Background
Elimar married Rixa (also called Rikissa and Richenza), who according to the annals of Stade was the daughter of Dedi or Adalger and may have been the heiress to Oldenburg.
Elimar married Rixa (also called Rikissa and Richenza), who according to the annals of Stade was the daughter of Dedi or Adalger and may have been the heiress to Oldenburg.
The name of Elimar is found in a charter dating from 1108. Helyas may have married thirdly Beatrix of Cleves, daughter of Rutger II of Cleves, and with her is said to have had a further son, Dietrich. But evidence of this has not been foundation
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 Margrethe II of Denmark, Harald V of Norway, Constantine II of Greece, Charles, Prince of Wales, heir to the throne of the United Kingdom, Christopher, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Elimar"s current senior male line descendant.
