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restricting the regained ducal power in 1386, and again from 1414 to 1440.
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273:Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-LĂĽneburg
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496:Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg
312:Henry was killed in action beleaguering
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884:Catherine of Anhalt-Bernburg
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238:House of Schauenburg
144:House of Schauenburg
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358:descendant of King
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1355:Counts of Holstein
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277:Ditmarsians
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88:Predecessor
67:Gerhard VII
53:Predecessor
33:Adolphus XI
1339:Categories
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982:References
232:Background
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1318:Henry III
1284:1427–1459
394:Hohnstein
314:Flensburg
287:(today's
98:Successor
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63:Successor
48:1427–1459
1273:Henry IV
965:See also
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356:cognatic
305:Henry IV
242:Holstein
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57:Henry IV
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