Jobst II. (Schaumburg)

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Jobst II. Von Holstein-Schauenburg (* 1520 ; † 1581 ) was Mr. von Gemen from 1557 .

He was born as the second youngest son of Jobst I von Holstein-Schauenburg and Countess Maria von Nassau-Dietz (1491–1547).

Jobst II received the rule of Gemen, which had come into the family through his grandmother Kordula von Gemen , and ruled it from 1557 to 1581. He was the founder of the Gemen family , at an inheritance level with his brother Otto , who had been the ruling count since 1544 Line of the house of Schauenburg. This then ruled the entire county under his grandsons Jobst Hermann von Holstein-Schaumburg and Otto V. von Schaumburg .

Marriage and children

He married Elisabeth von Pallandt († 1606) in 1561, with whom he had the following children.

  • Heinrich V, (* around 1566; † October 15, 1597) ruling lord von und zu Ge (h) men 1581 - 1597 ⚭ August 4, 1592 Countess Mechthild von Limburg-Stirum (* August 18, 1561; † August 24 1622), daughter of Hermann Georg (1540–1574), regent of Ge (h) men 1597 - 1614
  • Hans Otto (February 11, 1572; † November 30, 1618)
  • Jobst
  • Hermann (September 15, 1575; † December 15, 1634) ⚭ February 26, 1609 Katharina Sophie von Braunschweig-Harburg (* May 6, 1577; † September 18, 1665), daughter of Otto II.
  • Georg Hermann (April 12, 1577 - December 21, 1616) ⚭ September 12, 1612 Countess Elisabeth zur Lippe (July 9, 1592 - June 16, 1646), daughter of Simon VI.

Web links

literature

  • Carsten Porskrog Rasmussen, Elke Imberger, Dieter Lohmeier , Ingwer Momsen (ed.): The princes of the country. Dukes and Counts of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. Wachholtz, Neumünster 2008, ISBN 978-3-529-02606-5 .
personal data
SURNAME Jobst II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jobst II of Holstein-Schauenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Holstein-Schauenburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1520
DATE OF DEATH 1581