Holstein-Rendsburg

County of Holstein-Rendsburg
Grafschaft Holstein-Rendsburg
imperial county
← 1290–1459 →
Holstein-Rendsburg and neighbouring territories around 1400
Capital		Not specified
Government		monarchy
Historical era		Middle Ages
•	Established	1290
•	Disestablished	1459

Holstein-Rendsburg is the name of a county that existed from 1290 to 1459, ruled by a line of the Schauenburg family.

Rise and fall of the county

The Schauenburgs had ruled in Holstein since 1110/1111. In 1290, when Count Gerhard I of Holstein-Itzehoe died, his portion of Holstein was divided into 3 parts. From this emerged the counties of Holstein-Plön, Holstein-Pinneberg and Holstein-Rendsburg.

The below-mentioned counts ruled the territory until the last Count of Holstein-Rendsburg, Adolphus VIII, died in 1459. The Schauenburgs had almost died out; only the line of Holstein-Pinneberg still existed, but their count, Otto II of Schaumburg was not able to secure his inheritance.

Instead, in 1460, King Christian I of Denmark, a nephew of Adolphus VIII, who had helped him succeed to the Danish throne, was named as the new lord over the Duchy of Schleswig and County of Holstein.

Holstein

Holstein-Kiel (1261–1390)

Holstein-Itzehoe (1261–1300)

Holstein-Segeberg (1273-1308)

Holstein-Plön (1300–1390)

Holstein-Rendsburg (1300–1459)

Holstein-Pinneberg (1300–1640)

Duchy of Holstein (from 1474)

Imperial County of Rantzau (1650–1726)

Counts of Holstein-Rendsburg

The following counts ruled over Holstein-Rendsburg or Holstein:

• 1290–1304 Henry I (1258 – 1304)
• 1304–1340 Gerhard III the Great (ca. 1293 – 1340), Duke of Schleswig
• 1340–1382 Henry II, nicknamed Iron Henry (1317 – 1384?)
• 1382–1397 Nicholas, aka Claus of Holstein (ca. 1321 – 1397)
• 1397–1403 Albert II (d. 1403)
• 1403–1404 Gerhard VI (d. 1404)
• 1404–1421 Henry III (d. 1421)
• 1421–1427 Henry IV (1397 – 1427)
• 1427–1433 Gerhard VII (1404 – 1433), Duke of Schleswig
• 1427–1459 Adolphus VIII (1401 – 1459), Duke of Schleswig