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John II, Count of Oldenburg
John II
of Oldenburg
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
. John married
twice
. His first marriage was to
Elisabeth
,
the daughter
of
John, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg
and
Liutgard von Holstein-Itzehoe
. His
second marriage
was to Countess
Hedwig of Diepholz
.
John had five children:
Christian IV, Count of Oldenburg
John III, Count of Oldenburg
, married Mechtild of Bronckhorst
Conrad I, Count of Oldenburg
Maurice of Oldenburg
, Dean of
Bremen Cathedral
,
Diocesan Administrator
of the
Archdiocese of Bremen
, Archbishop Elect of Bremen and
coadjutor
of Bremen
Gisela
of Oldenburg; married
Gerhard III, Count of Hoya
John
II
of Oldenburg is also the patriline ancestor of
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
,
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
, and thus of
Charles, Prince of Wales
and
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
.
