Holstein-Segeberg

The county of Holstein-Segeberg was a county in the state of Holstein from 1273 to 1308 and a line of the noble family of Schauenburg and Holstein. The only count of Holstein-Segeberg was , nicknamed the Pomeranian, who was born in 1252 and died in 1308.

History[]

After the death of his father, John I, in 1263, his sons, Adolphus V, and Albert I (died 1300, who became the cathedral provost (Dompropst) of Hamburg) initially ruled the County of Holstein-Kiel jointly. In 1273 they divided the inheritance, with John II continuing to rule Kiel. Adolphus V ruled Segeberg and thus founded the line of Holstein-Segeberg.^[1] When he died in 1308 without male issue, Holstein-Segeberg fell once again to Holstein-Kiel. Adolphus, the younger son of Count John II, who was born in 1281, ruled Holstein-Segeberg from 1308 until he was stabbed to death in 1315.

Counties in Holstein (overview)[]

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)

References[]

^ Gerhard Köbler: Historisches Lexikon der Deutschen Länder: die deutschen Territorien vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Verlag C.H. Beck, 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1, p. 297.

[1] Gerhard Köbler: Historisches Lexikon der Deutschen Länder: die deutschen Territorien vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Verlag C.H. Beck, 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1, p. 297.

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