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 Adolphus V, nicknamed the Pomeranian, who was born in 1252 and died in 1308.
History[edit]
After the death of his father, John I, in 1263, his sons, Adolphus V, John II 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.
Count Albert II (1369–1403) of Holstein-Rendsburg, second son of Count Henry II (d 1385), received the castle and Vogtei of Segeberg as his own lordship as a result of the partition division of 9 September 1394;[2] and Kiel through the partition treaty of 28 August 1397.
Counties in Holstein (overview)[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Primary source: Schleswig-Holsteinische Regesten und Urkunden 6, p. 815 (No. 1148). Secondary source: Habermann, Jan: Spätmittelalterlicher Niederadel im Raum nördlich der Elbe. Norderstedt 2015, p. 312.