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Gerhard VI (c. 1367–1404) was the Count of Holstein-Rendsburg from 1382, and Duke of Schleswig as of 1386. Gerhard VI was born around 1367, the son of Count Henry II from the Rendsburg line of the House of Schauenburg and Ingeborg of Mecklenburg.
Nov 27, 2023 · Count Henry II of HolsteinRendsburg (nickname Iron Henry c.1317 c.1384) was count of HolsteinRendsburg and pledge lord of Southern Schleswig. He ruled jointly with his younger brother, Count Nicholas (d. 1397). Henry was the elder son of Count Gerhard III and Sophia of Werle. Henry was a majo
Gerhard III of Holstein-Rendsburg (c. 1292 – 1 April 1340), sometimes called Gerhard the Great, and in Denmark also known as Count Gert or den kullede greve ("the bald count"), was a German prince from the Schauenburg family who ruled Holstein-Rendsburg and a large part of Denmark during the interregnum of 1332–40.
Brief Life History of Ingeborg of Mecklenburg. When Ingeborg of Mecklenburg was born in 1336, in Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, her father, Albert II Duke of Mecklenburg, was 18 and her mother, Euphemia of Sweden, was 19. She married Henry II Count of Holstein-Rendsburg in 1366, in Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Gerhard was the third son of Dietrich of Oldenburg and his wife, Helvig of Schauenburg. His eldest brother first succeeded their father and later was elected King Christian I of Denmark in 1448, therefore passing on the county to his brothers in 1450. From 1440 to 1463 Gerhard VI ruled in Delmenhorst as regent and from 1464 to 1482 (after the ...
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He was the second son of Count Adolf IV of Holstein and Heilwig of Lippe . When his father retired to a monastery in 1238, he ruled the Holstein jointly with his elder brother John I, initially under the guardianship of their brother-in-law the Duke Abel of Schleswig. When they came of age, the brothers took up government and continue their ...
