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Adolf II of Holstein
Adolf II of Holstein was count of Holstein and Stormarn from 1130, of the house of Schauenburg. He pushed German settlement into Slavic Wagria and in 1143 founded Lübeck, which later passed to Henry the Lion. He was killed fighting the Obotrites at the Battle of Verchen in 1164.
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