Elimar I, Count of Oldenburg
Elimar I | |
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Count of Oldenburg | |
| Reign | c. 1091-1108 |
| Successor | Elimar II, Count of Oldenburg |
| Born | c. 1060 |
| Died | 1112 |
| Noble family | House of Oldenburg |
| Spouse(s) | Richenza |
| Issue | Christian Elimar II, Count of Oldenburg Gertrud |
Egilmar I
History
Count Egilmar I is mentioned for the first time as a witness in a document from Archbishop
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.
Elimar's wife Richenza (also called Rikissa or Rixa) was the daughter of Dedi or Adalger, according to the (1043–1072), the archdiocese to which Oldenburg belonged, which would have favored the rise of her husband and descendants.
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.[4]
Elimar and Rixa had three children, including Elimar II, who succeeded him as Count of Oldenburg.
References
- ^ ...Comes Egilmarus... (Oldenburgisches Urkundenbuch (1926), II, 15, p. 8.)
- ^ Ǿstergård 2015, p. 461.
- ^ Donald C. Jackman, Canes palatini: Dynastic Transplantation and the Cult of St Simeon, p. 8
- ^ The Athenæum (1894), p. 494
Sources
- Ǿstergård, Uffe (2015). "Nation-Building and Nationalism in the Oldenburg Empire". In Berger, Stefan; Miller, Alexei (eds.). 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
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