Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön

Gerhard IV, Count of Holstein-Plön
Seal of Gerhard IV from c. 1302-1304
Spouse(s)	Anastasia of Schwerin
Noble family	House of Schauenburg
Father	Gerhard II, Count of Holstein-Plön
Mother	Ingeborg of Sweden
Born	c. 1277
Died	1323

Gerhard IV (c. 1277 – 1323), was Count Holstein-Plön from 1312 until his death.

He was the eldest son of Gerhard II and his wife, Ingeborg of Sweden. He inherited Holstein-Plön; on 7 June 1314, he sold most of his inheritance to his brother John III.

He married on 30 July 1313 to Anastasia of Schwerin (c. 1291 – after 1316), a daughter of Nicholas I of Schwerin, and had the following children with her:

The seal in the picture is from his time as provost of Lübeck. It reads:
S (IGILLUM) * DEI * GRA * GHERARDI (TIA) * P (RAE) POSITION (U.S.) * LUBIC (E) N (SIS)
"Seal of Gerhard, provost of Lübeck by the grace of God"