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Adolf II of Holstein

1128 - 1164

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Adolf II of Holstein (c. 1128 – 6 July 1164) was the Count of Schauenburg and Holstein from 1130 until his death, though he was briefly out of Holstein from 1137 until 1142. He succeeded his father Adolf I under the regency of his mother, Hildewa. After the death of the Emperor Lothair II (1137), the new king, Conrad III, granted the Duchy of Saxony to Albert the Bear. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolf II of Holstein has received more than 46,382 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf II of Holstein is the 944th most popular nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Adolf II of Holstein ranks 944 out of 1,415. Before him are Nefertiabet, Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Louis I, Count of Montpensier, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Princess Marie of Battenberg, and Dorothea Susanne of Simmern. After him are Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, Catherine Desnitski, Aron of Bulgaria, and Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1128, Adolf II of Holstein ranks 5. Before him are Absalon, Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg, Soběslav II, Duke of Bohemia, and Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia.  Among people deceased in 1164, Adolf II of Holstein ranks 6. Before him are Héloïse, Emperor Sutoku, Antipope Victor IV, Elisabeth of Schönau, and Ottokar III of Styria. After him is Hodierna of Jerusalem.

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