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Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein Plön

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Spouse(s)
  
Anastasia of Schwerin

Name
  
Gerhard Count

Died
  
1323

Mother
  
Ingeborg of Sweden


Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plon

Father
  
Gerhard II, Count of Holstein-Plon

Noble family
  
House of Schauenburg

Gerhard IV (c. 1277 – 1323), was Count Holstein-Plön from 1312 until his death.

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Life

He was the eldest son of Gerhard II and his wife, Ingeborg of Sweden. He inherited Holstein-Plön; on 7 June 1314, he sold most of his inheritance to his brother John III.

Marriage and issue

He married on 30 July 1313 to Anastasia of Schwerin (c. 1291 – after 1316), a daughter of Nicholas I of Schwerin, and had the following children with her:

  • Gerhard V (c. 1315 – 22 September 1350), Count of Holstein-Plön
  • Ingeborg (c. 1316 – after 1349), married to Count Conrad I Oldenburg; they were parents of Christian V, Count of Oldenburg

    • Seal

    The seal in the picture is from his time as provost of Lübeck. It reads:
    S (IGILLUM) * DEI * GRA * GHERARDI (TIA) * P (RAE) POSITION (U.S.) * LUBIC (E) N (SIS)
    "Seal of Gerhard, provost of Lübeck by the grace of God"

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