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Gerhard VI Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein Holstein 1368–1404 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1368

Birth Location: Steinburg, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Death Date: 1404

Death Location: Bei Suderhamme, killed in battle of Hamme

Father: Count Holstein

Mother: Ingeburg Mecklenburg

Spouse(s): Catherine Braunschweig

Children(s): Hedwig Holstein

The story of Gerhard VI Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein Holstein began in 1368 in Steinburg, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Gerhard VI Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein Holstein married Catherine Elizabeth Von Braunschweig Lunebug Grafin Zu Holstein Rendsburb Und Schleswig Braunschweig, and had children including Hedwig Von Holstein Rendsburg Holstein. Gerhard VI Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein Holstein passed away in 1404 in Bei Suderhamme, killed in battle of Hamme.

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Biography

  • The story of Gerhard VI Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein Holstein began in 1368 in Steinburg, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
  • Gerhard VI Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein Holstein married Catherine Elizabeth Von Braunschweig Lunebug Grafin Zu Holstein Rendsburb Und Schleswig Braunschweig, and had children including Hedwig Von Holstein Rendsburg Holstein.
  • Gerhard VI Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein Holstein passed away in 1404 in Bei Suderhamme, killed in battle of Hamme.

Immediate Family

Parents

Count Holstein
1317–1389
Birth Location: Schleswig, Germany
CH
Ingeburg Mecklenburg
1340–1395
Birth Location: Mecklenburg, Deutschland
IM

Spouses(s)

Catherine Braunschweig
1367–1422
Birth Location: Wolfenbuttel, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany
CB

Children(s)

Hedwig Holstein
1395–1436
Birth Location: Schleswig, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Gerhard Holstein's Ancestors

Self
Gerhard Holstein
1368–1404
Birth Place: Steinburg, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Parents
Count Henry II of Holstein-Rendsburg Holstein
1317–1389
Schleswig, Germany
Ingeburg (Herzogin zu Bayern, Brandenburg und Holst) Mecklenburg
1340–1395
Mecklenburg, Deutschland
Grandparents
Gerhard (III Graf Von Holstein-Rendsburg) Holstein
1292–1340
Rendsburg, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Sophie (Grafon von Mecklenburg-Werle Herzogin zu Schleswig) Mecklenburg
1295–1339
Lübz, Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Albert (II Duke of Mecklenburg) Mecklenburg
1318–1379
Mecklenburg, Deutschland
Euphemia (of) Sweden
1317–1370
Sweden
Great-Grandparents
Heinrich Holstein
1258–1304
Heilwig Bronckhorst
1258–1324
Henry Mecklenburg
1266–1329
Beatrix Ascania
1270–1314
Eric Bjelbo
1287–
Ingeborg Norway
1297–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gerhard Holstein-Itzenhoe
1232–1290
Elisabeth Mecklembourg
1235–1295
Henry Mecklenburg
1211–1264
Anastasia Pomerania
1235–1295
Albert Ascania
1250–1300
Magnus Bjelbo
1240–1290
Helwig Holstein
1252–

Gerhard Holstein's Descendants

1.
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Gerhard (VI Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein) Holstein (1368–1404) m. Catherine (Elizabeth von Braunschweig-Lunebug Grafin zu Holstein-Rendsburb und Schleswig) Braunschweig (1367–1422)
  1. 1. Hedwig (von-Holstein-Rendsburg) Holstein 1395–1436 m. Dietrich (The Lucky) Oldenburg 1380–1440
    1. 1. Christian (I King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) Oldenburg 1426–1481 m. Dorothea (of Brandenburg Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) Hohenzollern 1431–1495
      1. 1. Margaret (of Denmark Queen of Scotland) Oldenburg 1456–1486 m. James (III King of Scotland Stewart DNA) MATCH 1451–1488
        1. 1. James (IV King of Scotland) Stewart 1473–1513 m. Lady (Isabel) Stewart 1494–1564 m. Margaret Tudor 1489–1541 m. Elizabeth Hamilton 1473–

Gerhard Holstein's Timeline

2 Records

1368
1368
Birth of Gerhard VI Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein Holstein in Steinburg, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Steinburg, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
1404
1404
Age 36
Death of Gerhard VI Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein Holstein in Bei Suderhamme, killed in battle of Hamme
Bei Suderhamme, killed in battle of Hamme

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1368
    Event Place: Steinburg, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1404
    Event Place: Bei Suderhamme, killed in battle of Hamme
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