# Holstein-Rendsburg

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.
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| Holstein-Kiel (1261–1390) | Holstein-Kiel (1261–1390) | Holstein-Kiel (1261–1390) | Holstein-Kiel (1261–1390) | Holstein-Kiel (1261–1390) | Holstein-Kiel (1261–1390) | | | | | | | | | Holstein-Itzehoe (1261–1300) | Holstein-Itzehoe (1261–1300) | Holstein-Itzehoe (1261–1300) | Holstein-Itzehoe (1261–1300) | Holstein-Itzehoe (1261–1300) | Holstein-Itzehoe (1261–1300) | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Holstein-Segeberg (1273-1308) | Holstein-Segeberg (1273-1308) | Holstein-Segeberg (1273-1308) | Holstein-Segeberg (1273-1308) | Holstein-Segeberg (1273-1308) | Holstein-Segeberg (1273-1308) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Holstein-Plön (1300–1390) | Holstein-Plön (1300–1390) | Holstein-Plön (1300–1390) | Holstein-Plön (1300–1390) | Holstein-Plön (1300–1390) | Holstein-Plön (1300–1390) | Holstein-Rendsburg (1300–1459) | Holstein-Rendsburg (1300–1459) | Holstein-Rendsburg (1300–1459) | Holstein-Rendsburg (1300–1459) | Holstein-Rendsburg (1300–1459) | Holstein-Rendsburg (1300–1459) | Holstein-Pinneberg (1300–1640) | Holstein-Pinneberg (1300–1640) | Holstein-Pinneberg (1300–1640) | Holstein-Pinneberg (1300–1640) | Holstein-Pinneberg (1300–1640) | Holstein-Pinneberg (1300–1640) | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Imperial County of Rantzau (1650–1726) | Imperial County of Rantzau (1650–1726) | Imperial County of Rantzau (1650–1726) | Imperial County of Rantzau (1650–1726) | Imperial County of Rantzau (1650–1726) | 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