Gerhard II, Count of Holstein-Plön
Gerhard II of Holstein-Plön, nicknamed the Blind, was Count of Holstein-Plön from 1290 to 1312.
Life
He was the second son of Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe and Elisabeth of Mecklenburg.After his father's death in 1290, the county was divided among the surviving sons. Gerhard II received Holstein-Plön; his younger brother Adolph VI received Holstein-Schauenburg and Henry received Holstein-Rendsburg.
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He married on 12 December 1275 the Swedish Princess Ingeborg, a daughter of King Valdemar of Sweden. They had four children:- Catherine
- Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön
- Valdemar, Count of Holstein-Schauenburg, died after the Second Battle of Uetersen
- Elizabeth (