Conrad I, Count of Oldenburg
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Conrad I of Oldenburg was Count of Oldenburg from 1344 to 1368.
He was the son of John II of Oldenburg
and Hedwig of Diepholz. Conrad married Ingeborg, the daughter of Count Gerard IV of Holstein-Plön. Four children were born of this union:
Conrad I of Oldenburg succeeded his brother John III of Oldenburg in 1344.
Conrad I of Oldenburg is also the male-line ancestor of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and thus of Charles, Prince of Wales
.
He was the son of John II of Oldenburg
John II of Oldenburg
John II of Oldenburg was Count of Oldenburg from 1275 until ca. 1301.He was the son of Christian III, Count of Oldenburg and Hedwig von Oldenburg in Wildeshausen. John married twice, first to Elisabeth, the daughter of John, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg and Liutgard von Holstein-Itzehoe...
and Hedwig of Diepholz. Conrad married Ingeborg, the daughter of Count Gerard IV of Holstein-Plön. Four children were born of this union:
- Conrad II, Count of Oldenburg (d. 1401)
- Gerard of Oldenburg (killed in action 1368 while invading RüstringenRüstringenRüstringen or Rustringen was an old Frisian gau which lay between the modern district Friesland and the Weser river in modern Lower Saxony. Nowadays, only a small part of the original territory remains, namely the Butjadingen peninsula...
) - Agnes of Oldenburg married Count Ludwig von Winstorf
- Christian V, Count of OldenburgChristian V, Count of OldenburgCount Christian V of Oldenburg was the ruling count of Oldenburg from 1398 until his death in 1423. He was born sometime before 1347 to Count Conrad I of Oldenburg and Ingeborg of Brunswick. He married Agnes of Honstein, and through his son and successor Count Dietrich of Oldenburg, descends the...
Conrad I of Oldenburg succeeded his brother John III of Oldenburg in 1344.
Conrad I of Oldenburg is also the male-line ancestor of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
Margrethe II of Denmark
Margrethe II is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of Denmark. In 1972 she became the first female monarch of Denmark since Margaret I, ruler of the Scandinavian countries in 1375-1412 during the Kalmar Union.-Early life:...
, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and thus of Charles, Prince of Wales
Charles, Prince of Wales
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...
.