Conrad I, Count of Oldenburg

Count Conrad I of Oldenburg ( documentary attested in 1313 in Oldenburg, † 1347 in Oldenburg) was Count of Oldenburg. His parents were Johann II von Oldenburg and Hedwig of Diepholz.

Life

From 1324 urkundet and he sealed with his older half- brother John III. as the reigning Count, from 1342 alone and from 1345 along with his nephew John IV On January 6, 1345 awarded the two counts of Oldenburg, Bremen's city charter to make Oldenburg as a market for foreign merchants attractive and so by higher customs revenues, the economic base Count the small house to strengthen. Conrad I kept doing the city freedom within narrow limits by, inter alia, a policy of alliances with other cities expressly prohibited. Oldenburg remained despite this freedom privilege firmly embedded in the sovereign authority.

Conrad I was married to Ingeborg of Holstein, the sons of Conrad II and Christian V followed their father after his death as jointly reigning Count.