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Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön
Seal of Gerhard IV as Count of Holstein-Ploen, c. 1312-1314
Bornc. 1277
Died1323
Noble familyHouse of Schauenburg
Spouse(s)Anastasia of Schwerin
FatherGerhard II, Count of Holstein-Plön
MotherIngeborg of Sweden

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

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 of Holstein-Plön (c. 1315 – 22 September 1350), canon at Lübeck Cathedral, potential future Count of Holstein-Plön until his early death.
  • Seal of Gerhard V Seal of Gerhard V
  • Seal of Gerhard V Seal of Gerhard V
  • Seal of Gerhard V Seal of Gerhard V

Seals

Seal of Gerhard IV as Provost of Luebeck, c. 1302-1304

An early seal from his time as Provost of Lübeck 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"

  • Seal of Gerhard IV Seal of Gerhard IV
  • Seal of Gerhard IV Seal of Gerhard IV
  • Seal of Gerhard IV Seal of Gerhard IV

Ancestors

Ancestors of Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön
Adolf IV of Holstein (1205-1261)
Count of Schauenburg and Holstein
Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe (1232-1290)
Count of Holstein-Itzehoe
Heilwig of Lippe
Gerhard II, Count of Holstein-Plön (1254-1312)
Count of Holstein-Plön
John I, Lord of Mecklenburg
Elizabeth of Mecklenburg
Luitgart of Henneberg
Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön (1277-1323)
Count of Holstein-Plön
Birger Jarl (1210-1266)
Valdemar, King of Sweden (1243-1302)
King of Sweden
Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden
Ingeborg of Sweden (d. 1290)
Eric IV of Denmark (1216-1250)
King of Denmark
Sophia of Denmark
Jutta of Saxony

References

  • Verein für Lübecksche Geschichte und Alterthumskunde: Siegel des Mittelalters aus den Archiven der Stadt Lübeck, Lübeck, 1862-1865
Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön House of SchauenburgBorn: 1277 Died: 1323
Preceded byGerhard II Count of Holstein-Plön
1312-1323
with John III the Mild (1312-1316)
Succeeded byGerhard V


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