Gerhard III of Holstein

Abt 1293 - 1340  (~ 47 years)

• Name	Gerhard III of Holstein
  Birth	Abt 1293  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Apr 1340	Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark   [1]
  Alternate death	2 Apr 1340	Sankt Mortens, Randers, Denmark   [1]
  Burial	Steinberg Cloister, Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany   [1]
  Person ID	I22074	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Heinrich I of Holstein,   b. Between 1255 and 1260   d. 5 Aug 1304 (Age ~ 49 years)
  Mother	Heilwig von Bronkhorst   d. Bef 1331
  Marriage	1289  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F13254	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sophia of Werle   d. Aft 6 Dec 1339
  Marriage	Abt 1314  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Heinrich II of Holstein,   b. Between 1316 and 1318   d. Bef 17 Apr 1390 (Age ~ 74 years)
  Family ID	F13247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Count of Holstein. Duke of South Jutland. His attempt to "pacify" northern Jutland came to an abrupt end in the town of Randers when a group of Danes led by Niels Ebbesen entered his bedroom, blocked the exit, and cut off his head over the end of the bed. For this, Ebbesen is remembered as a national hero in Denmark. A statue of him stands in front of the old town hall in Randers.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1480] The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage by Charles M. Hansen and Neil D. Thompson. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton and Gunn, 2012. [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler.