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Gerhard II, Count of Holstein Plön

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Name
  
Gerhard Count

Gerhard II, Count of Holstein-Plon

Spouse(s)
  
Ingeborg of Sweden Agnes of Brandenburg

Father
  
Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe

Mother
  
Elisabeth of Mecklenburg

Died
  
28 October 1312(1312-10-28)

Noble family
  
House of Schauenburg

Gerhard II of Holstein-Plön (1254 - 28 October 1312), nicknamed the Blind, was Count of Holstein-Plön from 1290 to 1312.

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Life

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He was the second son of Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe and Elisabeth of Mecklenburg.

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After his father's death in 1290, the county was divided among the surviving sons. Gerhard II received Holstein-Plön; his younger brother Adolph VI received Holstein-Schauenburg and Henry received Holstein-Rendsburg.

Seal

The seal reads

S(IGILLUM)*GERARDI*COMITIS*HOLTSACIE*ET*IN*SCHOWENBURCH

"Seal of Count Gerhard of Hostein and Schauenburg"

Marriages and issue

He married on 12 December 1275 the Swedish Princess Ingeborg (born: c. 1262; died: c. 1293), a daughter of King Valdemar of Sweden. They had four children:

  • Catherine (c. 1276 - before 1300)
  • Gerhard IV (1277-1312), Count of Holstein-Plön
  • Valdemar (c. 1279 - 29 July 1306), Count of Holstein-Schauenburg, died after the Second Battle of Uetersen
  • Elizabeth (c. 1282 - 20 July 1318 or 1319), married Otto I, Duke of Pomerania

    • In 1293 Gerhard married Agnes of Brandenburg, the widow of King Eric V of Denmark. With her, he had a son:

  • John III (c. 1297 - 27 September 1359), Count of Holstein in Kiel from 1312 until his death.

    • References

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