- 1st Count of Oldenburg
- Founder of the House of Oldenburg
Count Egilmar I von Oldenburg was born circa 1040 in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany and died circa 1108 Schloss Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany of unspecified causes. He married Richenza von Dithmarschen (c1045-c1092) 1069 JL in Germany.
House of Oldenburg Coat of Arms
History
We first hear of Count Egilmar I in a 1091 document. Here Archbishop Liemar of Hamburg-Bremem refers to an earlier court hearing where Egilmar is "still growing up at the time".
In a 1108 document, probably written by his own brother, describes Egilmar I as "comes in confinio Saxonie et Frisie potens et manens", i.e. as a powerful count living on the border between Saxony and Friesland. For a fee of 90 bunch eels he accepted into the prayer society of the Iburg monastery. It also mentions the famous Schloss Oldenburg ("the old castle") for the first time.
His wife Richenza von Dithmarschen (c1045-c1092) appears also in several key charters of the time and it appears that her family played a very influential role in Egilmar's rise to power.
Schloss Oldenburg
Oldenburg Palace
Schloss Oldenburg (AKA: Oldenburg palace) is based a medieval lowland castle that was built around 1100 by the Counts of Oldenburg to control a long-distance trade route from Westphalia to East Frisia. It has long served as the seat of power for the historic House of Oldenburg. The earliest recorded occupants were Egilmar I von Oldenburg (c1040-1108) and his wife, Richenza von Dithmarschen (c1045-c1092).
Marriage and Children
Elimar and Rixa had three children, including Elimar II, who succeeded him as Count of Oldenburg.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Johann I von Oldenburg (1070-1091) | |||
| Egilmar II. von Oldenburg (c1070-aft1142) | 1070 | 1142 | Eilika von Werl-Rietberg (c1103-c1150) |
| Gertrud von Oldenburg (1074-1108) | |||
| Christian von Oldenburg (1085-1153) | |||
Siblings
Residences
See Also
Vital Records
Charter of 1108
The name of Elimar is found in a charter dating from 1108. His wife claimed that he was descended from Wittekind, a notable defender of the Saxons and the chief opponent of Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars of 777 to 785, but there is no further evidence for this.[1]
Numerous family members of Count Egilmar I emerge from the document from 1108. Present were his wife Riche(n)za, his sons Christian and Egilmar II, his daughter Gertrud and his brother, the cleric Giselbert.
External Links
- Egilmar Oldenburg
- Oldenburg Family
- Oldenburg in Lower Saxony
- wikipedia:en:Elimar I, Count of Oldenburg
- Egilmar I Graf in Lerigau at thePeerage
- Egilmar I, Count of Oldenburg, Geni.com, https://www.geni.com/people/Egilmar-I-Count-of-Oldenburg/6000000004533774249, retrieved 01 Dec 2024
- Egilmar I, Count of Oldenburg, FamilySearch.org, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/GQVY-5J9, retrieved 01 Dec 2024
- EGILMAR [I (-1108 or after).], Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/OLDENBURG.htm#EgilmarIOldenburgdied1108, retrieved 08 Dec 2024
References
- ^ The Athenæum (1894), p. 494
Sources
- Ǿstergård, Uffe (2015). "Nation-Building and Nationalism in the Oldenburg Empire". Nationalizing Empires. Central European University Press. pp. 461–510.
- Hans Friedl et al. (editors): Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte des Landes Oldenburg. (Biographical handbook on the history of the state of Oldenburg), publisher: Isensee-Verlag, Oldenburg 1992, p. 166, 338, ISBN 3-89442-135-5.
- Bernd Ulrich Hucker: Brudermord im Hause Oldenburg – Kampf um Herrschaft und Macht im 12. Jahrhundert, in: Die frühen Oldenburger Grafen (Fratricide in the house of Oldenburg - struggle for rule and power in the 12th century, in: The early Oldenburg counts), p. 47–64, with comprehensive references to older literature, pp. 64–68. Publisher: Isensee-Verlag, Oldenburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89995-534-7.
- Dieter Riemer: Graf Huno auf der Spur. In: Die frühen Oldenburger Grafen. (On the Trail of Count Huno, in: The Early Oldenburg Counts.), p. 6–46. Isensee-Verlag, Oldenburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89995-534-7.
- Dieter Riemer: Grafen und Herren im Erzstift Bremen im Spiegel der Geschichte Lehes. (Counts and lords in the archbishopric of Bremen reflected in the history of Lehe.), dissertation phil. Oldenburg, publisher: W. Mauke Söhne, Hamburg-Bremerhaven 1995, ISBN 3-923-725-89-2
Succession Charts
Egilmar I von Oldenburg (c1040-1108)
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| Regnal titles | ||
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| New title | Count of Oldenburg 1091–1108 |
Succeeded by Elimar II |