Elimar I, Count of Oldenburg


Elimar I was the first Count of Oldenburg and reigned from c.1091 to 1108.
Elimar married Rixa, who according to the Annals of Stade was the daughter of Dedi or Adalger, and according to the same source, her mother was Ida of Elthorp.
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.
Elimar was succeeded by his son Elimar II.

Legacy

Elimar is the patrilineal ancestor of the House of Oldenburg, which has ruled as monarchs of Denmark continuously since 1448, and also as counts, dukes, kings, or emperors of Norway, Sweden, Russia, Oldenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Lauenburg, and Greece.
Present-day patrilineal descendants of Elimar include: