Adolph VI, Count of Holstein-Schauenburg

Adolph VI, Count of Holstein-Schauenburg
Seal of Adolph VI
Spouse(s)	Helen of Saxe-Lauenburg
Noble family	House of Schauenburg
Father	Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe
Mother	Elisabeth of Mecklenburg
Born	1256
Died	1315

Adolph VI, Count of Holstein-Schauenburg (1256–1315) was the ruling Count of Holstein-Pinneberg and Schaumburg from 1290 until his death. He was the third son of Gerhard I and Elisabeth of Mecklenburg and was married to Helen of Saxe-Lauenburg,^[1] daughter of John I, Duke of Saxony.

Reign

When Gerhard I died in 1290, his sons divided the inheritance. Adolph VII received Holstein-Pinneberg and the ancestral County of Schaumburg.^[2] Adolph is considered the founder of the younger Schauenburg line; his brothers founded the Holstein-Plön and Holstein-Rendsburg lines.

In 1298, he granted a charter to the city of Gehrden.^[3] In 1302, he began construction of the water castle at Bückeburg to defend the main trade route. The castle was named after a castle in the Obernkirchen area; the name was first mentioned in a document in 1304.^[4]

Seal

His seal (see picture) reads: S(IGILLUM)*ADOLPHI*COMITIS*SCHOWE(N)BORCH "Seal of Adolph, Count of Schauenburg"

Footnotes

1. List of the Counts of Schaumburg
2. Entry at deutsche-biografie.de
3. Website for the 700th anniversary of the town
4. About Bückeburg castle