Jobst I, Count of Holstein-Schauenburg

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 Maria of Nassau (1491-1547), a daughter of Count Johann V of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz. 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 (c. 1512 – 1560), Count of Holstein-Schauenburg from 1531, married in 1555 to Countess Elisabeth of East Frisia (1531-1558)
• Cordula (1516-1542), married:
  1. on 8 April 1529 to Count Everwin of Bentheim (13 December 1530)
  2. 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 (c. 1520 – 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

External links

• Genealogy of Holstein