Gerhard II, Count of Holstein-Plön

Gerhard II of Holstein-Plön (1254 - 28 October 1312), nicknamed the Blind, was Count of Holstein-Plön from 1290 to 1312.

Life
He was the second son of Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe and Elisabeth of Mecklenburg.

After his father's death in 1290, the county was divided among the surviving sons. Gerhard II received Holstein-Plön; his younger brother Adolph VI received Holstein-Schauenburg and Henry received Holstein-Rendsburg.

Seal
The seal reads
 * S(IGILLUM)*GERARDI*COMITIS*HOLTSACIE*ET*IN*SCHOWENBURCH
 * "Seal of Count Gerhard of Hostein and Schauenburg"

Marriages and issue
He married on 12 December 1275 the Swedish Princess Ingeborg (born: c. 1262; died: c. 1293), a daughter of King Valdemar of Sweden. They had four children:
 * Catherine (c. 1276 - before 1300)
 * Gerhard IV (1277-1323), Count of Holstein-Plön
 * Valdemar (c. 1279 - 29 July 1306), Count of Holstein-Schauenburg, died after the Second Battle of Uetersen


 * Elizabeth (c. 1282 - 20 July 1318 or 1319), married Otto I, Duke of Pomerania

In 1293 Gerhard married Agnes of Brandenburg, the widow of King Eric V of Denmark. With her, he had a son:
 * John III (c. 1297 - 27 September 1359), Count of Holstein in Kiel from 1312 until his death.