Adolph IX, Count of Holstein-Kiel

Adolph IX, Count of Holstein-Kiel, also known as Adolph VII,^[1] (c. 1327 – 26 January 1390) was count of Holstein-Kiel and Holstein-Plön from 1359 until his death.

Adolph IX, Count of Holstein-Kiel
Born	c. 1327
Died	(1390-01-26)26 January 1390
Noble family	House of Schauenburg
Spouse(s)	Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Father	John III, Count of Holstein-Plön
Mother	Catherine of Glogów

Life

His parents were John III "the Mild" (c. 1297 – 27 September 1359) and Catherine (died 1327), the daughter of Duke Henry III of Glogów and the widow of Margrave John V of Brandenburg (1302–1317). In December 1362, Adolph IX married Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1343–1415), the daughter of Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg.

Adolph's reign was mostly peaceful. In 1375, Prince-Archbishop Albert II of Bremen mortgaged the Haseldorf Marsh to him. The prince-archbishop of Bremen later failed to redeem the mortgage, and the Haseldorf Marsh has been part of Holstein ever since.

Adolph IX died without an heir on 26 January 1390. After his death, Count Nicholas of Holstein-Rendsburg and his nephews occupied Holstein-Kiel and Holstein-Plön. The Counts of the Holstein-Pinneberg branch of the House of Schauenburg objected and demanded a share of the inheritance. The dispute was settled amicably, with the counts in Pinneberg receiving monetary compensation, plus the district of Nienland (consisting of Neuland and the Lordship of Herzhorn) and some land along the Elbe. The Counts of Holstein-Rendsburg and Holstein-Pinneburg also concluded a treaty of mutual inheritance: if one line were to die out, the other would inherit all their possessions and hereditary fiefs.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Adolph IX, Count of Holstein-Kiel

16. Adolf IV, Count of Holstein 8. Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe 17. Heilwig of Lippe 4. Gerhard II, Count of Holstein-Plön 18. John I, Lord of Mecklenburg 9. Elisabeth of Mecklenburg 19. Luitgard of Henneberg 2. John III, Count of Holstein-Plön 20. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg 10. John I, Margrave of Brandenburg 21. Mathilde of Landsberg 5. Agnes of Brandenburg Queen of Denmark 22. Albert I, Duke of Saxony 11. Brigdet (Jutta) of Saxony 23. Agnes of Thuringia and Meissen 1. Adolphus IX (VII) of Holstein-Kiel 24. Henry II the Pious 12. Conrad I, Duke of Silesia-Glogau 25. Anne of Bohemia 6. Henry III, Duke of Silesia-Glogau 26. Władysław Odonic 13. Salome of Greater Poland 27. Jadwiga 3. Catherine of Silesia-Glogau 28. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 14. Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 29. Matilda of Brandenburg 7. Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg 30. Boniface II, Marquess of Montferrat 15. Alessia of Montferrat 31. Margaret of Savoy

References

• Bremer, Jürgen (1864). Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins bis zum Jahre 1848 (in German). Schröder. p. 143.