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Jobst I, Count of Holstein-Schauenburg

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Jobst I, Count of Holstein-Schauenburg
Born1483
Died1531
Noble familyHouse of Schauenburg
Spouse(s)Mary of Nassau-Siegen
FatherJohn IV, Count of Holstein-Schauenburg
MotherCordula of Gemen

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

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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 (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 (1461-13 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

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  • C.Porskrog Rasmussen, E. Imberger, D. Lohmeier, I. Momsen (eds.): Die Fürsten des Landes, Neumünster 2008
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Jobst I, Count of Holstein-Schauenburg
Born: 1483 Died: 1531
Preceded by Count of Schauenburg
and Holstein-Pinneberg

1527-1531
Succeeded by
John V