Gerhard VI of Holstein-Rendsburg

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Gerhard VI (~1367-1404) 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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In 1391 Gerhard married Catherine Elizabeth of Brunswick, 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)
Helvig (b ca. 1400; d ca. 1436), married Dietrich of Oldenburg, mother of Christian I, King of Denmark.
Adolphus VIII (b 1401; d 1459), Duke of Schleswig, Count of Holstein
Gerhard VII (b 1404; d 1433), Duke of Schleswig, Count of Holstein

Gerhard — Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick. Catherine (daughter of II Magnus and Catherine) died Aft 1423. [Group Sheet]

1. Hedwig of Schleswig was born 1398; died 1436.
2. IV Henry was born 1397; died 1427.
3. Ingeborg was born 1398; died 1465.
4. VIII Adolphus was born 1401; died 1459.
5. Gerhard VII Holstein-Rendsburg was born 1404; died 1433.

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