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  1. Heinrich II Count Of Holstein Birth: Abt 1316 Death: Before 17 Apr 1390
  2. Nikolaus Count Of Holstein And Schauenburg Birth: Abt 1321 Death: 8 May 1397 in Osterhof

Bibliography
  1. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. I: Die Stammesherzoge, Die Weltlichenkurforsten, Die Kaiserlichen, Koniglichen und Grossherzoglichen Familien. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES I #[0-9]*].
  2. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. I.3: Die Hauser Oldenburg, Mecklenburg, Schwarzburg Waldeck, Lippe und Reuss. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 2000. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES I.3 #[0-9]*].
  3. Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1293 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v15-100],
parents:
[Ref: ES I.3 #301, Thompson CharlesII v24-247]
Sources for death Information
date:
1 Apr 1340 [Ref: ES I.3 #301]
1/2 Apr 1340 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v15-100]
1340 [Ref: ES I #143],
place:
[Ref: ES I.3 #301, Thompson CharlesII v15-100]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Thompson CharlesII v15-100]
Itzehoe [Ref: ES I.3 #301]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sophia Of Werle
date:
(2.I 1325 resp 11.VII 1326 Dispens 4) [Ref: ES I.3 #301]
1315 [Ref: ES I #143]
abt 1314 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v15-100],
place:
(Avignon) [Ref: ES I.3 #301],
child:
[Ref: ES I.3 #301, Thompson CharlesII v15-100]
Research Notes:
Count of Holstein [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v15-100]
Count of Holstein in Rendsburg [Ref: ES I.3 #301]
Duke of South Jutland [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v15-100]
Administrator of Denmark [Ref: ES I.3 #301]
Duke of Jutland [Ref: ES I.3 #301]
Duke of Schleswig [Ref: ES I #143]

called "the Great" [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v15-100]

1304: Count of Holstein [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v15-100]

1326-30: Duke of South Jutland [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v15-100]

Regent of Denmark [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v15-100]

an able commander and commercially astute, guardian of his nephew, Valdemar, Duke of South Jutland, whose duchy he appropriated after placing the childon the Danish throne [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v15-100]

later acquired northern Jutland, which he attempted to pacify [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v15-100]

slain in his bedchamber by a rebel band of Danes led by the Jutlandic squire, Niels Ebbesen [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v15-100]



