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Hedvig of Holstein [1] (German: Heilwig, [2] Danish: Hedevig; 1398–1436) was a duchess of Schleswig and a countess of Holstein from the family of Schauenburg. She was the mother of King Christian I of Denmark and ancestor of the Danish Royal houses of Oldenburg and Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg .
When Helvig of Schauenburg was born in 1400, in Schleswig, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, her father, Gerhard VI Count of Holstein-Rendsburg, was 33 and her mother, Katherina Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, was 33. She married Balthasar Fürst von Wenden before 18 April 1417.
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Helvig of Schauenburg, also known as Hedwig of Schauenburg, was a duchess of Schleswig and a countess of Holstein from the family of Schauenburg, and ancestor of the Danish Royal houses of Oldenburg and Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
When Countess Helvig of Schauenburg was born in 1395, in Schleswig, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, her father, Gerhard VI Count of Holstein-Rendsburg, was 28 and her mother, Katherina Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, was 28. She married Balthasar Fürst von Wenden before 18 April 1417.
Helvig of Holstein (also known as Hedwig; [1] c. 1259 – c. 1325) was Queen of Sweden as the consort of King Magnus Ladulås. Her parents were Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe (died 1290) and Elisabeth of Mecklenburg (died 1280).
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The Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein were titles of the Holy Roman Empire. The dynastic family came from the County of Schauenburg near Rinteln (district Schaumburg) on the Weser in Germany. Together with its ancestral possessions in Bückeburg and Stadthagen, the House of Schauenburg ruled the County of Schauenburg and the County of Holstein.
