Gerhard VI of Holstein-Rendsburg
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Gerhard VI 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 Ingeburg 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
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, daughter of Magnus II of Brunswick-Lüneburg. They had the following children:
Gerhard VI was born around 1367, the son of Count Henry II from the Rendsburg line of the House of Schauenburg and Ingeburg 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
Holstein
Holstein is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is part of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany....
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
Dithmarschen
Dithmarschen is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Flensburg, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, and Steinburg, by the state of Lower Saxony , and by the North Sea.-Geography:The district is located on the North Sea...
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Family
In 1391 Gerhard married Catherine Elizabeth of BrunswickElisabeth of Brunswick
Elisabeth of Brunswick and Lunenburg was Duchess consort of Sønderjylland and Schleswig and Countess consort of Holstein-Rendsburg...
, 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)
- HelvigHelvig of SchauenburgHelvig of Schauenburg , also known as Hedwig of Schauenburg, was a duchess of Schleswig and a countess of Holstein from the family of Schauenburg, and ancestor of the Danish Royal houses of Oldenburg and Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.She was a daughter of Count Gerhard VI of...
(b ca. 1400; d ca. 1436), married Dietrich of OldenburgDietrich of OldenburgDerrick or Dietrich of Oldenburg, Latin-based anglicization also Theoderic of Oldenburg , nicknamed Theoderic the Lucky or the Fortunate , was a feudal lord in northern Germany, holding the counties of Delmenhorst and Oldenburg...
, mother of Christian I, King of DenmarkChristian I of DenmarkChristian I was a Danish monarch, king of Denmark , Norway and Sweden , under the Kalmar Union. In Sweden his short tenure as monarch was preceded by regents, Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and Erik Axelsson Tott and succeeded by regent Kettil Karlsson Vasa...
. - Adolphus VIII (b 1401; d 1459), Duke of Schleswig, Count of Holstein
- Gerhard VII (b 1404; d 1433), Duke of Schleswig, Count of Holstein