Pedigree of Gerhard III Count Of Holstein
                                              /-----Adolf I Of Schaumburg, Count Of Holstein
                                     /-----Adolf II Count Of Holstein
                                    |         \-----Hildewe
                            /-----Adolf III Count Of Holstein
                           |        |                           /-----Sizzo I Count In Langwitzgau
                           |        |                  /-----Gunther I Count Of Kafernberg
                           |        |         /-----Sizzo II Count Of Schwarzburg Kafernburg And Thur
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Jarapolk Prince Of Wladimir And Turow
                           |        |        |         \-----Mechtild Heiress Of Beichlingen
                           |        |        |                  \-----Kunigunde Of Orlamunde
                           |         \-----Mechtild Of Schwarzburg
                           |                  \-----Gisela
                   /-----Adolf IV Count Of Holstein
                  |        |                                    /-----Burchard Of Querfurt
                  |        |                           /-----Gebhard II Count Of Querfurt
                  |        |                  /-----Burchard I Count Of Querfurt
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Dietrich II Count Of Ameneleben
                  |        |                 |         \-----Oda Of Ameneleben
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Amulrada Of Ammensleben
                  |        |         /-----Burchard II Count Of Querfurt
                  |         \-----Adelaide Of Querfurt
                  |                 |                  /-----Erwin I Count In Thuringen
                  |                 |         /-----Lambert I Count Of Tonne And Berg
                  |                 |        |         \-----Helenburg
                  |                  \-----Mechtild Of Tonna
                  |                           \-----Mechtilde
          /-----Gerhard I Count Of Holstein
         |        |                           /-----Herman I Of Lippe
         |        |                  /-----Bernhard II Count Of Lippe
         |        |         /-----Herman II Of Lippe
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Theoderich Count Of Ahr
         |        |        |        |         /-----Ulrich Count Of Ahr
         |        |        |         \-----Helvigis Of Ahr
         |         \-----Heilwig Of Lippe
         |                 |                           /-----Ekbert Count Of Tecklenburg
         |                 |                          |         \-----Gisela
         |                 |                  /-----Heinrich Count Of Tecklenburg
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Gerard II Count Of Zutphen
         |                 |                 |         \-----Adelheid Of Geldern
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Ermengarde Heiress Of Zutphen
         |                 |         /-----Simon Count Of Tecklenburg
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Egilmar I Count In Lerigau
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Egilmar II Count Of Oldenburg
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Richeza Of Dithmarschen
         |                 |        |         \-----Eilika Of Oldenberg
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Heinrich Count Of Reitberg
         |                 |        |                  \-----Silika Of Rietberg
         |                 |        |                           \-----Beatrix Of Hildrezhausen
         |                  \-----Oda Of Tecklenburg
         |                          |                           /-----Adolf I Count Of Berg
         |                          |                  /-----Adolf II Count Of Berg
         |                          |                 |         \-----Adelaide Von Laufen
         |                          |         /-----Eberhard I Count Of Altena And Berg
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Engelbert Count Of Schwarzenberg
         |                          |        |         \-----Irmgard Of Schwarzenburg
         |                          |        |                  \-----Hedwig
         |                           \-----Oda Of Altena
         |                                   |                  /-----Dietrich I Count Of Kleve
         |                                   |         /-----Arnold I Count Of Cleves
         |                                    \-----(Unk) Of Kleve
         |                                            |         /-----Godfrey I The Bearded Duke Of Brabant
         |                                             \-----Ida Of Lorraine
         |                                                      \-----Ida Of Chiny
 /-----Heinrich I Count Of Holstein
|        |                                             /-----Niklot Prince Of Obotriten
|        |                                    /-----Przybyslaw
|        |                           /-----Heinrich Burwin I Prince Of Mecklenburg
|        |                          |         \-----Wojslawa
|        |                  /-----Heinrich Burwin II Co-Regent Of Mecklenburg
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Henry IX The Black Duke Of Bavaria
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Henry X The Proud Duke Of Bavaria
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Wulfhilda Of Saxony
|        |                 |        |         /-----Henry V The Lion Duke Of Saxony
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Lothar Von Supplinburg, Emperor
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Gertrude Of Saxony
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Richeza Of Nordheim
|        |                 |         \-----Mechtild Of Saxony
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Gottfried III Count In Bleisgau
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Gottfried I Count Of Blieskastel
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Mathilda Of Luxemburg
|        |                 |                  \-----Ida Of Blieskastel
|        |         /-----Johann I Prince Of Mecklenburg
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Mael Coluim Ceann Moir (Malcolm III) Canmore Mac DONNCHAD, King Of Scots
|        |        |        |                           /-----David I The Saint King Of Scots
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Saint Margaret Of Scotland
|        |        |        |                  /-----Henry Of Huntingdon, Earl Of Huntingdon
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Waltheof II Earl Of Huntingdon
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Maud Of Huntingdon
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Judith Of Lens
|        |        |        |         /-----William The Lion King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----William De Warrene, Earl Of Surrey
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----William II De Warrene, Earl Of Surrey
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Gundred
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Ada De WARENNE
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Hugh Magnus Duke Of France
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel De Vermandois, Countess Of Leicester
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Adelaide De Vermandois, Countess Of Vermandois
|        |        |         \-----Christine Of Sweden
|         \-----Elizabeth Of Mecklenburg
|                 |                                             /-----Poppo I Count Of Henneberg
|                 |                                    /-----Gotebold II Count Of Henneberg
|                 |                                   |         \-----Hildegard Of Schauenberg
|                 |                           /-----Berthold I Count Of Henneburg
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Berthold Count Of Hohenberg
|                 |                          |         \-----Luitgard Of Hohenberg
|                 |                          |                  \-----Luitgard
|                 |                  /-----Poppo VI Count Of Henneburg
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Friedrich III Of Putelendorf, Count Of Goseck
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Friedrich IV Pfalzgraf Of Saxony
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Adelheid Of Stade
|                 |                 |         \-----Bertha Of Putelendorf
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Henry I Duke Of Limburg
|                 |                 |                  \-----Agnes Of Limburg
|                 |                 |                           \-----Adelaide
|                 |         /-----Poppo VII Count Of Henneberg
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Berthold II Count Of Diessen And Andach
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Berthold III Count Of Diessen
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Gisela Von Schweinfurt
|                 |        |        |         /-----Berthold IV Count Of Andache
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Poppo II Margrave Of Krain And Istria
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Sophia Of Istria
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Richarda Of Lavaret
|                 |        |         \-----Sophia Of Andechs
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Ekbert I Count Of Formbach
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Ekbert II Count Of Putten And Neuberg
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Mathilda Heiress Of Lambeck
|                 |        |                  \-----Hedwig Of Formbach
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Ottokar II Margraf Of Styria
|                 |        |                           \-----Wilibirg
|                 |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth
|                  \-----Luitgard Of Henneberg
|                          |                  /-----Mangold Of Thundorf
|                          |         /-----Berthold Of Wildberg
|                           \-----Elizabeth Of Wildberg
|                                   |         /-----Hartman Of Auhausen
|                                    \-----(Unk) Of Auhausen
Gerhard III Count Of Holstein
|                                    /-----Gisbert Of Bronckhorst
|                           /-----Wilhelm Of Bronckhorst
|                          |         \-----Rausch
|                  /-----Gisbert Lord Of Reckheim
|                 |         \-----Gertrud
|         /-----Wilhelm Lord Of Reckheim
|        |        |                                    /-----Egilmar I Count In Lerigau
|        |        |                           /-----Egilmar II Count Of Oldenburg
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Dedo Count Of Dithmarschen
|        |        |                          |         \-----Richeza Of Dithmarschen
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Ida Von Elsthorpe
|        |        |                  /-----Christian I Count Of Oldenburg
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Konrad Count Of Werl-Arnsberg
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Heinrich Count Of Reitberg
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Mathilda Of Northeim
|        |        |                 |         \-----Silika Of Rietberg
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Heinrich Markgraf Of Nordgau
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Beatrix Of Hildrezhausen
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Beatrix Von Schweinfurt
|        |        |         /-----Moritz Count Of Oldenburg
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Burchard Von Loccum
|        |        |        |         \-----Kunigunde
|        |         \-----Kunigunde Of Oldenburg
|        |                 |         /-----Otto Count Of Wickerode
|        |                  \-----Salomea Of Wickerode
|        |                           \-----Adelheid
 \-----Heilwig Of Bronckhorst
          \-----Ermgard



