Jobst I, Count of Holstein-Schauenburg explained
Jobst I, Count of Holstein-Schauenburg (1483-1531) was a German nobleman. He was the ruling Count of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg from 1527 until his death. He was a son of John IV (1449 - 30 March 1527) and his wife, Cordula of Gemen (d. 30 May 1528).
Marriage and issue
In 1506, he married Mary of Nassau-Siegen (1491-1547), a daughter of Count John V of Nassau-Siegen. Among their children were:
- Otto, died young
- Adolph III, Elector and Archbishop of Cologne from 1547 to 1556
- Anton, Elector and Archbishop of Cologne from 1556 to 1558
- John V ( - 1560), Count of Holstein-Schauenburg from 1531, married in 1555 to Countess Elisabeth of East Frisia (1531-1558)
- Cordula (1516-1542), married:
- on 8 April 1529 to Count Everwin of Bentheim (1461-13 December 1530)
- in 1536 to Count Gumprecht II of Neuenahr-Alpen
- Otto IV (1517-1576), co-ruler from 1531 to 1560, ruling Count of Holstein-Schauenburg from 1560
- Jobst II ( - 1581), ruling Lord of Gemen from 1531, married in 1561 to Elisabeth of Palland (d. 1606)
- William II (d. 1580), Provost of Hildesheim
References
- C.Porskrog Rasmussen, E. Imberger, D. Lohmeier, I. Momsen (eds.): Die Fürsten des Landes, Neumünster 2008
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