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CHRISTIAN, the eldest Son of Elimarus the second, succeeded his Father, and was Earl of Olden∣burgh; who being powerful, and in∣defatigable in carrying on the fatigue of War, joyned himself with the Prin∣ces of the Empire, to oppose the Inte∣rest of Henry, sirnamed the Lyon, Ele∣ctor of Sarony; and by the assistance of the Frisians, demolish'd the Castle of Weige, and took Bremen: But afterwards, inclosing himself in his Castle of Oldenburgh, he was surroun∣ded
by Duke Henry with a great Ar∣my, and besieged; where he fell sick, and died; giving order before his death, that with all privacy they should keep his departure secret, which they did, 'till the Leaguer broke up, and the Town was relieved. He left behind him, by the last Countess of Loken, two Sons; CHRISTIAN his eldest, who succeeded him, and was Earl of Oldenburgh; who, as he was travelling towards Jerusalem, was base∣ly murther'd, having no Issue; and MAURICE after the death of his Bro∣ther (to which some say he was privy) Earl of Oldenburgh.