Otto IV of Schaumburg

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Otto IV of Schaumburg

Born| 1517
Died| 21 December 1576

Bückeburg

Nationality| German
Grave monument for Otto IV and his two wives in St. Martini Church in Stadthagen.

Otto IV of Schaumburg (1517 - 21 December 1576) was a German nobleman. He was a ruling Count of Schauenburg and of Holstein-Pinneberg. He was a son of Jobst I and his wife Mary of Nassau-Siegen, a daughter of Count John V of Nassau-Siegen.

He adopted the teachings of Martin Luther. However, with respect to his elder brothers Cologne's Archbishop-Electors Adolphus III (reg. 1547–1556) and Anthony I (reg. 1557–1558) he refrained from open confrontation. In 1559 he officially began the Reformation in Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg. These areas remained Lutheran throughout the Counter-Reformation and into modern times.

## Marriages and issue[edit]

Otto first married Mary (*1527–1554*), daughter of Duke Barnim XI of Pomerania-Stettin. Mary and Otto had four sons:

* Hermann (*1545–1592*), Prince-Bishop of Minden (1566–1581)
* Otto (*1545–1572*), (mentally insane)
* Adolphus XIV (*1547–1601*), count regnant in Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg. married to Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1567–1618).
* Anthony (*1549–1599*), Prince-Bishop of Minden (1587–1599)

In 1558 Otto married a second time, with Elisabeth Ursula (*1539–1586*), a daughter of Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Elisabeth Ursula and Otto had two daughters and one son:

* Mary (*1559–1616*) married in 1591 Count Josse of Limburg-Styrum (*1560–1621*)
* Elisabeth, married in 1585 Count Simon VI of Lippe (*1554-1613*)
* Ernest (*1569–1622*), count regnant of Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg as of 1601, elevated to Prince of Schaumburg in 1619.

## See also[edit]

* Martin Luther

## References[edit]

## External links[edit]

* Catholic Encyclopedia article about the Counts of Schaumburg

Otto of Schaumburg

House of Schaumburg

Born: 1517 Died: 21 December 1576 in Bückeburg

Catholic Church titles
Regnal titles
Preceded by

Balthasar Merklin

|  Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim
as Otto III
1533–1537  | Succeeded by

Valentin von Teutleben

Regnal titles
Preceded by

John V

|  Count of Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg
as Otto IV
1544–1576
with his elder brother John V (1531–1560) | Succeeded by

Adolphus XI

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