Gerhard II (Holstein-Plön)
Gerhard II (* 1254 ; † October 28, 1312 ), known as the blind, was Count of Holstein-Plön .
Life
He was the second son of Gerhard I von Holstein-Itzehoe and Elisabeth von Mecklenburg .
When his father died in 1290, his father's county was so divided up among the sons still alive that Gerhard II was Count of Holstein-Plön from 1290 , while his younger brothers Adolf VI. ruled as Count of Holstein-Schauenburg and Heinrich I as Count of Holstein-Rendsburg .
seal
(see fig.) Inscription: S (IGILLUM) * GERARDI * COMITIS * HOLTSACIE * ET * IN * SCHOWENBURCH (seal of Gerhards Graf von Holstein and in Schauenburg)
Marriages and offspring
On December 12, 1275, he married the Swedish princess Ingeborg (* approx. 1262, † approx. 1290/93), a daughter of Waldemar I. Birgerson of Sweden, and had the following children with her:
- Catharina (* around 1276; † before 1300), married to Otto I of Pomerania
- Gerhard IV. (* Around 1277; † 1312) Count of Holstein-Plön
- Waldemar (* around 1279; † July 29, 1306) Count of Holstein-Schauenburg, died after the Second Battle of Uetersen
- Elisabeth (* around 1282; † July 20, 1318 or 1319)
In 1293 Gerhard married Agnes von Brandenburg and had a son with her:
- Johann III. (* around 1297 - † September 27, 1359), from 1312 Count von Holstein in Kiel.
ancestry
Adolf III. (Schauenburg and Holstein) (1160–1225) Count of Schauenburg and Holstein |
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Adolf IV. (Schauenburg and Holstein) (1205–1261) Count of Schauenburg and Holstein |
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Adelheid of Querfurt | |||||||||||||
Gerhard I (Holstein-Itzehoe) (1232-1290) Count of Holstein-Itzehoe |
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Hermann II (Lippe) | |||||||||||||
Heilwig von der Lippe | |||||||||||||
Oda of Tecklenburg | |||||||||||||
Gerhard II. (Holstein-Plön) (1254–1312) Count of Holstein-Plön |
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Heinrich Borwin II. (Mecklenburg) | |||||||||||||
Johann I (Mecklenburg) | |||||||||||||
Christine of Sweden | |||||||||||||
Elisabeth of Mecklenburg | |||||||||||||
Poppo VII von Henneberg | |||||||||||||
Luitgart von Henneberg | |||||||||||||
Elisabeth von WILDBERG | |||||||||||||
swell
- Johann Friedrich Camerer : Mixed historical-political news in letters from some strange areas of the duchies Schleßwig and Hollstein, their natural history and other rare antiquities. Volume 2. Korte, Flensburg et al. 1762.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Gerhard I. |
Count of Holstein-Plön 1290 - 1312 |
Gerhard IV. |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gerhard II. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Holstein-Plön |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1254 |
DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1312 |