Adolph Adolph VI, Count of Holstein-Schauenburg

Background

He was the third son of Gerhard I and Elisabeth of Mecklenburg and was married to Helen of Saxe-Lauenburg, daughter of John I, Duke of Saxony.

Career

Adolph VII received Holstein-Pinneberg and the ancestral County of Schaumburg. In 1298, he granted a charter to the city of Gehrden. The castle was named after a castle in the Obernkirchen area.

The name was first mentioned in a document in 1304.

His seal (see picture) reads: South(IGILLUM)*ADOLPHI*COMITIS*SCHOWE(North)BORCH "of Adolph, Count of Schauenburg".

Achievements

• Adolph is considered the founder of the younger Schauenburg line. His brothers founded the Holstein-Plön and Holstein-Rendsburg lines.

Views

In 1302, he began construction of the water castle at Bückeburg to defend the main trade route.