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Name: Holstein-Rendsburg County

Type: Polity

Start: 1291 AD

End: 1460 AD

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A county of the Holy Roman Empire in northern Germany that emerged from the division of the county of Holstein-Itzehoe.

Establishment


  • January 1291: Establishment of the Holstein-Rendsburg County.
  • Chronology


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    1. Dano-Hanseatic War (1426-1435)


    Was a conflict between the Danish-dominated Kalmar Union (Denmark, Norway, Sweden) and the German Hanseatic League (Hansa) led by the Free City of Lübeck.

  • January 1426: When Erik's troops occupied Flensburg in 1426, which had previously been held by Holsteiners, Count Heinrich and his brothers Gerhard and Adolf concluded an alliance with the Hanseatic League, which was meanwhile willing to fight.
  • January 1427: When Erik's troops occupied Flensburg in 1426, which had previously been held by Holsteiners, Count Heinrich and his brothers Gerhard and Adolf concluded an alliance with the Hanseatic League, which was meanwhile willing to fight.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1379: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XIV century.

  • January 1392: The Holstein-Kiel County is disestablished.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1461: Establishment of the Duchy of Holstein.
  • Selected Sources


  • Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), p. 26-49
  • Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 30-31
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