Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön

Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön
Seal of Gerhard IV from c. 1302-1304
Spouse(s)	Anastasia of Schwerin
Noble family	House of Schauenburg
Father	Gerhard II, Count of Holstein-Plön
Mother	Ingeborg of Sweden
Born	c. 1277
Died	1323

Gerhard IV (c. 1277 – 1323), was Count Holstein-Plön from 1312 until his death.

Life

He was the eldest son of Gerhard II and his wife, Ingeborg of Sweden. He inherited Holstein-Plön; on 7 June 1314, he sold most of his inheritance to his brother John III.

Marriage and issue

He married on 30 July 1313 to Anastasia of Schwerin (c. 1291 – after 1316), a daughter of Nicholas I of Schwerin, and had the following children with her:

• Gerhard V (c. 1315 – 22 September 1350), Count of Holstein-Plön
• Ingeborg (c. 1316 – after 1349), married to Count Conrad I Oldenburg; they were parents of Christian V, Count of Oldenburg

Seal

The seal in the picture is from his time as provost of Lübeck. It reads:
S (IGILLUM) * DEI * GRA * GHERARDI (TIA) * P (RAE) POSITION (U.S.) * LUBIC (E) N (SIS)
"Seal of Gerhard, provost of Lübeck by the grace of God"

Ancestors

Family of Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön

Adolf IV of Holstein (1205-1261) Count of Schauenburg and Holstein               Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe (1232-1290) Count of Holstein-Itzehoe                       Heilwig of Lippe               Gerhard II, Count of Holstein-Plön (1254-1312) Count of Holstein-Plön                             John I, Lord of Mecklenburg               Elizabeth of Mecklenburg                       Luitgart of Henneberg               Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön (1277-1323) Count of Holstein-Plön                                   Birger Jarl (1210-1266)               Valdemar, King of Sweden (1243-1302) King of Sweden                       Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden               Ingeborg of Sweden (d. 1290)                             Eric IV of Denmark (1216-1250) King of Denmark               Sophia of Denmark                       Jutta of Saxony

References

• Verein für Lübecksche Geschichte und Alterthumskunde: Siegel des Mittelalters aus den Archiven der Stadt Lübeck, Lübeck, 1862-1865

Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön House of Schauenburg Born: 1277 Died: 1323
Preceded by Gerhard II	Count of Holstein-Plön 1312-1323 with John III the Mild (1312-1316)	Succeeded by Gerhard V