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Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein
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Adolphus XI of Schauenburg[1] (Low German: Alef or Alv, German: Adolf von Schauenburg, Danish: Adolf 8. af Holsten-Rendsborg) (1401 – 4 December 1459), as Adolph I Duke of Schleswig (Danish: Sønderjylland, formerly Slesvig), and as Adolph VIII Count of Holstein-Rendsburg, was the mightiest vassal of the Danish realm.[2]
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Adolphus XI | |
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Count of Holstein-Rendsburg | |
Reign | 1427–1459 |
Predecessor | Henry IV |
Successor | Gerhard VII |
Duke of Schleswig | |
Reign | 1440–1459 |
Predecessor | Henry IV |
Successor | Christian I |
Spouse |
Margaret of Höllenstein
(m. 1435) |
House | House of Schauenburg |
Father | Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg |
Mother | Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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