Adolf VII (Holstein-Kiel)

Adolf VII (the Mild) (* around 1327 ; † January 26, 1390 ) was Count of Holstein-Kiel (around 1359-1390) and Count of Holstein-Plön (around 1359-1390).

Life

His parents were Johann III. der Milde (* approx. 1297; † September 27, 1359) and Katharina († 1327), daughter of Duke Heinrich III of Glogau . and widow of Margrave Johann V von Brandenburg (1302-1317). His wife was Anna von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (* 1343, † 1415), whom he married in December 1362.

Adolf VII ruled mostly in peace. He increased the share in Holstein left by his father by acquiring the Haseldorfer Marsch , which the Archbishop of Bremen gave him as a pledge in 1375 and 1378, but was later not redeemed and has remained in contact with Holstein ever since.

Adolf VII died on January 26, 1390 without leaving any sons. His stake in Holstein with the island of Fehmarn was taken over by Count Nikolaus von Holstein-Rendsburg and his three nephews. The Counts of the Schauenburg line also asserted inheritance claims, but were compensated by a sum of money and the district of Nienland (Neuland, Herrschaft Herzhorn) as well as some properties on the Elbe, so that from then on all of Holstein, with the exception of the Schauenburg part, was owned by the Rendsburg line was located. At the same time, a contract on mutual inheritance law was concluded between the two lines on this occasion. This essentially consisted in the fact that after the extinction of one of the two lines, its share with all the fiefdoms and possessions acquired for it would hereditarily fall to the other line and all fiefs should be acquired in full.

literature

• Jürgen Bremer: History of Schleswig-Holstein up to the year 1848. Schröder, Kiel 1864, p. 143.