Adolf von Schauenburg, d 4 December 1459, Duke of Southern Jutland (in Danish, Sonderjylland), i.e This article is about the region of Schleswig on the German/Danish border. There is also Schleswig, Iowa in the United States of America. The region of Schleswig (Slesvig in Danish) covers the area about 30 km north and 40 km south of the border between Germany and Denmark. Traditionally... Schleswig, and Count of Holstein, was the mightiest vassal of the Danish realm. He descended from a branch of the family of Schauenburg, who had for centuries been counts of Holstein also refers to a breed of cattle. Holstein also refers to a breed of horse Holstein (Hol-shtayn) is the southern part of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, between the rivers Elbe, Eider and the Schlei firth. The capital of Holstein is Kiel. 1111-1474 an Imperial (Reichsunmittelbar) County of... Holstein, as such vassals of The Holy Roman Empire ( German: Heiliges Römisches Reich) ( Italian: Sacro Romano Impero) ( Latin: Sacrum Romanum Imperium) ( Czech: Svatá říše římská) ( French: Saint Empire Romain Germanique) ( Polish: Święte Cesarstwo Rzymskie Narodu Niemieckiego) ( Dutch: Heilige Roomse Rijk) was a political... Holy Roman Empire. His great-grandfather, having also been a Regent of The Kingdom of Denmark is geographically the smallest Nordic country and is part of the European Union. It is located in Scandinavia, which is in northern Europe. Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and consists of a peninsula attached to Northern Germany named Jutland (Jylland in Danish... Kingdom of Denmark, had received the Duchy of Sonderjylland from the Danish crown as hereditary fief. Adolf's lands were located in both sides of the border between Denmark and Germany.

Adolf succeeded his father Gerhard IV of Holstein.

He was a cognatic descendant of King Eric V Klipping (1249-1286) was King of Denmark (1259-1286) and son of Christopher I. Until 1264 he ruled under the auspices of his mother, the competent Queen Dowager Margrethe Sambiria. He tried to enforce his power over church and nobility, but was 1282 forced by the latter to... Eric V of Denmark, whose mother Queen Dowager Margaret Sambiria had obtained a papal confirmation to the right of also female descendancy of Christopher I (1219-1259) was king of Denmark between 1252 and 1259. He was the son of Valdemar II of Denmark by his wife, princess Berengaria of Portugal, and was elected King upon the death of his older brother Abel in the summer of 1252. While trying to have his... Christopher I of Denmark to succeed to the throne of Denmark. The current branch of Danish royal house became extinct 1448 with the death of Christopher of Bavaria, Christoffer (III) af Bayern (Danish and Norwegian title) or Kristofer av Bayern (Swedish title), (1418-1448) was union king of Denmark, Norway (1440-1448) and Sweden (1441-1448). He was born on January 6, 1418 as the son of duke John of Pfalz-Neumarkt and Catherine Vratislava... Christopher III of Denmark. The throne was by statsraad offered to Duke Adolf, who was the vassal with biggest holdings in the Danish realm. Adolf, old and childless, declined and supported the candidacy of his own nephew the count of Oldenburg who became Christian I of Denmark ( 1426 – 1481), Danish monarch and union king of Denmark ( 1448 – 1481), Norway ( 1450 – 1481) and Sweden ( 1457 – 1464), under the Kalmar Union. In Sweden his short tenure as regent was preceded by viceroys, Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and Erik Axelsson Tott... Christian I of Denmark.

In 1459 Adolf died childless. His sisters were the late Helvig (Hedwig) who was married with count of Oldenburg and had left children, and the yet living elderly Ingeborg, Abbess of Vadstena, a nun, unmarried and childless. There were several claimants to Schleswig and Holstein, since several branches of the Schauenburg family, counts of different parts of Holstein, had left female offspring and their cognatic heirs. Adolf's branch was not genealogically very senior.

The representatives of Scleswig and Holstein (nobility and some delegates of the Estates) convened in Ribe, where 5 March 1460 the succession was confirmed to Christian I of Denmark ( 1426 – 1481), Danish monarch and union king of Denmark ( 1448 – 1481), Norway ( 1450 – 1481) and Sweden ( 1457 – 1464), under the Kalmar Union. In Sweden his short tenure as regent was preceded by viceroys, Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and Erik Axelsson Tott... Christian I of Denmark, the eldest nephew of the late duke.