Adolph V, Count of Holstein-Segeberg

Adolph V, Count of Holstein-Segeberg
Seal of Adolf V from around 1273
Born	c. 1252
Died	1308
Noble family	House of Schauenburg
Spouse(s)	Euphemia of Pomerania-Wolgast
Father	John I, Count of Holstein-Kiel
Mother	Elisabeth of Saxe-Wittenberg

Adolph V, Count of Holstein-Segeberg (c. 1252 – 1308) was the ruling count of Holstein-Kiel from 1263 to 1273 and of Holstein-Segeberg from 1273 until his death.

Life[]

He was the elder of the two sons of Count John I of Holstein-Kiel and Elizabeth of Saxe-Wittenberg.

In 1273, the county was divided between Adolph V and his younger brother John II on the one hand, and their uncle Gerhard I on the other hand. Gerhard I received Holstein-Itzehoe; Adolph V and John II then divided their share between themselves, with Adolph V receiving the river Elbe and Great Lake Plön and extensive estates along the Lower Elbe north-west of Hamburg. Adolph V then styled himself "Count of Holstein and Stormarn". He resided at in Segeberg, which was the largest castle in the county. His part of the county is called Holstein-Segeberg by historians.

Adolph V died in 1308. Since he had no male heir, Holstein-Segeberg fell to his nephew , the son of John II. However, Adolph VII was killed in a private revenge in 1315. Holstein-Segeberg then fell to John II. When John II died in 1316, Holstein-Segeberg was divided between the two remaining Count of Holstein: Gerhard III of Holstein-Rendsburg and of Holstein-Pinneberg and Schaumburg.

Marriage and issue[]

Adolph V was married to Euphemia (d. after 1316), a daughter of Duke Bogislaw IV of Pomerania-Wolgast. They had one daughter:

• Elisabeth (d. 1318), married in 1307 to Burchard I, Count of Lindow-Ruppin.

External links[]

• genealogie-mittelalter.de (in German)

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