John II, Count of Oldenburg explained

John II of Oldenburg

Succession:	Count of Oldenburg
Reign:	1272 -
Predecessor:	Christian III, Count of Oldenburg
Successor:	John III, Count of Oldenburg
Spouse:	Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lunenburg Hedwig of Diepholz
Issue:	Christian IV John III Conrad I Maurice of Oldenburg Gisela, Countess of Hoya
Noble Family:	House of Oldenburg
Father:	Christian III, Count of Oldenburg
Mother:	Hedwig von Oldenburgor Jutta of Bentheim
Religion:	Roman Catholic

John II, Count of Oldenburg (de|Johann II. Graf von Oldenburg; died) was Count of Oldenburg from 1275 until around 1301. He was the son of Christian III, Count of Oldenburg. His mother was either Hedwig von Oldenburg in Wildeshausen^[1] or Jutta of Bentheim.

Marriages and issue

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.^[2] John had five children:

Christian IV, Count of Oldenburg
John III, Count of Oldenburg, married Mechtild (Matilda) of Bronckhorst
Conrad I, Count of Oldenburg
Maurice 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 Gerhard III, Count of Hoya

Notes and 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;), vol. II 'Mittelalter (einschl. Kunstgeschichte)' (1995;), vol. III 'Neuzeit' (2008;), (=Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; vols. 7–9), vol. II: pp. 195-240, here p. 211.