Gerhard IV ( – 1323), was Count of

Holstein-Plön Holstein-Plön was the name of a county ruled by the House of Schauenburg that ruled in Holstein and Stormarn from 1110/11. The county emerged before 1295 when the County of Holstein-Itzehoe was partitioned after the death of Count Gerhard I of ...

from 1312 until his death.

Life

He was the eldest son of Gerhard II and his wife, Ingeborg of Sweden. He inherited

; on 7 June 1314, he sold most of his inheritance to his brother John III.

Marriage and issue

He married on 30 July 1313 to Anastasia of Schwerin ( – after 1316), a daughter of Nicholas I of Schwerin, and had the following children with her: * Gerhard V of

( – 22 September 1350), canon at Lübeck Cathedral, potential future Count of Holstein-Plön until his early death. File:Seal_Gerhard_V._(Holstein-Plön)_01.jpg, Seal of Gerhard V File:Seal_Gerhard_V._(Holstein-Plön)_02.jpg, Seal of Gerhard V File:Seal_Gerhard_V._(Holstein-Plön)_03.jpg, Seal of Gerhard V * Ingeborg ( – after 1349), married to Count Conrad I Oldenburg; they were parents of

Christian V, Count of Oldenburg Christian V, Count of Oldenburg (sometimes called ''Christian VI''; – after 6 April 1399) was the ruling count of Oldenburg from 1368 until 1398. He was born sometime before 1347 to Count Conrad I of Oldenburg and Ingeborg of Brunswick. ...

Seals

An early seal from his time as Provost of Lübeck reads:

"Seal of Gerhard, provost of Lübeck by the grace of God" File:Seal_Gerhard_IV._(Holstein-Plön)_02.jpg, Seal of Gerhard IV File:Seal_Gerhard_IV._(Holstein-Plön)_04.jpg, Seal of Gerhard IV File:Seal_Gerhard_IV._(Holstein-Plön)_05.jpg, Seal of Gerhard IV

Ancestors

References

* Verein für Lübecksche Geschichte und Alterthumskunde: ''Siegel des Mittelalters aus den Archiven der Stadt Lübeck'', Lübeck, 1862-1865 Plön Counts of Holstein House of Schauenburg 1277 births 1323 deaths 13th-century German nobility 14th-century German nobility {{Germany-noble-stub