Adolph V, Count of Holstein-Segeberg ( – 1308) was the ruling count of
Holstein-Kiel from 1263 to 1273 and of Holstein-Segeberg from 1273 until his death.
Life
He was the elder of the two sons of Count
John I John I may refer to:
People
* John I (bishop of Jerusalem)
* John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople
* John of Antioch (died 441)
* Pope John I, Pope from 523 to 526
* John I (exarch) (died 615), Exarch of Ravenna
* John ...
of Holstein-Kiel and Elizabeth of
Saxe-Wittenberg.
In 1273, the county was divided between Adolph V and his younger brother
John II on the one hand, and their uncle
Gerhard I Gerard I may refer to:
* Gerard I, Count of Guelders
* Gerard I of Isenburg-Kempenich
* Gerard I of Durbuy
See also
*Girard I of Roussillon
Gerard I (''Girard'' in French and Catalan, ''Gerardo'' in Spanish), called Guinard, was the count of Rous ...
on the other hand. Gerhard I received
Holstein-Itzehoe; Adolph V and John II then divided their share between themselves, with Adolph V receiving the river
Elbe
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and
Great Lake Plön and extensive estates along the Lower Elbe north-west of
Hamburg
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. Adolph V then styled himself "Count of Holstein and Stormarn". He resided at
Siegesburg Castle in
Segeberg, which was the largest castle in the county. His part of the county is called Holstein-Segeberg by historians.
Adolph V died in 1308. Since he had no male heir, Holstein-Segeberg fell to his nephew
Adolph VII, the son of John II. However, Adolph VII was killed in a private revenge in 1315. Holstein-Segeberg then fell to John II. When John II died in 1316, Holstein-Segeberg was divided between the two remaining Count of Holstein:
Gerhard III of
Holstein-Rendsburg and
Adolph VII of
Holstein-Pinneberg and Schaumburg.
Marriage and issue
Adolph V was married to Euphemia (d. after 1316), a daughter of Duke
Bogislaw IV
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Bogislaw was the eldest son of Duke Barnim I by his second wife, Margaretha, sometimes said to be a daughter of King ...
of Pomerania-Wolgast. They had one daughter:
*Elisabeth (d. 1318), married in 1307 to Burchard I, Count of Lindow-Ruppin.
External links
genealogie-mittelalter.de
House of Schauenburg
Counts of Holstein
1252 births
1308 deaths
13th-century German nobility
Place of birth unknown
Place of death unknown
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