Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön

Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön
Seal of Gerhard IV as Count of Holstein-Ploen, c. 1312-1314
Born	c. 1277
Died	1323
Noble family	House of Schauenburg
Spouse(s)	Anastasia of Schwerin
Father	Gerhard II, Count of Holstein-Plön
Mother	Ingeborg 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.

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  Seal of Gerhard V
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  Seal of Gerhard V
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  Seal of Gerhard V

• Ingeborg (c. 1316 – after 1349), married to Count Conrad I Oldenburg; they were parents of Christian V, Count of Oldenburg

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"

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  Seal of Gerhard IV
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  Seal of Gerhard IV
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  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 Schauenburg Born: 1277 Died: 1323
Preceded by Gerhard II	Count of Holstein-Plön 1312-1323 with John III the Mild (1312-1316)	Succeeded by Gerhard V