Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein

Gerhard VI (~1367–1404) was the Count of Holstein-Rendsburg from 1382.

Gerhard VI was born around 1367, the son of Count Henry II from the Rendsburg line of the House of Schauenburg and Ingeborg of Mecklenburg. On 15 September 1386 he was rewarded with the Duchy of Schleswig by King Olav III of Denmark. After the lines of Plön and Kiel had died out in 1390 he succeeded in 1403 to the whole of Holstein with the exception of Holstein-Pinneberg. That placed Schleswig-Holstein under one ruler. He fell in the Battle on the Hamme on 4 August 1404 during the attempt to subjugate Dithmarschen.

Family

In 1391 Gerhard married Catherine Elizabeth of Brunswick, daughter of Magnus II of Brunswick-Lüneburg. They had the following children:

Henry IV (b 1397; d 1427), Duke of Schleswig, Count of Holstein
Ingeborg (b 1398; d 1465)
Helvig (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

Sources

Karl Jansen (1878) (in German). "Gerhard VI". In Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). 8. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 740–741.

German nobility
Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein House of Schauenburg Born: about 1367 Died: 4 August 1404
Preceded by Henry II	Duke of Schleswig 1386-1404	Succeeded by Henry IV
Preceded by Albert	Count of Holstein-Rendsburg 1403-1404	Succeeded by Henry IV

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Name	Gerhard VI
Alternative names
Short description	Graf von Holstein-Rendsburg
Date of birth
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Date of death	4 August 1404
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