Mechthild of Schwarzburg-Käfernburg explained

Mechthild of Schwarzburg-Käfernburg (died 1192), was a countess consort of Holstein by marriage to Adolf II of Holstein.[1] She was the regent of Pomerania during the minority of her son Adolf III of Holstein between 1164 and 1174.

She was born to Count Sizzo III of Schwarzburg-Käfernburg.[2]

References

  1. Heinz Maybaum (1953), "Adolf III., Graf von Holstein", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 1, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot
  2. Genealogie Graf von Holstein-Wagrien Web site: Adolf_3_graf_von_holstein_wagrien_+_1225 . 2009-09-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081208185500/http://www.genealogie-mittelalter.de/schauenburger_holstein_grafen_von/adolf_3_graf_von_holstein_wagrien_%2B_1225.html . 2008-12-08 . am 14.1.2007