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Gerhard VII, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg
Gerhard VII, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1404 – 24 July 1433 in Emmerich am Rhein) was Count of Holstein-Rendsburg and by claim also Duke of Schleswig, as Gerhard III. He was the youngest son of Gerhard VI and his wife Elizabeth of Brunswick.
Life.
During the Danish-Hanseatic War, together with his elder brothers Henry IV and Adolf VIII, he fought on the side of the Hanseatic League against Denmark. In 1428, he took
Elisabeth was engaged in 1390 and married in 1395 to Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg. She had three sons and two daughters:
- Ingeborg of Holstein (1396–1465), Abbess at Vadstena Abbey 1447-1452 and 1457–1465
- Henry IV, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1397–1427)
- Helvig of Schauenburg (1398–1436)
- Adolf VIII, Count of Holstein (1401–1459)
- Gerhard VII, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1404–1433)
Biography.
In 1404, Catherine Elisabeth was