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Male Adolf VIII, Count Of HOLSTEIN Click to view Adolf VIII, Count Of HOLSTEIN in the family tree

Adolf VIII, Count Of was born in 1401 in Of, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia.  Adolf VIII, Count Of's father was Gerhard VI, Duke Of HOLSTEIN and his mother was Katherine Or Elisabeth Princess Of BRUNSWICK.  His paternal grandparents were Heinrich II, "Der Eiserne" Count Of HOLSTEIN and Ingeburg Princess Of MECKLENBURG; his maternal grandparents were Magnus II Duke Of BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBhUTTEL and Katharine Princess Of ANHALT-BERNBURG. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Heinrich IV, Count Of, Gerhard VII, Count Of, Hedwig Princess Of and Ingeborg, Countess Of.  He was the second youngest of the five children.  He died at the age of 58 on December 4th, 1459 in Schloss Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia.  He was buried in St Laurentius, Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia.

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