Brief Life History of Gerhard I
When Gerhard I Count of Holstein-Itzehoe was born in 1232, in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, his father, Count Adolf IV. von Schauenburg und Holstein, was 11229 and his mother, Heilwig of Lippe, was 34. He married Elizabeth of Mecklenburg about 1250. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 21 December 1290, in Itzehoe, Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, at the age of 58, and was buried in Hamburg, Germany.
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- Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
- Gerhard I Count of Holstein
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Name Meaning
from gēr, gār ‘spear’ + hard ‘strong, hardy’.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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