Emilie of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst

Emilie Antonia of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst (15 June 1614 in Delmenhorst – 4 December 1670 in Rudolstadt), was Princess consort of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, and then regent of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt during the minority of her son Albert Anton from 1646 to 1662.

Emilie of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
Born	(1614-06-15)15 June 1614 Delmenhorst
Died	4 December 1670(1670-12-04) (aged 56) Rudolstadt
Noble family	House of Oldenburg
Spouse(s)	Louis Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Father	Anthony II, Count of Oldenburg
Mother	Sibylle Elisabeth of Brunswick-Dannenberg

Life

Emilie was the daughter of Count Anthony II of Oldenburg and his wife Sibylle Elisabeth of Brunswick-Dannenberg.

She married on 4 February 1638 to Count Louis Günther I of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

When her husband died in 1646, she took up government as guardian and regent for her son, Albert Anton. She was 32 when she took up the regency, and ruled until her son came of age in 1662.

Emilie gave her children a religious education along the lines promoted by the Virtuous Society. She hired the author Ahasverus Fritsch to act as her Hofmeister. During her son's rule, Fritsch eventually rose to the post of Chancellor.

Emilie died on 4 December 1670 in Rudolstadt.

Issue

From her marriage to Louis Günther I of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, the following children were born:

• Sophie Juliane (1639-1672)
• Ludmilla Elisabeth (1640-1672)
• Albert Anton (1641-1710)
• Christiane Magdalene (1642-1672)
• Maria Susanna (1646-1688)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Emilie of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst

16. Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg 8. John V, Count of Oldenburg 17. Adelheid of Tecklenburg 4. Anthony I, Count of Oldenburg 18. George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau 9. Anna of Anhalt-Zerbst 19. Anna of Lindow-Ruppin 2. Anthony II, Count of Oldenburg 20. John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 10. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 21. Dorothea of Brandenburg 5. Sophie of Saxe-Lauenburg 22. Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 11. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 23. Catherine of Pomerania 1. Emilie of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst 24. Henry I of Lüneburg 12. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 25. Margarete of Saxony 6. Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg 26. Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg 13. Sophia of Mecklenburg 27. Ursula of Brandenburg 3. Sibylle Elisabeth of Brunswick-Dannenberg 28. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (= 10) 14. Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 29. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (= 11) 7. Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg 30. Henry IV, Duke of Saxony 15. Sibylle of Saxony 31. Catherine of Mecklenburg

See also

• House of Schwarzburg
• Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

References

• Friedrich Apfelstedt: Das Haus Kevernburg-Schwarzburg von seinem Ursprunge bis auf unsere Zeit: dargestellt in den Stammtafeln seiner Haupt- und Nebenlinien und mit biographischen Notizen über die wichtigsten Glieder derselben, Bertram, Sondershausen, 1890, ISBN 3-910132-29-4
• Horst Fleischer, Hans Herz, Lutz Unbehaun and Frank Esche: Die Grafen von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Albrecht VII. bis Albert Anton, Thüringer Landesmuseum Heidecksburg, Rudolstadt, 2000, ISBN 3910013406