Gerhard VI (c. 1367–1404) was the Count of
Holstein-Rendsburg from 1382, and
Duke of Schleswig
The following is a list of earl, jarls and dukes, who ruled over Schleswig respectively Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland).
First jarls/dukes
House of Estridsen (1080–1375)
House of Schauenburg (1325-1459)
Under domain of Oldenburg
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as of 1386.
Gerhard VI was born around 1367, the son of Count
Henry II
Henry II may refer to:
Kings
* Saint Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (972–1024), crowned King of Germany in 1002, of Italy in 1004 and Emperor in 1014
*Henry II of England (1133–89), reigned from 1154
*Henry II of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1271–1 ...
from the Rendsburg line of the
House of Schauenburg
The House of Schaumburg was a dynasty of German rulers. Until , it was also known as the House of Schauenburg. Together with its ancestral possession, the County of Schaumburg, the family also ruled the County of Holstein and its partitions Hols ...
and
Ingeborg of Mecklenburg. After the death, in 1381 or 1384, of his father, who had ruled jointly with Gerhard's uncle
Nicholas (Claus), Gerhard and his younger brother
Albert II entered into the joint government for their late father. On 15 September 1386 King
Olav III of Denmark enfeoffed him with the
Duchy of Schleswig
The Duchy of Schleswig (; ; ; ; ; ) was a duchy in Southern Jutland () covering the area between about 60 km (35 miles) north and 70 km (45 mi) south of the current border between Germany and Denmark. The territory has been div ...
, after his uncle Nicholas had resigned from that function.
In 1390 Gerhard and his brother and uncle inherited
Holstein-Kiel
The imperial county of Holstein-Kiel was a line of the counts of Schauenburg and Holstein, House of Schauenburg and Holstein from 1261 to 1390.
History
The County of Holstein was ruled until 1238 by Adolphus IV of Schauenburg and Holstein. When ...
, including the merged
Plön
Plön (; ) is the district seat of the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and has about 8,700 inhabitants. It lies right on the shores of Schleswig-Holstein's biggest lake, the Great Plön Lake, as well as on several smaller lakes, ...
, whose line had been extinct in 1350. After their uncle Nicholas had died in 1397 the brothers divided their possessions, the elder keeping Schleswig and Holstein-Rendsburg, and Albert II receiving Holstein-Segeberg as
secundogeniture
A secundogeniture (from 'following, second', and 'born') was a dependent territory given to a younger son of a princely house and his descendants, creating a cadet branch.Luard, Evan. The Balance of Power: The System of International Relations, ...
. In 1403 Gerhard regained Segeberg by way of
reversion upon Albert's death in action against
Ditmarsh, thus ruling almost the whole of
Holstein
Holstein (; ; ; ; ) is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider (river), Eider. It is the southern half of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost States of Germany, state of Germany.
Holstein once existed as the German County of Holstein (; 8 ...
except of
Holstein-Pinneberg. The Duchy of Schleswig and the County of Holstein-Rendsburg were then under one ruler. He fell in the Battle on the Hamme on 4 August 1404 during another attempt to subjugate Ditmarsh.
Family
In 1391 Gerhard married
Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, daughter of
Magnus II of Brunswick-Lüneburg. They had the following children:
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Henry IV (b. 1397; d. 1427), Duke of Schleswig, Count of Holstein
*
Ingeborg (b. 1398; d. 1465), abbess of Vadstena
*
Hedvig
Hedvig is a given name of German origin, derived from ''hadu'' ("battle, combat") and ''wig'' ("fight, duel"). Notable people with the name include:
People
*Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie (1732–1800), Swedish noblewoman of French descent
*Hedvig ...
(b. ca. 1400; d. ca. 1436), married
Dietrich of Oldenburg, mother of
Christian I, King of Denmark.
*
Adolphus VIII (b. 1401; d. 1459), Duke of Schleswig, Count of Holstein
*
Gerhard VII (b. 1404; d. 1433), Duke of Schleswig, Count of Holstein
See also
*
List of rulers of Schleswig-Holstein
Sources
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Counts of Holstein
Dukes of Schleswig
House of Schauenburg
1360s births
1404 deaths