnal titles
John II, Count of Oldenburg House of Oldenburg Died: 1314 or 1316
Preceded by Christian III	Count of Oldenburg 1275–1301/05	Succeeded by with

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