6. John Earl of Oldenburgh.
JOHN, eldest Son of Christian, was Earl of Oldenburgh; who, with the help and assistance of his Kindred, built a stately Church at Aurich in Broickmerland. He married Anne Countess of Hoien, and had by her
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JOHN, eldest Son of Christian, was Earl of Oldenburgh; who, with the help and assistance of his Kindred, built a stately Church at Aurich in Broickmerland. He married Anne Countess of Hoien, and had by her
three Sons, John, Christian, and Otho: JOHN succeeded his Father in the Earldom of Oldenburgh; CHRISTI∣AN, second Son, was a Pious, Affable, Learned, and Eloquent Prince; and having studied at Paris, became the Moecenas of his Age: The County of Dalmenhorst was allotted him for his Inheritance, which he left to his Poste∣rity that he gat on Gertrude of Merca∣na his Wife, viz. Christian his eldest Son, joyned in Matrimony to Luit∣gardis Countess of Bronckhorst; and Otho, married to Margaret Countess of Bentheme, both living in the year 1360. OTHO, youngest Son of John and Anne, was a Canon in the Cathe∣dral Church of Bremeu.