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.
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.
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.