Jobst Hermann von Holstein-Schaumburg

Background

His parents were Henry V, Count of Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg (d 1606), from a collateral line of the Gemen family tree, and Countess Matilda of Limburg-Styrum (1561–1622), a daughter of Count Hermann Georg of Limburg.

Career

In 1622, he became Count of Schaumburg and Lord of Gemen. Although he was raised as a Catholic, he made no attempt to change the religious denomination of his territories. During the Thirty Years" War, he had little opportunity to influence events.

However he succeeded in protecting his Lordship of Gemen from the worst oppression by imperial and Hessian troops.

Inheritance.

Achievements

• His aunt, Countess Agnes of Limburg-Styrum, who was abbess of Elten, Vreden, Borghorst Abbey and Freckenhorst won the dispute and shortly afterwards transferred Gemen to her nephew Hermann Otto I of Limburg-Styrum, a wealthy man who had a successful career as a lieutenant general in the Dutch cavalry.