Holstein-Rendsburg
| County of Holstein-Rendsburg | ||||||||||
| Grafschaft Holstein-Rendsburg | ||||||||||
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 Holstein-Rendsburg and neighbouring territories around 1400
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| Capital | Not specified | |||||||||
| Government | monarchy | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Established | 1290 | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 1459 | ||||||||
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Holstein-Rendsburg is the name of a county that existed from 1290 to 1459, ruled by a line of the Schauenburg family.
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.
The following counts ruled over Holstein-Rendsburg or Holstein:
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