Descendants of Gerhard III Count Of Holstein
1. Gerhard III Count Of Holstein m. Sophia Of Werle
m. Sophia Of Werle father: Nikolaus II Prince Of Werle mother: Richsa Of Denmark

2nd generation

2. Heinrich II Count Of Holstein m1. Mechtilde Of Lippe m2. Ingeburg Of Mecklenburg
m. Mechtilde Of Lippe father: Bernard V Lord Of Lippe mother: Richarda Of The Mark
m. Ingeburg Of Mecklenburg father: Albrecht II Duke Of Mecklenburg mother: Euphemia Of Sweden
3. Nikolaus Count Of Holstein And Schauenburg m. Elizabeth Of Brunswick
m. Elizabeth Of Brunswick father: Wilhelm Duke Of Brunswick And Luneburg mother: Hedwig Of Ravensberg

3rd generation

4. Sophia Of Holstein m. Bogislaus VIII Duke Of Pomerania
m. Bogislaus VIII Duke Of Pomerania father: Bogislaus V Duke Of Pomerania mother: Adelheid Of Braunschweig
5. Gerhard V Count Of Holstein, Duke Of Schleswig m. Elisabeth Katharina Of Brunswick
m. Elisabeth Katharina Of Brunswick father: Magnus II Torquatus Duke Of Brunswick mother: Katharina Of Anhalt

4th generation

7. Bogislaus IX Duke Of Upper Pomerania m. Maria Of Masowien
m. Maria Of Masowien father: Siemowit IV Prince Of Masowien mother: Aleksandra Of Lithuania
8. Adelheid Of Pomerania m. Bernard II Duke Of Saxe-Lauenburg
m. Bernard II Duke Of Saxe-Lauenburg father: Erich IV Duke Of Saxony-Lauenburg mother: Sophia Of Brunswick
9. Heilwig Von Holstein m1. Balthasar Prince Of Werle, Prince Of Mecklenburg m2. Dietrich The Fortunate Count Of Oldenberg
m. Balthasar Prince Of Werle, Prince Of Mecklenburg father: Lorenz Prince Of Werl mother: Mechtild Of Werle
m. Dietrich The Fortunate Count Of Oldenberg father: Christian V Count Of Oldenburg mother: Agnes Of Honstein

5th generation

10. Sophia Of Pomerania m. Eric II Duke Of Pomerania-Wolgast
m. Eric II Duke Of Pomerania-Wolgast father: Wartislaw IX Duke Of Pomerania mother: Sophia Of Saxony-Lauenburg
11. Sophia Of Saxe-Lauenburg m. Gerhard VII Duke Of Julich And Berg
m. Gerhard VII Duke Of Julich And Berg father: William VIII Count Of Ravensburg mother: Adelheid Of Tecklenburg
12. John V Duke Of Saxony-Lauenburg m. Dorothea Of Brandenburg
m. Dorothea Of Brandenburg father: Friedrich II Markgraf Of Brandenburg mother: Katharina Of Saxony
14. Christian I King Of Denmark m. Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
m. Dorothea Of Hohenzollern father: Johann The Alchemist Margrave Of Brandenburg mother: Barbara Of Saxony
15. Moritz V Count Of Delmenhorst m. Catherine Of Hoya
m. Catherine Of Hoya father: Otto V Count Of Hoya mother: Adelheid Of Rietberg
16. Gerhard VI Count Of Oldenberg m. Adelheid Of Tecklenburg
m. Adelheid Of Tecklenburg father: Otto VII Count Of Tecklenburg mother: Ermengard Of Hoya