Holstein-Rendsburg

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Holstein-Rendsburg and neighboring areas around 1400


Arose from the county of Holstein-Itzehoe by division of inheritance in 1290.
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Today's region / s DE-SH / DE-HH






Incorporated into royal share to the Duchy of Holstein in 1495


Holstein-Rendsburg is the name of a line of the Schauenburger that existed from 1290 to 1459 .

Birth and fall of the county

The Schauenburgers ruled Holstein from 1110/1111. When Count Gerhard I von Holstein-Itzehoe died in 1290 , Holstein and Stormarn divided his share into three parts before 1295. The counties Holstein-Plön , Holstein-Pinneberg and Holstein-Rendsburg came into being.

The counts listed below ruled and the last count of Holstein-Rendsburg, Adolf VIII, died in 1459. The Schauenburg lines were almost extinct, only the Holstein-Pinneberg line still existed, their count was Otto II. However, he could inherit Holstein and Stormarn not enforce.

Instead, in 1460, King Christian I of Denmark , a nephew of Adolf VIII, whom he had helped to the Danish throne, was elected as the new ruler of the Duchy of Schleswig and the County of Holstein .

The Rendsburg Castle was demolished in 1718.

 
 
 
 
 Holstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Holstein-Kiel
(1261-1390)
 
 
 
 
 
 Holstein-Itzehoe
(1261-1290)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Holstein-Segeberg
(1273–1308)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Holstein-Plön
(1290-1390)
 
 Holstein-Rendsburg
(1290-1459)
 
 Holstein-Pinneberg
(1290-1640)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Duchy of
Holstein
(from 1474)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 County of Rantzau
(1650–1726)
 
 
 

Count of Holstein-Rendsburg

The following counts ruled Holstein-Rendsburg and Holstein:

  • 1290–1304 Heinrich I (* 1258; † 1304)
  • 1304–1340 Gerhard III. the Great (approx. * 1293; † 1340), Duke of Schleswig 1326-30
  • 1340–1384 Heinrich II. The Iron (* 1317; † 1384?)
  • 1340–1397 Nikolaus (* approx. 1321; † 1397), together with his brother Heinrich II.
  • 1385–1404 Gerhard VI. (* approx. 1367; † 1404), Duke of Schleswig from 1386
  • 1397–1403 Albrecht II (* approx. 1369; † 1403), together with his brother Gerhard VI.
  • 1403–1421 Henry III. (* approx. 1372; † 1421)
  • 1415–1427 Heinrich IV. (* 1397, † 1427), initially together with his uncle Heinrich III.
  • 1421–1459 Adolf VIII (* 1401, † 1459), Duke of Schleswig from 1440
  • 1427–1433 Gerhard VII. (* 1404, † 1433), co-ruler of his brother Adolf VIII.